Electrical devices module for an avionics bay

• US 9,019,719 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2012
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Tomasi, Marc, De Kergommeaux, Matthieu, Bertandeau, Laurent, Banis, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Hung S
• Assistant Examiner(s): MATEY, MICHAEL A
• Application Number:
  US13/623,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20130077279A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 361/807, 361/808, 361/829, 244/118.1, 244/137.1, 244/118.2, 244/117.R, 244/119, 244/120, 244/173.1, 244/129.2, 244/135.B, 244/136, 244/131, 244/127, 137/899.2, 410/66, 410/67, 410/68, 410/35, 410/46, 410/80, 410/82, 410/84, 410/92, 410/96, 410/52
• 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 links at least two independent, individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together for providing electrical power and data transfer between all linked devices being commonly conjoined using the at least one electrical interconnection as a subset of the plurality of electrical devices,

wherein a first electrical device of the linked devices in the subset is directly connected solely to a second electrical device of the linked devices without being directly connected to the avionics bay, and the linked devices in the subset are serially provided with the electrical power and the data transfer.

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 links at least two independent, individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together for providing electrical power between all linked devices being commonly conjoined using the at least one electrical interconnection as a subset of the plurality of electrical devices,

wherein a first electrical device of the linked devices in the subset is directly connected solely to a second electrical device of the linked devices without being directly connected to the avionics bay, and the linked devices in the subset are serially provided with the electrical power.

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 linking at least two independent, individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together for providing electrical power and data transfer between all linked devices being commonly conjoined using the at least one electrical interconnection as a subset of the plurality of electrical devices,

wherein a first electrical device of the linked devices in the subset is directly connected solely to a second electrical device of the linked devices without being directly connected to the avionics bay, and the linked devices in the subset are serially provided with the electrical power and the data transfer.

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 linking at least two independent, individual electrical connections of the electrical devices together for providing electrical power between all linked devices being commonly conjoined using the at least one electrical interconnection as a subset of the plurality of electrical devices,

wherein a first electrical device of the linked devices in the subset is directly connected solely to a second electrical device of the linked devices without being directly connected to the avionics bay, and the linked devices in the subset are serially provided with the electrical power.