Coupling module for a passenger boarding bridge with suspended floor

US11325724B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Schuster · Kassel, DE
• Sebastian Schmelz · Gut Ellenbach, DE
• Dirk Kessler · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2020
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64F1/305
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A coupling module for forming an interface between a cabin of an air passenger bridge and an aircraft. The coupling module has a projecting roof and a floor arrangement spanned by the projecting roof. The end face of the floor arrangement facing the cabin is fastenable to the cabin by at least one releasable fastening means, and the floor arrangement is connectable spaced apart from its end face to the cabin by at least one anchorage means.