Attachment structure, attachment device and attachment system for attaching an equipment component in an aircraft

US8888423B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Frank Rose · Clifton, US
• Thorsten Steinlicht · Hamburg, DE
• Rolf Gödecke · Hamburg, DE
• Maxime Legrand · Hamburg, DE
• Matthias Hartlef · Stade, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/1412
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An attachment device for attaching an equipment component in an aircraft, comprising a second attachment element for attaching an equipment component in an aircraft, the second attachment element comprising a guiding element, a contact element and a locking element, wherein the guiding element is introducible into a first section of a first attachment element, wherein the guiding element is movable from the first section of a first attachment element according to the present invention into a second section of the first attachment element, wherein the first attachment element and the second attachment element are mechanically couplable by engaging from behind the first attachment element in the second section of the first attachment element, wherein, in the coupled state, the contact element provides a mechanical contact between first and second attachment element and wherein by operating the locking element the first attachment element and the second attachment element are releasably fixable relative to one another.