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Aircraft comprising at least one emergency beacon

An aircraft, emergency technology, applied in the field of aircraft, can solve the problems of expensive maintenance costs, fuselage punctures, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-03-23
AIRBUS SAS
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[0007] but a false alarm would trigger the radio beacon, causing a puncture of the airframe requiring expensive repairs

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[0033] figure 1 An aircraft 10 is shown comprising a fuselage 100 having a longitudinal axis (indicated by X), an axis extending horizontally and laterally (indicated by Y), and an axis extending vertically (indicated by Z) . The longitudinal axis X is positioned along the forward direction of the aircraft 10 .

[0034] At the rear, the fuselage 100 has a cone 102 in which the auxiliary power unit is usually arranged.

[0035] figure 2 The rear of the cone 102 is shown with an emergency beacon 200 according to the invention fixed. In the remainder of the description only a single emergency beacon 200 is mentioned, but there may be several emergency beacons 200 distributed at different places on the fuselage 100, so it is more usual to have at least one emergency beacon.

[0036] image 3 An example of an emergency beacon 200 is shown detached from the fuselage 100 . The emergency beacon 200 includes a base 302 secured against the outside of the fuselage 100 .

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An aircraft includes a fuselage having an outer face on which is fixed a second interface, at least one emergency beacon including a base having a first interface to cooperate with the second interface for fixing of the base onto the outer face, and a casing housing at least one control unit, a radio transmitter for transmitting a distress radio signal and a detector to detect abnormal aircraft behavior, and a fixing device to take up a fixation position to ensure fixing of the casing onto the base or a separation position, in which it does not ensure fixing of the casing onto the base, the transition from the fixation position to the separation position being ordered by the control unit when the detector detects an abnormal behavior. The second interface is a physical interface designed to receive a navigation lamp, the first interface is a physical interface similar to the interface of the navigation lamp, the base comprises a mounting interface configured to receive a navigation lamp. The emergency beacon is ejected from the aircraft from its outer location when an incident is detected and the structure of the aircraft is then not damaged and its positioning in place of a navigation lamp avoids modifying the structure of the aircraft.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an aircraft comprising at least one emergency beacon, and the invention relates to such an emergency beacon. Background technique [0002] Every aircraft is currently equipped with a radio beacon, which sends a distress signal if something goes wrong with the aircraft. [0003] This radio beacon is designed to transmit a signal that can be picked up by first aid stations around the world. [0004] This radio beacon is installed in the fuselage of the aircraft and transmits its signal via an antenna. [0005] Antennas and radio beacons become damaged and inoperable when aircraft are forced to land or become submerged. [0006] Another solution described in patent FR-A-2968276 consists of a radio beacon that is ejected through the fuselage in the event of an accident being detected by piercing the fuselage. The radio beacon then sits outside the aircraft and returns to the surface to transmit an easier-to-locate distress signa...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B64D45/00B64D25/20
CPCB64D25/20B64D45/00B64D47/06B64D2045/0065G01S5/0231Y02T50/50B64D17/00
Inventor C·克罗A·方丹
Owner AIRBUS SAS