Avionic equipment item

• US 8,576,577 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Ortet, Stephane
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi, Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG Q
• Application Number:
  US12/665,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20100188831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,986 Days
• Field of Search: 361/725, 361/753, 361/759, 361/758, 361/801, 361/792, 361/788, 361/740
• US Class Current: 361/788
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/52 connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1412 hold down mechanisms, e.g. avionic racks

Abstract

The invention relates to avionics equipment including a motherboard (108), at least one daughterboard (150) and, for each daughterboard, two supporting slides (116) attached directly to the motherboard and bearing the daughterboard. The invention also includes at least one mechanical connecting part (122A to 122D, 128A, 128B) between the motherboard (108) and at least one of the following: a backplane board (112) connected to an avionic connector (124), an avionic connector (124) and the rear face (106) of the avionics equipment.

Claims

1. An avionic equipment item, comprising:

a motherboard;

a rear face;

at least one daughterboard and for each daughterboard, two supports in a form of a slide fastened directly onto the motherboard and supporting the daughterboard;

a backplane board connected to an avionic connector; and

at least one mechanical connecting part between the motherboard and the backplane board and the avionic connector wherein the at least one mechanical connecting part between the motherboard and the backplane board includes first fastening means including two parallel structures, each parallel structure including a u-shaped slot, and is configured to attach to the backplane board and to the motherboard, and second fastening means including four bent cross-pieces configured to attach to the avionic connector.

2. The avionic equipment item according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mechanical connecting part is configured to accept at least one bolt.

3. The avionic equipment item according to claim 1, wherein the second and third fastening means protrude from the at least one mechanical connecting part in a direction perpendicular to a main elongation direction to the at least one mechanical connecting part.

4. The avionic equipment item according to claim 1, wherein the second and third fastening means are configured to accept a bolt.

5. The avionic equipment item according to claim 4, wherein the bolt goes through the motherboard and the backplane board.

6. The avionic equipment item according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening means connects both the rear face and the avionic connector.