Double line replaceable module locking bracket
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsKevin Donald Kilroy, Steven E. Jackson
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Abstract
A locking bracket system for a pair of line replaceable modules (LRMs) includes a locking bracket assembly including an expanding member configured to be actuated to expand; and an extension bracket attached to the expanding member. The extension bracket extends from the expanding member in a direction opposite that the expanding member expands. Each of the expanding member and the extension bracket are configured to compress against a LRM to retain the pair of LRMs to a chassis when the expanding member is in an expanded position.
Claims12
A locking bracket system for a pair of line replaceable modules (LRMs), comprising:
- a locking bracket assembly including:
- an expanding member configured to be actuated to expand;
- an extension bracket attached to the expanding member, wherein the extension bracket extends from the expanding member in a direction opposite that the expanding member expands, wherein the extension bracket includes one or more guide post holes configured to receive a guide post;
- and
- a guide post disposed in each guide post hole, wherein each guide post is configured to slide in a chassis guide channel defined in the chassis,
- wherein each of the expanding member and the extension bracket are configured to compress against a LRM to retain the pair of LRMs to a chassis when the expanding member is in an expanded position.
A method for locking a pair of line replaceable modules (LRMs) to a chassis, comprising:
- placing a first and second LRM within a first chassis portion;
- placing a first locking bracket assembly within the first chassis portion between the first and second LRMs, the first locking bracket having an expanding member configured to be actuated to expand and an extension bracket attached to the expanding member, wherein the extension bracket extends from the expanding member in a direction opposite that the expanding member expands, wherein each of the expanding member and the extension bracket are configured to compress the against the first and second LRM to retain the first and second LRMs against the first chassis portion when the expanding member is in an expanded position;
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- expanding the expanding member such that the expanding member contacts the first LRM and compresses the first LRM against the first chassis portion and such that the extension bracket contact the second LRM and compresses the second LRM against the first chassis portion;
- and
- aligning one or more guide posts of the first locking bracket with one or more chassis guide channels defined in the first chassis portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.