Modular Power Box Mounting Bracket for Aircraft Seat Variants
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aircraft seats face challenges in mounting power boxes and supporting hardware beneath the seat due to varying shroud and bracket designs across different IFE device suppliers, necessitating a modular solution that accommodates diverse power box configurations and orientations.
Innovation Solution
A modular power box mounting system featuring a mounting bracket with adjustable beam attachment members, bridge members, and attachment brackets that can couple to various aircraft seat structures, allowing for versatile mounting of power boxes in either left-hand or right-hand orientations and accommodating multiple power box models without separate mounting systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different shroud and bracket designs are used for various IFE device suppliers, then each supplier's power box can be mounted, but the mounting system complexity increases and standardization is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate power boxes from multiple IFE device suppliers. The bracket includes adjustable beam attachment members and multiple mounting hole patterns that can adapt to different power box configurations, eliminating the need for supplier-specific mounting systems while maintaining compatibility with various designs
2Manufacturing precision
If custom mounting systems are created for each power box model, then precise fit is achieved, but the number of part numbers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket incorporates adjustable beam attachment members that can be positioned at different locations along the beams. This adjustability allows a single bracket design to accommodate multiple power box models and orientations (left-hand or right-hand) while maintaining precise fit, thereby reducing the total number of part numbers needed across different configurations
3Device complexity
If standardized mounting brackets are used for all power boxes, then part numbers are reduced, but adaptability to different configurations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is divided into functional segments: beam attachment members that can be positioned independently, mounting holes arranged in multiple patterns, and bridge members that can accommodate different power box orientations. This segmentation allows a single standardized bracket design to adapt to various power box configurations without requiring multiple specialized parts
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting system may include a mounting bracket may be configured to house one or more power boxes beneath an aircraft seat. The bracket may include one or more power box mounting holes configured to receive one or more power box mounts configured to mount a power box to the mounting bracket. The bracket may include beam attachment members configured to couple the mounting bracket to the aircraft seat. The bracket may include one or more bridge members. The system may include one or more attachment brackets configured to couple the beam attachment members to beams of the aircraft seat.