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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Gregory L. Sheffield, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Fernando Dones, Thornton, PA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An avionics mounting unit includes a housing with a first mounting interface to couple the housing to a structure of an aircraft and a second mounting interface to couple an avionics device to the housing. The second mounting interface includes slots oriented orthogonal to each other and extending to sides of the housing such that the avionics device can be installed via the slots from any of four sides of the housing. The avionics mounting unit also includes communication circuitry, power supply circuitry, one or more avionics device interface ports, and one or more aircraft interface ports. The avionics device interface port(s) are configured to provide power to the avionics device and configured to enable data communications with the avionics device. The aircraft interface port(s) are configured to receive power from the aircraft and to enable data communications between other aircraft systems and the avionics device.