Patent ID: 7992821

Claim:
Arrangement for installing a component in an aircraft having an aircraft structure, the component having at least two opposing outwardly-directed surfaces and an end surface residing therebetween, the arrangement comprising: a guide device coupled to the aircraft structure, the wide device including at least two opposing sides with inwardly-directed surfaces; an elastically deformable damping element coupled to the component along the at least two opposing outwardly-directed surfaces and at the end surface thereof; the damping element being sufficiently deformable to enable insertion of the component into the guide device between the at least two inwardly-directed surfaces thereof; and the damping element also configured such that, when the component is inserted into the guide device, the damping element contacts and is supported by the inwardly-directed surfaces of the at least two opposing sides of the guide device, thereby to mount the component in the guide device in a self-supporting manner and isolate the component from vibrations or deflections of the aircraft transmitted from the aircraft structure to the guide device.