Abstract: Electrical equipment, in particular for aircraft, comprising: a fixed frame delimiting a storage compartment having a front opening, a pivoting frame mounted to pivot on the fixed frame to occupy a storage position in which it is placed inside the storage compartment of the fixed frame and an accessibility position in which it extends through the front opening of the fixed frame, the pivoting frame delimiting a reception space having at least one access opening, situated behind its front, for the introduction of electronic cards and their removal when the pivoting frame is in said accessibility position in which said access opening is situated in front of said front opening of the fixed frame, the pivoting frame being provided with electrical connection means that can be coupled to electrical connection means of the electronic cards.

Abstract: A method for controlling an equipment item or a function by means of a touch interface includes: displaying, on a touch screen of the interface, a first graphical object that can be manipulated to control said equipment item or said function and a second graphical object having a first configuration in which the first graphical object is disabled and a second configuration in which the first graphical object can be activated; —detecting a first gesture on the screen tending to switch the second graphical object from the first configuration to the second configuration; activating said first graphical object while the second graphical object is being manipulated; and detecting a second gesture on the screen tending to activate the first graphical object. Applicable to the activation of a protected function implemented onboard an aircraft.

Abstract: A communication architecture, for exchanging data between processing units that are intended to operate in parallel comprises a communication system comprising a set of interfaces each intended to be linked to a processing unit, a set of sequencers that are able to define, for each processing unit, time intervals of access to a shared memory accessible by the processing units for writing and reading data, for the sequential arbitration of accesses to said memory, and a set of address managers able to allocate each processing unit ports for access to the shared memory.

Abstract: System, especially for use in aircraft, for controlling at least one switching device (5, 5b, 5n) able to open or close the connection between at least one power source and at least one supplied device, and means for measuring the state of the power supply channel. The system comprises: at least two microcontrollers (1a, 1b) each able to emit a command intended for each switching device (5, 5b, 5n), said microcontrollers (1a, 1b) being connected to at least one portion of the means for measuring the state of the power supply channel; and a means (14, 14b, 14n) for determining the command to be transmitted, able to determine the command to be transmitted to each switching device (5, 5b, 5n) from the commands emitted by each microcontroller (1a, 1b) and intended for said control switch.

Abstract: A device for electrically connecting power distribution plates, comprises a connector fastened to one end of a first plate and comprising power contacts for a second plate. The connector comprises a pair of separate electrical connection parts which together electrically connect two power busbars of the first plate to two power busbars of the second plate and each includes a base for electrically connecting and mechanically fastening the part to a power busbar of the first plate and a power contact branch extending from the base and intended to interact with a power busbar of the second plate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an assembly for controlling solid-state switching elements in an aircraft having at least one power pathway comprising at least one power line supplying power to at least one item of equipment on board an aircraft from at least one electrical power source via a power switch, and at least one control member controlling at least one power switch according to control signals arising from a control means. The control assembly comprises a single power supply supplying power to the control members.

Abstract: This electromagnetic contactor comprises a set of controlled switches (C1, C2, C3), at least one electromagnetic field generator (L; L1, L2), for example a coil, associated with an adjustable core (P) controlling the state of the controlled switches and a unit (UC) controlling the power supply of the electromagnetic field generator. It comprises means for detecting the position of the adjustable core to detect the state of the controlled switches.

Abstract: An electrical power supply module intended to supply power to an on-board DC electrical network of an aircraft comprising a battery (12) including a primary line (16), a secondary line (18) and a switching member between said primary and secondary lines; and an electrical distribution box (24) separate from the battery (12) including at least one electrical power supply busbar (26) and a plurality of electrical distribution lines (28) each bearing a circuit breaker (30). The power supply module comprises a connection pad (32) positioned on the secondary power supply line (18) allowing a voltage connection between the battery (12) and the electrical distribution box (24).

Abstract: This electronic circuit, includes a set of electronic boards intended to support components and linked together by joining elements. The joining elements include curved flexible printed circuits linking two opposing ends of two electronic boards running side by side, the said curved flexible printed circuits being foldable for erecting the electronic circuit into a volume so that the electronic circuit comprises electronic boards placed opposite one another.

