Electrical cabinet including a wiring support
View Patent ↗An electrical cabinet including an enclosure designed to house a plurality of electrical equipment units, a plurality of electrical cable bundles attached to a face of the enclosure for the electrical connection of the electrical equipment units. The cabinet additionally includes a wiring support including support elements arranged cross-wise whereon electrical cable bundles are assembled, and wherein the wiring support includes fasteners for attachment thereof to the face of the enclosure, the electrical cables being capable of assembly to the wiring support before it is fixed to the enclosure.
1. An electrical cabinet including:
an enclosure designed to house a plurality of electrical equipment units,
a plurality of electrical cable bundles attached to a face of the enclosure for the electrical connection of said electrical equipment units,
wherein the cabinet additionally includes a wiring support including support elements arranged cross-wise whereon electrical cable bundles are assembled, wherein said wiring support, when attached to the face of the enclosure, extends substantially in a plane parallel to said face of the enclosure, wherein said wiring support includes fixing means for its attachment to the face of the enclosure, it being possible to assemble said electrical cables to the wiring support before attaching said wiring support to said enclosure, wherein the cross-wise support elements include substantially horizontal cross-members and substantially vertical uprights, wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of horizontal shelves whereon are disposed the electrical equipment units, and wherein at least one of the cross-members is disposed in proximity to the plane of one of the shelves.
2. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-wise support elements are disposed in at least one substantially vertical plane referred to as a level.
3. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical cable bundles are assembled along the cross-wise support elements.
4. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cross-members includes at least one earthing module to which are connected the electrical earths of the electrical equipment units.
5. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cross-members includes at least one horizontal bar carrying at least one of the electrical cable bundles.
6. An electrical cabinet according to claims 2 or 5 , wherein at least one of the cross-members includes at least one pair of bars disposed at least two distinct levels.
7. An electrical cabinet according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the bars is locally curved, so as to be capable of allowing at least one of the cable bundles to pass from a bar at a first level to a bar at a second level.
8. An electrical cabinet according to claim 5 , wherein the bars comprise cylindrical metal rods welded together.
9. An electrical cabinet according to claim 5 , wherein in proximity to the intersection of one of the bars and an upright, said bar is locally curved.
10. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cross-members additionally includes a rail designed to support at least one of the cable bundles.
11. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between two cross-wise support elements is designed to maintain the required segregations between the electrical cable bundles assembled on these two support elements.
12. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 used in an aircraft, wherein the wiring support is metallic and wherein it is electrically connected to an electrical earth of the aircraft.
13. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment units are disposed in individual metal carriers designed to be electrically connected to the wiring support.
14. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is made of a non-conducting material.
15. An electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring support has substantially the same dimensions on the width and height as the enclosure.
16. An aircraft including a cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the cabinet includes an enclosure integral with a principal structure of the aircraft.
17. A wiring support for an electrical cabinet according to claim 1 .
18. A method of wiring an electrical cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the cable bundles are assembled on the wiring support, the wiring support is fixed to the enclosure and connectors are attached to an equipment carriers.
19. An electrical cabinet including:
an enclosure designed to house a plurality of electrical equipment units,
a plurality of electrical cable bundles attached to a face of the enclosure for the electrical connection of said electrical equipment units,
wherein the cabinet additionally includes a wiring support including support elements arranged cross-wise whereon electrical cable bundles are assembled, wherein said wiring support, when attached to the face of the enclosure, extends substantially in a plane parallel to said face of the enclosure, wherein said wiring support includes fixing means for its attachment to the face of the enclosure, it being possible to assemble said electrical cables to the wiring support before attaching said wiring support to said enclosure, wherein the cross-wise support elements include substantially horizontal cross-members and substantially vertical uprights, wherein the cross-wise support elements are disposed in at least one substantially vertical plane referred to as a level, wherein at least one of the cross-members includes at least one horizontal bar carrying at least one of the electrical cable bundles, wherein at least one of the cross-members includes at least one pair of bars disposed at least two distinct levels, and wherein at least one of the bars is locally curved, so as to be capable of allowing at least one of the cable bundles to pass from a bar at a first level to a bar at a second level.
20. An electrical cabinet according to claim 19 , wherein the distance between two cross-wise support elements is designed to maintain the required segregations between the electrical cable bundles assembled on these two support elements.
21. An electrical cabinet including:
an enclosure designed to house a plurality of electrical equipment units,
a plurality of electrical cable bundles attached to a face of the enclosure for the electrical connection of said electrical equipment units,
wherein the cabinet additionally includes a wiring support including support elements arranged cross-wise whereon electrical cable bundles are assembled, wherein said wiring support, when attached to the face of the enclosure, extends substantially in a plane parallel to said face of the enclosure, wherein said wiring support includes fixing means for its attachment to the face of the enclosure, it being possible to assemble said electrical cables to the wiring support before attaching said wiring support to said enclosure, wherein the cross- wise support elements include substantially horizontal cross-members and substantially vertical uprights, wherein at least one of the cross-members includes at least one horizontal bar carrying at least one of the electrical cable bundles, and wherein in proximity to the intersection of one of the bars and an upright, said bar is locally curved.
22. An electrical cabinet according to claim 21 , wherein the distance between two cross-wise support elements is designed to maintain the required segregations between the electrical cable bundles assembled on these two support elements.