EP0903827B1 - Interface de câblage - Google Patents

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EP0903827B1
EP0903827B1 EP19970202869 EP97202869A EP0903827B1 EP 0903827 B1 EP0903827 B1 EP 0903827B1 EP 19970202869 EP19970202869 EP 19970202869 EP 97202869 A EP97202869 A EP 97202869A EP 0903827 B1 EP0903827 B1 EP 0903827B1
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John Doriski, Jr.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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  • the present invention relates to wiring installations and more particularly to wiring installations in aircraft electronics bays, main instrument panels or overhead panels which require extremely complex wiring of multiple systems.
  • U.S. patent No. 4,320,261 to Scerbo, et al shows a method for optimizing cable routing in the distribution panels for an office environment. Means are described for minimizing crossovers and cable lengths. Optimization is based on crossovers and length in contrast to the present method which considers separation requirements. Also Scerbo, et al, is hardwired in contrast to the present method of using connectors.
  • US 4 776 529 discloses a method of using heat pads to preheat helicopter metallic components, oils and fuel.
  • the heat pads are connected by a power cord to an electric source.
  • the power cord follows the route of existing wire bundles. There is no redundancy to prevent simultaneously failure of heat pads.
  • the connectors are used to connect the heat pads to the harness and the harness to a power source. If a cable was severed, all signals to the heat pad would fail casuing complete failure of the system.
  • US 5 659 655 discloses a box for protecting Berg fiber optic fanouts, wherein a Berg-method is used to fanout and splice optical fibre cables with minimal optical loss. This document provides a method to protect the Berg fanout. If a cable was severed, all signals would fail causing complete failure of the system.
  • a plural level wiring interface system and a method of providing such a plural level wiring interface comprising the features of claim 1 and 4.
  • This invention employs a plural-level system to achieve simplicity.
  • Each panel is analyzed to assign wire separation categories for every required connection and then one or more connectors (designated separation dedicated connectors) is incorporated for each category.
  • the opposite end of the system is composed of a set of "integration disconnects".
  • the connections on these are determined by performing a wire separation category analysis on the wires coming into the instrument bay from the peripherals in a given physical area (called a destination area) and assigning at least one connector for each category.
  • the third portion of the system is composed of the "integration wire bundles". These are designed with breakouts from the bundle body so that they connect the proper terminals of the dedicated separation connectors to the proper terminals of the integration disconnects.
  • the present invention solves the separation problem by utilizing separation dedicated connectors.
  • a wire is inserted into the connector meeting the wires separation requirement; should multiple connectors meet the wire's separation requirement, the wire is inserted into the connector also meeting the wire's destination requirements, thereby providing a solution to the separation routing congestion, cross-connected wire bundles, and complexity problems.
  • a wiring matrix results in simplified discrete integrated wire bundles which are assembled and positioned on the module or overhead panel before final assembly thereby completing a module or panel and wiring assembly.
  • Routing integration previously achieved by end point aircraft final assembly wiring with complex integration wiring panels is eliminated in accordance with the present plural level wiring interface hereinafter described utilization which is a system utilizing separation dedicated connectors, integration disconnects (having no wiring, Ref. Fig. 4A and 4B), Ref. Fig. 1 and 2, modular integrated wire bundles and panels, destination dedicated connectors, and wire bundle breakouts from the bundle body (Ref. Fig. 1, 3A and 3B.
  • the present system permits wire bundle production on foam boards including connectors and wiring as integral unitary modules.
  • the separation categories in the module or panel are determined; A,B,C, and N for example, where N is a neutral or non-critical separation; and for example Separation A is routed on the left side, B is routed on the right side, and C is redundant to A and/or B and routed away from A and B.
  • the module or panel is assigned a connector for each separation category in the module or panel.
  • MP2 is assigned separation connectors A,B,C
  • MP3 is assigned separation connectors B, & C
  • MP1 is assigned separation connector A/N (since separation category N may be combined with any other separation category).
  • the internal wiring of the modules or panels are separation routed and connected to the separation dedicated connectors of the module or panel interface.
  • Integration wire bundles IB1, IB2, IB3 are used to route wires of similar separation from the module or panel separation dedicated connector interface to an integration disconnect ID1 via breakouts from the bundle body. Wires from separation dedicated connectors; A of MP2 and A/N of MP1 are combined into IB1; B of MP2 and MP3 are combined into IB2; and C of MP2 and MP3 are combined into IB3.
  • Integration wire bundles IB1, IB2, and IB3 are kept separate from each other and routed to an integration disconnect ID1. (Thus a failure in one bundle will not affect the wiring in another bundle.).
  • This integration disconnect is close to or part of the module or panel assembly E1.
  • the integration disconnect provides a disconnect for the assembly E1 as well as an integration interface to the distribution wire bundles.
  • IB1 mates with connector 1 (separation dedicated A/N) and connector 2 (separation dedicated N); [Note:
  • the integration disconnect connector 2 is used to route a portion of the separation N wires based on destination, and eliminates the need for wiring at the integration disconnect to enter another distribution wire bundle, Ref. Fig. 4A and 4B).
  • IB2 mates directly with DB2 and provides a disconnect function at connector 3.
  • IB3 mates with connectors 4 and 5 to accommodate the volume of wires and provide the disconnect function.
  • the distribution wire bundles are used to make long runs with breakouts from the bundle body (Ref. Fig. 1) to other integration or destination areas.
  • DB1 routes separation category A wires direct from ID1 to ID2; (integration disconnect, ID2, is shown being used as a production break interface).
  • DB2 routes separation category B wires to both ID2 and ID3 (ID3 being shown as an integration disconnect interface on an enclosed assembly E2).
  • DB3 accepts separation category N wires from IB1 for routing to destination device D5 having a single C/N separation dedicated connector; DB3 also has routing breakouts from the bundle body (Ref. Fig. 1) for separation category C wiring to ID2 and ID3.
  • FIG 2A there is seen a plural level wiring interface of the kind shown in Figure 1 however as adapted for an overhead panel. Only the elements of the present system are shown in heavy lines.
  • Separation categories D and E represent (in air/in space/at sea) and (on ground/at port) usage respectively, exclusive usage allows the combining of these,wires into a single connector.
  • Separation categories F and G are redundant to categories A and B, and may be combined (provided they have protective shielding from A and B) to the first distribution breakout.
  • Figure 2A is a detail of a complex panel, thus destination devices are not shown.
  • Modules MP22 and MP23 interface with both integration and distribution wire bundles.
  • Connectors (1,2,3), (4,5,6), and (10,11,12) are provided to handle the volume of wires.
  • Connectors 8 and 9 on integration disconnect ID1A are provided to separate and distribute separation category D and E wires.
  • Connectors 7 and 13 on integration disconnects ID1A and ID1B are provided to separate and distribute separation category A and B from F and G.
  • Connectors 1 thru 19 also provide a panel disconnect function.

