Electrical Raceway Installation
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRyan Patrick Rogers, Shawn David Mohlman, Emily Przybelinski
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Abstract
An electrical raceway installation apparatus and method for installing an electrical raceway into a floor grid assembly of an aircraft. The electrical raceway installation apparatus includes a backing for connection to the electrical raceway. Floor grid tooling includes a horizontal beam that supports a floor grid assembly of an aircraft. The horizontal beam has a cutout that provides space under the floor grid assembly for insertion of the backing and electrical raceway. A hoist is connected to the floor grid tooling and lifts the backing and the electrical raceway through the space to a position for attachment with the floor grid assembly of the aircraft.
Claims21
An electrical raceway installation apparatus, comprising:
- a backing for connection to the electrical raceway, the backing having a width and a length;
- floor grid tooling comprising a horizontal beam configured to support a floor grid assembly of an aircraft, the horizontal beam comprising a cutout providing a space under the floor grid assembly of the aircraft, the cutout sized to accept the width of the backing;
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- a hoist connected to the floor grid tooling and configured to lift the backing and the electrical raceway vertically through the space to a position for attachment with the floor grid assembly of the aircraft.
A system for installing an electrical raceway into a floor grid assembly of an aircraft, comprising:
- a floor beam connected to a set of seat tracks forming the floor grid assembly;
- floor grid tooling having a horizontal beam configured to support the floor grid assembly;
- an electrical raceway;
- a backing connected to the electrical raceway;
- a cutout in the horizontal beam sized to accommodate the backing, the backing configured to be loaded into the floor grid tooling through the cutout;
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- a hoist connected to the floor grid tooling and positioned within the cutout, the hoist comprising a roller for engagement with the backing.
A method for installing an electrical raceway into a floor grid assembly of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- loading a set of seat tracks and a set of floor beams on a floor grid tooling to form the floor grid assembly of the aircraft, wherein the floor grid tooling includes a cutout under each floor beam of the set of floor beams;
- connecting an electrical raceway to a backing, wherein the backing has a length and a width;
- loading the backing lengthwise into the floor grid tooling under the floor grid assembly of the aircraft through the cutout under a first floor beam of the set of floor beams;
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- lifting the backing and connected electrical raceway into a position for attachment with the floor grid assembly of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.