Claims
- 1. A cylindrical mechanical package for electrical equipment, comprising:
- a plurality of circular supporting plates having a prescribed number of aligned holes therein;
- spacer means for supporting said plates in spaced relation;
- electrical components supported between said plates either by a direct mounting on a single one of said supporting plates and/or by a mounting between two adjacent supporting plates;
- a projecting boss on one end of each of said electrical components fitting slideably in one of said holes in one of said plates; and
- a projecting threaded shaft on the other end of each of said electrical components projecting through an aligned hole in the other plate; and
- a nut engaged with said threaded shaft to secure each component rigidly with respect to said other plate;
- whereby displacements of said plates away from and toward each other due to shock loadings do not impose any strains on the electrical components;
- each of said electrical components having a terminal board thereon, said components being mounted so as to dispose said terminal boards adjacent the cylindrical periphery of the package; and
- electrical interconnecting means coupling said terminal boards, said interconnecting means consisting of flat tape cables extending around the cylindrical periphery of said package.
- 2. A leakproof structure for a missile having a cylindrical hull, electrical equipment within said hull, and a battery power supply readily removable from said missile, comprising
- a battery well having side walls and a bottom wall, said battery well extending from the wall of said hull toward the axis thereof, said side walls being integrally secured to said hull, and said bottom wall being integrally secured to said side walls,
- an electrical connector in said bottom wall adapted to receive a mating connector on said battery power supply when inserted into said well, said electrical connector being leakproof and connected in leakproof relation to said bottom wall,
- an annular flange on the inner surface of said hull,
- a cylindrical package for said electrical equipment adapted to be assembled within said hull by sliding it past said battery well into contact with said flange, the diameter of said package substantially equalling the inner diameter of said hull, said package being provided with a recessed portion extending from one end thereof to permit the sliding of said package past said battery well,
- whereby maximum use of the volume of said hull is made concomitantly with the retention of a leakproof hull and a readily removable battery power supply, the hull being leakproof even when said battery power supply is removed to allow storage of said missile with a pressurized inert atmosphere therewithin.
- 3. A missile structure as recited in claim 2 wherein said package comprises
- a plurality of circular supporting plates,
- spacer means for supporting said plates in spaced relation,
- electrical components supported between said plates, each of said components having a terminal board thereon, said components being mounted so as to dispose said terminal boards adjacent the cylindrical periphery of said package, and
- electrical interconnecting means coupling said terminal boards, said interconnecting means consisting of flat tape cables extending around the cylindrical periphery of said package.
- 4. A missile structure as recited in claim 3, wherein said recessed portion is defined by
- generally rectangular notches in at least those supporting plates which must clear said battery well when the package is inserted into said hull,
- said flat tape cables being folded into said recessed portion and extending along the sides thereof to reach some of said components.
- 5. A missile structure as recited in claim 4, wherein an insulating protective sleeve surrounds said package, said sleeve having portions extending into said recessed portion in parallel overlying relationship to said tape cables.
- 6. A missile structure as defined in claim 5, wherein said package is provided with an extensible and retractable electrical cable for establishing electrical connection to another part of said missile.
- 7. A missile structure as recited in claim 3, wherein some of said electrical components are mounted on a single one of said supporting plates, and some of said components are supported by two of said plates, the mounting means for said latter components comprising
- aligned holes in said two plates,
- a projecting boss on one end of each of said components and a projecting threaded shaft on the other end of said components, said projecting boss fitting slideably in one of said holes in one of said plates, said threaded shaft projecting through the aligned hole in the other plate, and a nut engaged with said threaded shaft to secure said component rigidly with respect to said other plate,
- whereby displacements of said plates away from and toward each oher due to shock loadings do not impose any strains on said components.
Government Interests
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
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