Patent ID: 7677499

Claim:
An aircraft wing coupling arrangement for coupling services with a wing component which is translationally extendible from the wing of an aircraft, the arrangement comprising: a housing for mounting in said wing and including a first coupling member; a hollow telescopic assembly extending from said housing for connection at a distal end to said wing component and having a second coupling member at said distal end, said hollow telescopic assembly being extendible between a retracted and an extended position; and a service carrying conduit arrangement for carrying said services to and/or from said wing component, said service carrying conduit arrangement extending through said hollow telescopic assembly from said second coupling member to said first coupling member, and being flexible, wherein said housing is adapted to locate excess said service carrying conduit arrangement in a flexed configuration when said hollow telescopic assembly is in said retracted position, and said hollow telescopic assembly contains said service carrying conduit arrangement only in a non-flexed configuration.