AVIONICS EQUIPMENT CARRIER SYSTEM WITH QUICK-MOUNT HOUSING AND QUICK-MOUNT MODULES

• US 20100008053A1
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Rehmeier, Sven, Schalke, Oliver, Bradtke, Jörg, Osternack, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 8,369,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/752
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1412 hold down mechanisms, e.g. avionic racks
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1424 Card cages

Abstract

An avionics equipment carrier system for slide-in modules with data processing, data transmitting, data storage or data displaying devices, such as for example electronics printed circuit boards, network components, storage devices, display devices and the like, or power supply devices, includes a housing, at least one module rack for accommodating the slide-in modules and at least one backplane board with Ethernet connection architecture. When the dimensions of the housing comply with ARINC standards, and the housing is arranged for installation in an avionics module rack as a quick-mount housing, and any desired circuit boards of a specific standard format can be used in the slide-in modules which are designed as quick-mount modules.

Claims

1. An avionics equipment carrier system for slide-in modules, with data-processing, data transmitting, data storing or data displaying devices, comprising:

a housing,

at least one module rack for accommodating the slide-in modules and

at least one backplane PCB with Ethernet connection architecture,

wherein the dimensions of the housing comply with ARINC standards, and the housing is designed for installation in an avionics module rack as a quick-mount housing, and any desired printed circuit boards of a specific standard format can be used in the slide-in modules, which comprise quick-mount modules.

2. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein the slide-in modules that comprise the electronics printed circuit boards are accommodated in a surrounding housing.

3. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein an adapter printed circuit board can be used for adapting the terminal assignment of the standard electronics printed circuit boards used.

4. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 3, wherein the standard electronics printed circuit boards are Compact-PCI boards.

5. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a module rack for accommodating hard discs.

6. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 5, wherein the rack, which is used for accommodating hard discs, is held in the housing so as to reduce vibrations.

7. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 6, wherein for the purpose of accommodating hard discs the module rack is connected to the slide-in modules by a connector strip located in the module rack, by way of a backplane PCB.

8. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, further comprising a display device for displaying status data of the avionics equipment carrier system.

9. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 8, in wherein the display device comprises operating buttons for controlling the avionics equipment carrier system.

10. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein the avionics equipment carrier system can be cascaded with other avionics equipment carrier systems.

11. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein the slide-in modules can be exchanged during ongoing operation.

12. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a connector strip that is connected to a connector socket in the avionics rack with the avionics equipment carrier system inserted.

13. The avionics equipment carrier system of claim 1, wherein the avionics equipment carrier system devices for controlling the data traffic of the Ethernet connection are accommodated in slide-in modules.