Patent ID: 7170747
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A modular aircraft mounting rack, comprising flat rack parts, including base parts, cover parts, side parts and rear parts, and first electrical plug connectors the rack parts being designed such that they can be connected to form a drawer for independent insertion and withdrawal of a an electronics unit which is provided with a second electrical plug, the mounting rack comprising a plurality of drawers wherein at least a first drawer and a second drawer are located alongside one another and wherein one of the side parts is part of both the first drawer and the second drawer together, the drawers each being associated with one of the first electrical plug connectors, such that the first plug connector interacts with the corresponding second plug connector of an electronics unit solely as a result of the insertion of the electronics unit into the drawer, the rack parts being designed such that they can be arranged in rows as required, such that the mounting rack has a predetermined number of drawers which are arranged one above the other and alongside one another, with the rack parts being designed to be detachably connected to one another, wherein the rack parts have dimensions such that the widths or the heights of the drawers are an integer multiples of a module A, and the mounting rack comprises additional rack parts, whose dimensions differ by an integer multiple of a basic module A, with the module A being an integer module of the basic module A, and the rear parts are each designed for connection to the corresponding first plug connector or connectors.