Transport trolley

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11325214-B2
Application number	US-201916580949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A transport trolley for transporting a load comprising a base mounted on motorized wheels, a deck mounted to be translationally mobile on the base in a direction of translation, a first motorized system displacing the deck, a hexapod platform comprising a platform and a set of six jacks in which each is mounted articulated between the deck and the platform. The platform comprises a plurality of bearing points configured to come under the load and each bearing point takes the form of a receptacle with its opening oriented upwards. A control unit controls each motorized wheel, the first motorized system and each jack. The use of a hexapod platform makes it possible to finely position the wing at its position of fixing onto the fuselage and the use of a mobile deck supporting the hexapod platform allows for adjustability of the position despite a smaller footprint around the aircraft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transport trolley configured to transport a load and comprising:
a base comprising displacement means,
a deck mounted to be translationally mobile on the base in a direction of translation,
a first motorized system which displaces the deck,
a hexapod platform which comprises a platform and a set of six jacks in which each is mounted articulated between the deck and the platform and in which the platform comprises a plurality of bearing points configured to come under the load, and
a control unit which controls the displacement means, the first motorized system and each jack.

2. The transport trolley according to claim 1 , wherein each bearing point takes the form of a receptacle having an opening oriented upwards.

3. The transport trolley according to claim 2 , further comprising a first receptacle fixed onto the platform and a second receptacle translationally mobile in a direction of adjustment parallel to a line passing through a center of the first and second receptacles.

4. The transport trolley according to claim 1 , further comprising an additional platform mounted to be translationally mobile on the base, an articulated arm, motorized and fixed by an end thereof onto the additional platform, a camera which is mounted at another end of the arm, and a second motorized system which displaces the additional platform, and in which the control unit controls the camera, the arm and the second motorized system.

5. A handling system comprising a holding station and a transport trolley, the transport trolley comprising:
a base comprising displacement means,
a deck mounted to be translationally mobile on the base in a direction of translation,
a first motorized system which displaces the deck,
a hexapod platform which comprises a platform and a set of six jacks in which each is mounted articulated between the deck and the platform and in which the platform comprises a plurality of bearing points configured to come under the load, and
a control unit which controls the displacement means, the first motorized system and each jack, wherein each bearing point takes the form of a receptacle having an opening oriented upwards,
wherein the holding station comprises a plurality of posts in which each is anchored in the ground and in which a top part of each post has a pallet with at least one slit and in which, for each slit, the pallet bears a block, in which each block comprises a shoulder bearing on the pallet, a rounded part extending above the shoulder and configured to support the load, and a trunk extending under the shoulder and which is inserted into the slit, and in which, for each block, the transport trolley comprises a receptacle whose depth is less than a length of the trunk extending under the pallet.

6. The handling system according to claim 5 , wherein each slit has an opening at one of its ends and in that all the openings are oriented in the same direction.

7. The handling system according to claim 5 , wherein each slit has an opening at one of its ends, wherein at least one post has multiple slits, the slits of the at least one post being oriented in a same direction, wherein at least one other post has multiple slits, the slits of the at least one other post being oriented in another direction, and wherein the top part of each at least one other post is rotationally mobile about a vertical axis.

8. A transport trolley configured to transport a load and comprising:
a base comprising displacement means,
a deck mounted to be translationally mobile on the base in a direction of translation,
a first motorized system which displaces the deck,
a hexapod platform which comprises a platform and a set of six jacks in which each is mounted articulated between the deck and the platform and in which the platform comprises a plurality of bearing points configured to come under the load, and
a control unit which controls the displacement means, the first motorized system and each jack,
wherein each bearing point takes the form of a receptacle having an opening oriented upwards, and
wherein the transport trolley further comprises a yoke joint mounted on the platform, a rocker arm mounted to be rotationally mobile on the yoke joint and two receptacles in which each of the two receptacles is arranged at an end of the rocker arm.

9. The transport trolley according to claim 8 , wherein the yoke joint is mounted on the platform via a compound sliding stage.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas
• Airbus Sas

Inventors

• Datas Jean-Marc
• Bouriquet Jacques
• Brindeau Jean-Mickael
• Aquila André
• Guibert Patrick
• Darbonville Nicolas
• Autret Thomas

Classifications

• B23Q1/26 Primary

  characterised by constructional features relating to the co-operation of relatively movable members; Means for preventing relative movement of such members {(bearings for linearly moving parts F16C29/00)} · CPC title

• B66F7/22

  with tiltable platforms (tilting vehicles for unloading B65G67/34) · CPC title

• B64F5/50 Primary

  Handling or transporting aircraft components · CPC title

• B64F5/10

  Manufacturing or assembling aircraft, e.g. jigs therefor · CPC title

• B66F3/36

  Load-engaging elements · CPC title