Busbar support, made up of two parts, comprising an attachment between the two parts

{
  "publication_number": "US11972878B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Busbar support, made up of two parts, comprising an attachment between the two parts",
  "abstract": "A support for a busbar including two parts each having two surfaces substantially planar and perpendicular to one another and arranged to form, together with the two surfaces of the other part from the two parts, a through-cavity or a passage, a base including a hole or a fastener, and, a shape complementary to a shape of the other of the two parts, the shape being arranged to form, together with the shape of the other of the two parts, an attachment between the two parts. Advantageously, it is possible to obtain a support for a busbar, the support being robust, reliable, and inexpensive and able to be mounted in an easy and rapid manner.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A support for a busbar, comprising: a first part comprising: a first base comprising a hole or a fastener and a first bearing surface configured to bear against a substrate; a first sub-part extending from the first base, the first sub-part defining a first lower mating surface and a first upper mating surface spaced apart from the first lower mating surface by a first angle; and a first attachment feature; and a second part comprising: a second base comprising a hole or a fastener and a second bearing surface configured to bear against the substrate; a second sub-part extending from the second base, the second sub-part defining a second lower mating surface and a second upper mating surface spaced apart from the second lower mating surface by a second angle; a second attachment feature having a shape that is complementary to a shape of the first attachment feature; wherein the first base and the second base are configured to be arranged with the first lower mating surface abutting the second lower mating surface and with the first upper mating surface abutting the second upper mating surface, wherein the first angle and the second angle define a through-cavity or a passage; and wherein the first attachment feature and the second attachment feature are configured to engage one another to provide an attachment between the first part and the second part.",
    "2. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the first angle comprises two surfaces that are substantially planar and perpendicular to one another; and wherein the second angle comprises two surface that are substantially planar and perpendicular to one another.",
    "3. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein one of the first attachment feature or the second attachment feature comprises a hook or has a profile in a form of a hook.",
    "4. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the first base and the second base together form a planar sole.",
    "5. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the attachment between the first part and the second part is configured to limit movement of the first part with respect to the second part in at least two directions of movement perpendicular to one another.",
    "6. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the first part and the second part are manufactured from an insulating material.",
    "7. The busbar support of claim 6, wherein the insulating material is a polymer or an elastomer having a melting temperature greater than 150° C.",
    "8. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the through-cavity or the passage has a parallelepipedal overall shape.",
    "9. A busbar fastening assembly comprising a substrate, two screws or two fastener and the busbar support of claim 1, the assembly configured to receive a busbar positioned in the through-cavity or the passage of the support when the two parts are assembled on the substrate.",
    "10. An aircraft having the busbar fastening assembly of claim 9.",
    "11. An aircraft having the busbar support of claim 1.",
    "12. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the first part comprises a first reinforcing rib joining the first base and the first sub-part; and wherein the second part comprises a second reinforcing rib joining the second base and the second sub-part.",
    "13. The busbar support of claim 1, wherein the first part is manufactured from a polymer material and the second part is manufactured from an elastomer material."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The disclosure herein relates to a busbar support. The disclosure herein relates notably to a busbar support made up of two parts for aircraft electrical systems.\n\nElectricity plays an increasingly important role in the on-board systems of aircraft, which change constantly in terms of architecture, notably to meet requirements with regard to safety, mass, cost and the environment, and also needs with regard to industrialization and convenience. Thus, an aircraft has numerous electrical and electronic circuits requiring various electrical power supply lines and signal transmission lines, useful to the flight functions of the aircraft. In this context, connections of the busbar type are commonly used, for example from on-board electric power generation systems to different electrical systems of the aircraft.\n\nSuch busbars have to be assembled in a reliable manner, and the mounting operations can be time-consuming and burdensome in order to meet the reliability requirements.\n\nThe situation may be improved.\n\nAn object of the disclosure herein is a simple and reliable busbar support which can be assembled in an easy and rapid manner and which requires only a minimum number of ancillary or supplementary elements such as screws, nuts or washers.\n\nTo this end, what is proposed is a busbar support comprising two parts each having:\n\nAdvantageously, this makes it possible to obtain a simple, robust, reliable and inexpensive busbar support which can be assembled in an easy and rapid manner, while still consequently limiting the FOD (Foreign Object Debris, denoting a foreign body present in a system) risks.",
  "cpc": [
    "H01B 17/18",
    "B64D 2221/00",
    "B64D 47/00",
    "F16B 5/0635",
    "F16B 5/0657",
    "F16B 5/0685",
    "F16M 13/02",
    "H02G 5/025"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "F16M 13/02",
    "H01B 17/18"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Airbus Operations SAS"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Sébastien Forasacco"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2022-08-30",
  "publication_date": "2024-04-30",
  "grant_date": "2024-04-30",
  "priority_date": "2021-08-31",
  "application_number": "US-202217898810-A",
  "family_id": "77913307",
  "cited_by_count": 0,
  "citations": [
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    "US20040122191A1",
    "US20130169541A1",
    "US20170055363A1",
    "FR3067522A1",
    "WO2019218061A1"
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}