Electronic Flight Bag Mounting System

• US 20110084106A1
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vertex Aerospace, LLC
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Palmer, Sarah L., Bopp, Jayson K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,701,953 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/563
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0052 using screws, bolts, rivets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2045/0075 Adaptations for use of electronic flight bags in aircraft; Supports therefor in the cockpit
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0226 Hinges

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic flight bag mounting system a cockpit mounting member coupled to an electronic flight bag mounting member. The cockpit mounting member is configured to mount to a cockpit of an aircraft, while the electronic flight bag mounting member is configured to be coupled to an electronic flight bag. The electronic flight bag mounting member is movable from a deployed position in which a display of the electronic flight bag faces a cockpit seat configured in the cockpit to a storage position in which the electronic flight bag faces away from the cockpit seat.

Claims

1. An electronic flight bag mounting system comprising:

a cockpit mounting member operable to mount to a console configured in the cockpit of an aircraft; and

an electronic flight bag mounting member operable to mount to an electronic flight bag and releasably coupled to the cockpit mounting member through two or more of a plurality of pins, the electronic flight bag mounting member rotatable along a vertical axis formed by the two or more pins from a deployed position in which the display of the electronic flight bag faces a cockpit seat configured in the cockpit to a storage position in which the electronic flight bag faces away from the cockpit seat, the electronic flight bag mounting member removable from the cockpit mounting member by removal of another one of the plurality of pins.

2. An electronic flight bag mounting system comprising:

a cockpit mounting member operable to mount to a cockpit of an aircraft; and

an electronic flight bag mounting member coupled to the cockpit mounting member and operable to mount to an electronic flight bag, the electronic flight bag mounting member movable from a deployed position in which the display of the electronic flight bag faces a cockpit seat configured in the cockpit to a storage position in which the electronic flight bag faces away from the cockpit seat.

3. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 2, further comprising one or more pins that coupled the cockpit mounting member to the electronic flight bag mounting member, the electronic flight bag mounting member rotatable from the deployed position to the storage position along an axis formed by the one or more pins.

4. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 3, wherein the electronic flight bag mounting member is separable from the cockpit mounting member by removal of at least one of the one or more pins.

5. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 3, wherein the deployed position comprises a plurality of angular orientations relative to the cockpit seat such that the electronic flight bag mounting member is adjustable to any one of the plurality of angular orientations.

6. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 3, wherein the axis is oriented vertically such that the electronic flight bag is rotated horizontally.

7. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 2, wherein the electronic flight bag mounting member comprises a plate having a plurality of holes arranged in a spaced apart pattern corresponding to a bolt pattern of a plurality of female studs configured in the electronic flight bag, the electronic flight bag mounting member mounted to the electronic flight bag using fasteners that extend through the plurality of holes and secured to the plurality of female studs.

8. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 2, wherein the cockpit mounting member comprises a plate having a plurality of holes arranged in a spaced apart pattern corresponding to a bolt pattern of a plurality of female studs configured in the cockpit, the cockpit mounting member mounted to the cockpit using fasteners that extend through the plurality of holes and secured to the plurality of female studs.

9. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 2, wherein the cockpit mounting member is configured to secure the cockpit mounting member to a console of the cockpit.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a cockpit mounting member configured to mount to a cockpit of an aircraft; and

an electronic flight bag mounted to an electronic flight bag mounting member, the electronic flight bag mounting member coupled to the cockpit mounting member and movable from a deployed position in which the display of the electronic flight bag faces a cockpit seat configured in the cockpit to a storage position in which the electronic flight bag faces away from the cockpit seat.

11. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 10, further comprising one or more pins that coupled the cockpit mounting member to the electronic flight bag mounting member, the electronic flight bag mounting member rotatable from the deployed position to the storage position along an axis formed by the one or more pins.

12. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 11, wherein the electronic flight bag mounting member is separable from the cockpit mounting member by removal of at least one of the one or more pins.

13. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 11, wherein the deployed position comprises a plurality of angular orientations relative to the cockpit seat such that the electronic flight bag mounting member is adjustable to any one of the plurality of angular orientations.

14. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 11, wherein the axis is oriented vertically such that the electronic flight bag is rotated horizontally.

15. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 10, wherein the electronic flight bag mounting member comprises a plate having a plurality of holes arranged in a spaced apart pattern corresponding to a bolt pattern of a plurality of female studs configured in the electronic flight bag, the electronic flight bag mounting member mounted to the electronic flight bag using fasteners that extend through the plurality of holes and secured to the plurality of female studs.

16. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 10, wherein the cockpit mounting member comprises a plate having a plurality of holes arranged in a spaced apart pattern corresponding to a bolt pattern of a plurality of female studs configured in the cockpit, the cockpit mounting member mounted to the cockpit using fasteners that extend through the plurality of holes and secured to the plurality of female studs.

17. The electronic flight bag mounting system of claim 10, wherein the cockpit mounting member is configured to secure the cockpit mounting member to a console of the cockpit.