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Claims (4)

  1. Système d'interface de câblage à plusieurs niveaux afin d'effectuer des connexions de circuits électriques entre un premier ensemble de bornes (MP1 A/N, MP2 A, B, C, MP3 B, C) et un dernier ensemble de bornes (D1 A/N, D2 A, D3 B, C, D4 B, C, D5 C/N), comprenant :
    une pluralité de connecteurs spécialisés de catégorie de séparation, par l'intermédiaire desquels des fils sont séparés et acheminés pour empêcher un dysfonctionnement d'un système, qui sont couplés auxdits premier et dernier ensembles de bornes ;
    une pluralité de déconnexions d'intégration couplées dans ledit système d'interface de câblage avec des ensembles intermédiaires de bornes (1-10) ;
    et un ensemble de faisceaux de fils d'intégration (IB1-IB3) pour assurer une fonction d'intégration, et des faisceaux de fils de répartition (DB-DB3) afin d'assurer une fonction de répartition, comprenant une utilisation de séparations de fils à partir d'un couplage de corps de faisceau entre ladite pluralité de connecteurs spécialisés de séparation et ladite pluralité de déconnexions d'intégration.
  2. Système d'interface de câblage à plusieurs niveaux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdites déconnexions d'intégration n'ont pas de câblage interne.
  3. Système d'interface de câblage à plusieurs niveaux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la structure de séparations de fils comporte un ou plusieurs fils pénétrant dans ou quittant le corps de faisceau.
  4. Procédé de réalisation d'un système d'interface à plusieurs niveaux afin de connecter des faisceaux de fils pour éliminer des zones d'intégration de câblage, comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    prévoir une pluralité de faisceaux de fils d'intégration comprenant des séparations de fils depuis le corps du faisceau, contenant des fils entre des connecteurs spécialisés de catégorie de séparation et des déconnexions d'intégration ;
    prévoir une pluralité de faisceaux de fils de répartition, contenant des fils entre des déconnexions d'intégration ;
    adapter une fiche de connecteur d'un faisceau de fils d'intégration directement au réceptacle du connecteur d'un faisceau de fils de répartition de telle sorte que chacune de ladite pluralité de déconnexions d'intégration n'ait pas de câblage entre les connecteurs de faisceaux en regard.
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