A seal assembly for closing an aperture in an aerodynamic surface of a structure, the seal assembly comprising: a track for attachment to the structure; and a retractable seal including a flexible substrate and a plurality of rods connected to the substrate, wherein at least one of the rods is mounted for running movement along the track, and the seal is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position by moving the at least one rod along the track accompanied by folding/unfolding of the seal substrate, and wherein the seal is biased to its extended position.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Seal assembly


    Contributors:
    WILSON JAMES (author) / QUAYLE ALAN (author) / HADLEY PAUL (author)

    Publication date :

    2017-08-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



    SEAL ASSEMBLY DEVICE AND SEAL ASSEMBLY METHOD

    MORITA KENICHI / YAMASAKI DAISUKE / SAWANO MITSURU et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    SEAL ASSEMBLY DEVICE AND SEAL ASSEMBLY METHOD

    MORITA KENICHI / YAMASAKI DAISUKE / SAWANO MITSURU et al. | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    SEAL ASSEMBLY

    GROTERS THOMAS / GOLLAJESSE AMAR / FRENCH DALE et al. | European Patent Office | 2025

    Free access

    Seal assembly

    ROUX SÉBASTIEN / SANS PHILIPPE | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access

    Seal Assembly

    THOMSON MATT / KRUEGER ROBERT B / IATROW STEVEN PAUL | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access