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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Ronan Affre DE Saint Rome, Carantec, FR;
Ronan Affre De Saint Rome, Carantec, FR;
DCNS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An anchoring harpoon intended in particular for an aircraft, capable of cooperating with an anchoring grate of a platform, includes jack elements including a cylinder element containing mobile piston elements provided with a rod that extends beyond the cylinder element, the free end of which includes a harpoon head () that is hooked in the grate and includes retaining fingers () that can be moved between a retracted position and an active position by control elements (). The control element () for controlling the movements of the fingers include a control piston () which can slide inside the rod of the jack and which is associated with a bistable actuator () of the fingers, capable of moving between a retracted position and an active position in which the fingers are deployed with the application of successive pressure pulses in the jack elements.