IP Library Patent Application 15191744
Patent Application
App. No. 15/191,744

Modular Satellite Device Carrier Panel and a Modular Satellite

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App. No.
15/191,744
Abstract

A modular satellite device carrier panel to accommodate electrical and/or electronic modules includes a base body, which is provided with at least one recess, into which at least one of the electrical and/or electronic modules can be installed. The base body includes devices for distributing electrical power to electrical power terminals provided in the area of the at least one recess for the at least one electrical and/or electronic module provided there.

Claims (31)

1 . A modular satellite device carrier panel to accommodate at least one of electrical and electronic modules, comprising:

a base body provided with at least one recess into which the at least one of electrical and electronic modules can be installed, and

wherein the base body includes devices for distributing electrical power to electrical power terminals provided in the area of the at least one recess for the at least one of electrical and electronic modules provided there.

2 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 1 , wherein the devices for distributing electrical power form at least one energy bus.

3 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 1 , wherein the base body includes at least one cover for covering the at least one recess.

4 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 1 , wherein the base body is provided with at least one of signal means and data transmission means which include at least one of signal and data transmission connections provided in the area of the at least one recess.

5 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one of signal and data transmission means include electrically conductive connections.

6 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one of signal and/or data transmission means include optical waveguide connections.

7 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one of signal and/or data transmission means include at least one data bus.

8 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 7 , wherein the data bus is configured as a wireless data bus over which the at least one of electrical and electronic modules inserted into the at least one recess communicate with one another or with a central satellite infrastructure.

9 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the electrical and electronic modules which is or can be inserted into the recesses in the base body is formed by high-frequency electronic boxes;

at least one of

high-frequency coaxial cable, and

high-frequency waveguides,

are embedded at least partially in the base body, and

the high-frequency electronic boxes are configured to be connected via the at least one of the high-frequency coaxial cable and the high-frequency waveguides for communication with corresponding high-frequency components of a central satellite infrastructure.

10 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 1 , wherein, in addition, electrical elements comprising at least one of balance resistors, switches, sensors, plugs and wire strain gauges, are provided in the base body where they are embedded and are or can be connected to at least one of control lines, power supply lines and signal lines of the satellite infrastructure.

11 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of

the devices for distributing electrical power,

the devices for transport of high-frequency energy, and

other electrical power supply lines, control lines, signal lines, electrical data transmission lines, heating devices, and microcontrollers

are provided in or on at least one circuit board, which circuit board is embedded in or provided on the base body.

12 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 3 , wherein a circuit board is provided in a cover, including at least one of

the devices for distribution of electrical power,

the devices for transport of high-frequency energy, and

other electrical power supply lines, control lines, signal lines, electrical data transmission lines, heating devices, and microcontrollers.

13 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 1 , wherein the base body is equipped, in at least some regions, with heat conducting devices which are configured to dissipate heat or cold due to thermal conduction acting on the base body or on a region of the base body.

14 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 13 , wherein the heat conducting devices include heat pipes which are provided in or on the base body.

15 . The modular satellite device carrier panel according to claim 14 , wherein the heat pipes are formed by at least one of

sheets of a thermally conducting material running in an interior of the base body, and

channels made of a heat conducting material running in the interior of the base body, through which a heat transport medium flows or can flow.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: AIRBUS DS GMBH
To: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
Reel/Frame 048043/0373 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2017
From: BOSE, GUIDO; GRASL, ANDREAS
To: AIRBUS DS GMBH
Reel/Frame 040948/0159 →