Abstract: Electrical distribution system for an aircraft comprising at least one electrical supply path comprising at least one power unit capable of opening or closing the connection between at least one electrical energy source and at least one device of the aircraft. The system comprises protection cards (2b, 2n) each comprising at least two microcontrollers each capable of sending a command to each power unit of the electrical supply paths protected by each protection card and, among the set of microcontrollers of the protection cards, at least two microcontrollers are provided with a communication and computation function with all of the microcontrollers of the protection cards (2b, 2n).

Abstract: This power supply controller for an electrical energy distribution network comprises an electronic power card on which power modules are fitted and on which a set of at least one control module is fitted to control the power modules. The electronic card comprises control buses positioned between the control modules and power module fitting locations on which power modules are fitted according to the use of the controller, to form an electronic power card specific to a use of the power supply controller.

Abstract: This beam shaper for an aircraft headlight comprises a light input surface (3) and a light output surface (6), the output surface comprises prism-shaped areas so as to deflect a light beam transmitted between the light input surface and output surface by guiding the beam in two directions (D1, D2) which are oblique relative to an optical axis (A) of the beam shaper.

Abstract: This device for projecting luminous beams for exterior lighting for aircraft comprises a luminous source adapted to be mounted on the aeroplane so as to project the said beam onto an exterior lighting surface. The luminous source comprises a video image projector (2).

Abstract: This interface for aircraft comprises an assemblage of at least one display device for the display of data, at least one support (L) for portable computer equipment comprising means of power supply for the computer equipment, bidirectional means of data transfer to the computer equipment and a communication gateway (4) between the support and the onboard display device, comprising means of copying image data in order to copy the image data coming from the computer equipment onto at least a portion of the screen of at least one of the display devices and means of transfer of data representative of a command gesture between the display device and the support.

Abstract: A three-phase electrical energy distribution system includes a set of current distribution bars extending side by side and clad with an insulator. The bars include opposing insulator-free zones. The electrical energy distribution system finds application to the three-phase electrical energy distribution systems embedded aboard an aircraft.

Abstract: Electrical equipment, in particular for aircraft, comprising: a fixed frame delimiting a storage compartment having a front opening, a pivoting frame mounted to pivot on the fixed frame to occupy a storage position in which it is placed inside the storage compartment of the fixed frame and an accessibility position in which it extends through the front opening of the fixed frame, the pivoting frame delimiting a reception space having at least one access opening, situated behind its front, for the introduction of electronic cards and their removal when the pivoting frame is in said accessibility position in which said access opening is situated in front of said front opening of the fixed frame, the pivoting frame being provided with electrical connection means that can be coupled to electrical connection means of the electronic cards.

Abstract: This power supply controller for an electrical energy distribution network comprises an electronic power card on which power modules are fitted and on which a set of at least one control module is fitted to control the power modules. The electronic card comprises control buses positioned between the control modules and power module fitting locations on which power modules are fitted according to the use of the controller, to form an electronic power card specific to a use of the power supply controller.

Abstract: This optical device for lighting and/or signaling system comprises a set of at least one collimator (10) each comprising a light ray input surface (13) refracting the light, a collimated light beam output surface (17) and a reflecting surface (16) intended to reflect light beams refracted by the input surface and suitable for reflecting the rays in parallel directions. The input surface (13) comprises a set of surfaces (S1, S2, S3) refracting the light that are juxtaposed and suitable for directing the rays from the source towards the reflecting surface.

Abstract: This exterior signaling and/or illuminating light, especially for an aircraft, comprises an array of exterior illuminating optical modules (7) ensuring the execution of at least one exterior signaling and/or illuminating function and an array of at least one deviating optical device (14), the illuminating optical modules being selectively activatable in groups of at least one illuminating optical module in order to selectively execute an exterior signaling and/or illuminating function conjointly with said deviating optical device.

Abstract: Electrical distribution system for an aircraft comprising at least one electrical supply path comprising at least one power unit capable of opening or closing the connection between at least one electrical energy source and at least one device of the aircraft. The system comprises protection cards (2b, 2n) each comprising at least two microcontrollers each capable of sending a command to each power unit of the electrical supply paths protected by each protection card and, among the set of microcontrollers of the protection cards, at least two microcontrollers are provided with a communication and computation function with all of the microcontrollers of the protection cards (2b, 2n).