Method and device for the installation of systems, and a freight loading system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9169016-B2
Application number	US-201013386513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2010
Priority date	Jul 23, 2009
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for the installation of systems in an aeroplane fuselage, a device with a rails system for the execution of the method, and a freight loading system, which uses the rails system as a guidance system for cargo.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for the installation of systems in an aeroplane fuselage which has an opening, the opening being a front face side opening or rear face side opening, comprising:
a longitudinal guideway extending through the opening into the aeroplane fuselage for accommodation of at least one cart that can be moved along the longitudinal guideway, wherein the longitudinal guideway has two parallel guideway sections, which are connected with one another via a curved section arranged in the aeroplane fuselage, and wherein the at least one cart is able to enter into the aeroplane fuselage through the opening along one of the two parallel guideway sections, is able to change direction along the curved section, and is able to exit from the aeroplane fuselage through the opening along the other of the two parallel guideway sections.

2. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein a points system is provided for the purpose of scheduling the at least one cart in the required sequence.

3. The device in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the points system has a multiplicity of interfaces for the purpose of supplying to a multiplicity of aeroplane fuselages.

4. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the at least one cart has a module carrier for the purpose of supporting the system during installation.

5. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal guideway is a guidance system of a freight loading system.

6. A freight loading system for an aeroplane, comprising:
a rail-type longitudinal guideway arranged in an aeroplane; and
a multiplicity of sledges routed on the rail-type longitudinal guideway for the accommodation of cargo, wherein the rail-type longitudinal guideway has a curved section for the purpose of altering the direction of the sledges, and wherein the rail-type longitudinal guideway has two parallel guideway sections, which are connected with one another via the curved section, wherein at least one sledge of the multiplicity of sledges is able to enter into an opening of an aeroplane fuselage along one of the two parallel guideway sections, is able to alter direction along the curved section, and is able to exit from the aeroplane fuselage through the opening along the other of two parallel guideway sections.

7. The freight loading system in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the sledges have positioning aids for accurate positioning of the cargo.

Assignees

• Goehlich Robert Alexander
• Sayilgan Cihangir
• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Goehlich Robert Alexander
• Sayilgan Cihangir

Classifications

• B64D9/00 Primary

  Equipment for handling freight; Equipment for facilitating passenger embarkation or the like · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• B64C1/20

  specially adapted for freight · CPC title

• B64F5/0036

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64F5/50

  Handling or transporting aircraft components · CPC title