Modular equipment center distributed equipment packaging truss

US9561760B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Mark S. Shander · Seattle, US
• Ty A. Larsen · Chicago, US
• Robert Johnson · Palo Alto, US
• Mark E. Liffring · Seattle, US
• Margaret Douglas · Snohomish, US
• Christopher Mark Severns · Issaquah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular truss assembly configured to be placed in small or narrow spaces such as within the floor, sidewall, or crown of a vehicle for mechanically and electrically mounting system components of a modular equipment center (MEC). A plurality of MECs is spatially distributed throughout the vehicle to service equipment loads. The modular truss assembly provides different voltage levels for powering the system components of the MEC and for powering the equipment loads. In one or more configurations, all or part of the modular truss assembly can be removed from the vehicle for repair or replacement.