Systems and methods for moving a vehicle component relative to the vehicle structure

US11634239B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Robert Steven Wright · Spring, US
• James Tane Iwamoto · Renton, US
• Jack W. Mauldin · Mill Creek, US
• August West McKenna · Everett, US
• Richard Kevin Wilson · Sunbury, US
• Bruce Allen Biskup · Bothell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66F9/18
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for moving a vehicle component relative to the vehicle, the system including first and second upwardly-extending supports; a lift frame between the first and second supports including a crossbeam, and a pair of cambered truss assemblies secured to the crossbeam and configured to be attached to the vehicle component; movable first and second crossbeam support assemblies on the first and second supports to support the rotation of the crossbeam; a first lift mechanism configured to move the first crossbeam support assembly along the first support in response to a first control signal; a rotational drive mechanism configured to rotate the crossbeam relative to the first and second crossbeam support assemblies in response to a second control signal; and an electronic controller configured to generate the first and second control signals to change the position of the vehicle component relative to the vehicle.