Detachable Modular Aircraft Cockpit Console for Rapid Replacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aircraft cockpit consoles require specialized technicians for time-consuming installation and removal of electronic components, hindering rapid equipment changes.
Innovation Solution
A detachable modular console with a housing, hardpoint fasteners, leveling foot, and display screen, designed for rapid component replacement using existing aircraft hardpoints, minimizing vibration and enabling quick installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional installation methods are used for electronic components in aircraft cockpits, then components can be securely installed, but the installation and removal process becomes time-consuming and requires specialized technicians
Solution Approach 1:
The console is divided into modular components that can be independently installed and removed. The housing, electronic components, and mounting mechanisms are segmented to allow rapid replacement of individual modules without affecting the entire console assembly, directly addressing the time-consuming nature of traditional component replacement
Solution Approach 2:
The console incorporates a detachable mounting system with hardpoint fasteners that enable dynamic reconfiguration. The console can be quickly attached to and detached from the aircraft floor hardpoints, transforming the static installation into a dynamic, rapidly deployable system that eliminates the need for specialized technicians and reduces installation time
2Reliability
If electronic components are firmly secured to prevent vibration, then reliability improves, but the ability to rapidly replace components decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system transitions between two states: a locked state where hardpoint fasteners securely attach the console to prevent vibration during flight, and an unlocked state where components can be rapidly removed for replacement. This dynamic mounting mechanism resolves the contradiction between firm securing for reliability and ease of replacement
Solution Approach 2:
Hardpoint fasteners serve as intermediary elements between the console and the aircraft floor structure. These fasteners provide secure attachment during operation to ensure reliability while allowing rapid detachment when component replacement is needed, mediating between the conflicting requirements of stability and replaceability
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a detachable modular console for an aircraft cockpit. The detachable modular console comprises a housing configured to receive one or more modular electronic components, a plurality of hardpoint fasteners for detachably fastening the housing to hardpoints in a floor of the aircraft cockpit, a leveling foot to engage the floor to stabilize the console and a display screen supported by the housing. The detachable modular console can house various modular electronic components. A rail enables rapid replacement of other electronic components. The hardpoints enable the console to be secured to the floor of the cockpit.