ELECTRICAL DEVICES MODULE FOR AN AVIONICS BAY

• US 20130077279A1
• Filed: 09/20/2012
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Inventors: Tomasi, Marc, De Kergommeaux, Matthieu, Banis, Christian, Bertandeau, Laurent
• Granted Patent: US 9,019,719 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/807
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/20 specially adapted for freight
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/22 Other structures integral with fuselages to facilitate loading , e.g. cargo bays, cranes
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 43/00 Arrangements or adaptations of instruments arrangements of cameras B64D47/08; aeronautical measuring instruments per se G01C

Abstract

A module in the form of a pallet or a closed container includes a grouping together of the electrical devices in an avionics bay, in which the electrical devices are interconnected and attached so as to facilitate the mounting and thus limit the time it takes to mount the electrical devices in the avionics bay.

Claims

1. A pallet mountable in an avionics bay of an aircraft, wherein the pallet comprises a plurality of electrical devices fixed therein, each electrical device having at least one individual electrical connection, which in use, is connected to the avionics bay, the pallet comprising at least one electrical interconnection, which in use, electrically connects at least two individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together and one of the individual electrical connections to the avionics bay.

2. The pallet of claim 1, wherein each electrical device has at least one individual ventilation connection, which in use, is fluidically connected to the avionics bay, wherein the pallet comprises at least one ventilation interconnection, which in use, fluidically connects at least two individual ventilation connections of the electrical devices together and one of the individual ventilation connections to the avionics bay.

3. A closed container mountable in an avionics bay of an aircraft, wherein the closed container comprises a plurality of electrical devices housed therein, each electrical device having at least one individual electrical connection, which in use, is connected to the avionics bay, the closed container comprising at least one electrical interconnection, which in use, electrically connects at least two individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together and one of the individual electrical connections to the avionics bay.

4. The closed container of claim 3, wherein each electrical device has at least one individual ventilation connection, which in use, is fluidically connected to the avionics bay, wherein the closed container comprises at least one ventilation interconnection, which in use, fluidically connects at least two individual ventilation connections of the electrical devices together and one of the individual ventilation connections to the avionics bay.

5. An airplane comprising an avionics bay in which is mounted a pallet, wherein the pallet comprises a plurality of electrical devices fixed therein, each electrical device having at least one individual electrical connection connected to the avionics bay, the pallet comprising at least one electrical interconnection electrically connecting at least two individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together and one of the individual electrical connections to the avionics bay.

6. An airplane comprising an avionics bay in which is mounted a closed container, wherein the closed container comprises a plurality of electrical devices housed therein, each electrical device having at least one individual electrical connection connected to the avionics bay, the closed container comprising at least one electrical interconnection electrically connecting at least two individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together and one of the individual electrical connections to the avionics bay.