# US 10,374,403 B2 · Electrical power distribution box for an aircraft > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,374,403 B2 - Document ID: US10374403B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/878,316 - Filed: 2018-01-23 - Published: 2018-08-02 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-24 - Assignees: Zodiac Aero Electric - Applicants: Zodiac Aero Electric - Inventors: Olivier Deshayes; Frédéric Pinard; Arnaud Badault; Julien Giron - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374403B2 ## CPC - H02G 3/081: {Bases, casings or covers} - B64D 41/00: Power installations for auxiliary purposes - H02B 1/34: Racks - H02G 3/086: {Assembled boxes} - H05K 7/1457: {Power distribution arrangements} - B64D 2041/002: {Mounting arrangements for auxiliary power units (APU's)} - B64D 2221/00: Electric power distribution systems onboard aircraft - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - H02B: BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract The invention relates to an electric power distribution box for an aircraft, comprising a frame (3) containing at least one power connector (7) formed of one or more slide rails (8) that are able to interact with one end (11) of a power circuit board (9), said power circuit board (9) comprising at least one switching element (13) for an electric power distribution plate. The invention also relates to an electric power distribution assembly (1) comprising such a power distribution box. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric power distribution box for an aircraft, comprising: a frame comprising at least one power connector formed of one or more slide rails, the one or more slide rails being configured to interact with an end of a power circuit board, the power circuit board comprising a switching element for an electric power distribution plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric power distribution box according to claim 1, wherein the frame comprises two power connectors that are configured to receive, by sliding, two ends of the power circuit board. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electric power distribution box according to claim 1, wherein a power connector comprises a power elastic compression means configured to constrain the end of the power circuit board received in said connector. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electric power distribution box according to claim 3, wherein the power elastic compression means is a power strip configured to hold the power circuit board and to allow heat dissipation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electric power distribution box according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one power connectors is fixed to the frame by a fixing means. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electric power distribution box according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one power connectors is configured to receive one or more cables coming from the aircraft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An electric power distribution assembly comprising an electric power distribution box according to claim 1 and at least one power circuit board, the at least one power circuit board comprising at least one switching element for an electric power distribution plate, the at least one power circuit board having an end that is configured to interact, by sliding, with one power connector of the electric power distribution box. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electric power distribution assembly according to claim 7, wherein the at least one power circuit board comprises a cold plate linked directly to the frame of the electric power distribution box. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electric power distribution assembly according to claim 7, wherein the at least one power connector comprises a plurality of power connectors, the plurality of power connectors being linked to one another by a plurality of busbars. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electric power distribution assembly according to claim 7, further comprising at least one electronic board, at least one electronic board and the at least one power circuit board having a substantially identical height and being arranged in parallel with one another. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The electric power distribution assembly according to claim 7, wherein each of the one or more slide rails is configured to receive at least one bar of the power circuit board. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electric power distribution assembly of claim 11, wherein each of the at least one power connectors is configured to receive at least two bars of the power circuit board. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electric power distribution assembly of claim 11, wherein at least one of the power connectors includes a number of slide rails equal to a phase of the at least one power circuit board, and the at least one power circuit board includes a number of bars equal to its phase. ### Claim 14 An electric power distribution assembly, comprising: an electric power distribution box having a frame with a first power connector formed at least partially from a plurality of slide rails; and a power circuit board comprising a switching element for an electric power distribution plate, the power circuit board having an end configured to slidably engage the first power connector of the electric power distribution box, wherein the plurality of slide rails is configured to thermally communicate and to electrically communicate with the power circuit board when the power circuit board is slidably engaged with the first power connector. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electric power distribution assembly of claim 14, further comprising a second power connector configured to electrically communicate with the first power connector via a busbar.