Aircraft system component carrier system and mounting method
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsSabrina Moje, Dirk Humfeldt
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Abstract
An aircraft system component carrier system includes at least one aircraft system component carrier module, at least one aircraft system component that is fastened via an aircraft system component holder to the aircraft system component carrier module, and an aircraft structural element of a fuselage upper shell, to which element the aircraft system component carrier module is fastened via a structural holder in such a way that the aircraft system component carrier module, the aircraft system component and the aircraft structural element form an assembly group that is capable of being handled independently.
Claims10
An aircraft system component carrier system comprising:
- a plurality of aircraft system component carrier modules,
- at least one aircraft system component, which is fastened by aircraft system component holders to the plurality of the aircraft system component carrier modules, and
- a plurality of aircraft structural elements of a fuselage upper shell that are disposed successively along the longitudinal axis of the fuselage upper shell, wherein each of the aircraft structural elements is formed by a rib of the fuselage upper shell, wherein each of the plurality of aircraft system component carrier modules is fastened by a structural holder to one of the aircraft structural elements of the fuselage upper shell, wherein the aircraft structural elements of the fuselage upper shell are connected to one another by stringers extending along a longitudinal axial of the fuselage upper shell, wherein the aircraft system component carrier modules, the aircraft system components, the stringers and the aircraft structural elements form a pre-assembled assembly group, and wherein the pre-assembled assembly group is configured to be connected to a bottom shell and lateral areas of an aircraft fuselage, when assembling the aircraft, wherein the pre-assembled assembly group is configured to be handled independently from the bottom shell and lateral areas of the aircraft fuselage prior to its connection to the bottom shell and lateral areas of the aircraft fuselage.
A method of mounting an aircraft system component carrier system in an aircraft, comprising the steps:
- fastening an aircraft system component to a plurality of aircraft system component carrier modules by aircraft system component holders, and
- fastening the aircraft system component carrier modules to a plurality of aircraft structural elements of a fuselage upper shell by structural holders, wherein the plurality of aircraft structural elements of the fuselage upper shell are disposed successively along a longitudinal axis of the fuselage upper shell, wherein the aircraft structural elements of the fuselage upper shell are connected to one another by stringers extending along the longitudinal axial of the fuselage upper shell, wherein each of plurality of aircraft structural elements is formed by a rib of the fuselage upper shell, wherein the aircraft system component carrier modules, the aircraft system components and the aircraft structural elements form a pre-assembled assembly group,
- connecting the pre-assembled assembly group to a bottom shell and lateral areas of an aircraft fuselage when assembling the aircraft, wherein the pre-assembled assembly group is configured to be handled independently from the bottom shell and lateral areas of the aircraft fuselage prior to its connection to the bottom shell and lateral areas of the aircraft fuselage.
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