Freight container intended to be received in the cargo hold of an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12269673-B2
Application number	US-202117919041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2021
Priority date	Apr 17, 2020
Publication date	Apr 8, 2025
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025

Abstract

A freight container configured to fit in an aircraft cargo hold includes a floor element. First and second parallel side walls extend away from first and second opposite edges of the floor element base surface. A top wall, parallel to a floor element resting surface, extends between edges of the first and second side walls, which edges are remote from the first and second edges. A front wall extends between the first and second side walls from a base surface third edge to a top wall front edge. The front wall has a first front wall portion, extending from the base surface third edge at a first angle of at least 90° to the resting surface. The front wall has a second front wall portion, extending from the top wall front edge at a second angle of less than 180° and more than 90° to the top wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A freight container configured to be received in a hold of an aircraft, comprising
a bottom element which has a bearing surface which is configured to bear on a bottom surface of a hold of an aircraft,
wherein the bottom element has a rectangular base surface which is arranged on a side of the bottom element which faces away from the bearing surface,
a first and a second side wall which extend away from mutually opposite first and second edges of the base surface,
wherein the first and second side walls extend in planes which are spaced apart from one another,
a top wall, positioned between edges, remote from the first and second edges, of the first and second side walls, the top wall extending parallel to the bearing surface,
a front wall extending between the first and second side walls from a third edge of the base surface to a front edge of the top wall,
wherein the third edge connects the first and second edges to one another,
wherein the third edge, as seen in the plane of the bearing surface, and the front edge, as seen in the plane of the top wall, face in the same direction,
wherein the front wall has a first front-wall portion which extends from the third edge of the base surface at a first angle of at least 90° to the bearing surface between the first and second side walls,
wherein the front wall has a second front-wall portion which extends from the front edge of the top wall at a second angle of less than 180° and greater than 90° to the top wall,
a rear wall extending between the first and second side walls from a fourth edge of the base surface to a rear edge of the top wall,
wherein the fourth edge connects the first and second edges to one another, and
wherein the fourth edge, as seen in the plane of the base surface, and the rear edge, as seen in the plane of the top wall, face in the same direction,
wherein a plane intersecting the front edge of the top wall forms a 90° angle with the top wall and intersects the base surface inwardly from the third edge of the base surface in a direction towards the fourth edge of the base surface, such that the second front wall portion has a length greater than the first front wall portion.

2. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base surface extends parallel to the bearing surface.

3. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the planes of the first and second side extend parallel to one another and perpendicularly to the bearing surface.

4. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first angle is greater than 90° and is preferably at least 135°.

5. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, between the first front-wall portion and the second front-wall portion, a third front-wall portion connects the first front-wall portion to the second front-wall portion.

6. The freight container as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the third front-wall portion extends at an angle of 90° to the bearing surface.

7. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rear wall has a first rear-wall portion which extends from a fourth edge of the base surface at a third angle of greater than 90° to the bearing surface between the first and second side walls.

8. The freight container as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the third angle is at least 135°.

9. The freight container as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the rear wall has a second rear-wall portion which extends from the rear edge of the top wall at a fourth angle of less than 180° to the top wall.

10. The freight container as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second rear-wall portion extends from the rear edge of the top wall at the fourth angle of 90° to the top wall.

11. The freight container as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first and second rear-wall portions are connected directly to one another.

12. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rear wall extends from the fourth edge of the base surface toward the rear edge of the top wall at an angle of 90°.

13. The freight container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, along an edge of at least one of the first or the second side wall, fastening devices are provided for connection to freight-compartment fastening elements.

14. The freight container as claimed in claim 13 ,
wherein the rear wall has a first rear-wall portion which extends from a fourth edge of the base surface at a third angle of greater than 90° to the bearing surface between the first and second side walls, and
wherein the fastening devices are provided on an edge between at least one of the first or the second side wall and the first front-wall portion and on an edge between at least one of the first or the second side wall and the first rear-wall portion.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Schliwa Ralf
• Grabow Thomas
• Benthien Hermann
• Hansen Lars Uwe
• Meiranke Dirk
• Gleixner Lucas
• Wichtmann Paul

Classifications

• B65D88/14 Primary

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