Patent ID: 8173902
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A system for mounting conductors, such as electrical wires, optical fiber cables, conduits and the like, to the floor beams of an aircraft cabin floor, each floor beam having a top flange, a bottom flange and a web extending between the flanges, the floor beams being disposed in a substantially parallel spaced apart array, the floor including a plurality of removable floor panels mounted on said floor beams, the system comprising: an elongate raceway disposed below the removable floor panels, the raceway comprised of a plurality of longitudinal routing rails spanning between adjacent pairs of said floor beams, each routing rail having an interior channel for housing said conductors and having two open ends; a plurality of conductor cradle blocks disposed in said interior channel, each cradle block including a mounting cushion adapted to engage a bottom portion of said conductors; and a plurality of rail support brackets, each rail support bracket removably clamped on at least one of: the top flange; the bottom flange; and the web of one of said beams and removably mounted to one of said rail ends.