Patent ID: 9130325
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B64C,H01R,H02G

Abstract:
1. An aircraft, comprising: a current return network element for electrical power supply of electrical equipment onboard an aircraft, the current return network element is in contact with a floor of the aircraft, said current return network element being electrically connected to the electrical equipment aboard the aircraft and includes a single piece provided with a plurality of through openings in such a way that said single piece forms a rigid mesh made from a plurality of rigid electrically conducting strips intersecting each other, and the current return network element has a corrugated shape, wherein the corrugated shape is defined by a plurality of periods of high and low peaks of a first set of the plurality of rigid electrically conducting strips aligned with each other in a first direction and defining a uniform overall thickness of the mesh, each of the rigid electrically conducting strips of the first set running from a first side of the current return network element to a second side of the current return network element opposite the first side, wherein rigid electrically conducting strips of a second set of the plurality run in a second direction intersecting the first direction, each of the rigid electrically conducting strips of the second set running from a third side of the current return network element to a fourth side of the current return network element opposite the third side, wherein each rigid electrically conducting strip of the second set of rigid electrically conducting strips has a shape that runs only in a respective plane in the second direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and wherein the plurality of rigid electrically conducting strips intersecting each other define a plurality of openings, at least two of the openings being different sizes from each other, wherein the floor includes a plurality of cross beams and floor rails, said current return network element being in contact with said cross beams, and wherein said current return network element is inserted between said floor rails and said cross beams.