Transport container

US5238102A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Aerospace AG · DE

Inventor

• Hans-Thilo Langer · Gräfelfing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 4, 1992
• Grant date: Aug 24, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B39/14
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport container with an openable and closable lid for accommodating the loading and unloading of the container. The container walls and lid have a strength and elasticity which permit the withstanding of an internal pressure, which occurs up to a predetermined amount, by means of a deformation. A frame is inserted into a wall surface of the container which frame contains fragments or projectiles which are released when a defined internal pressure is exceeded to thereby force a predetermined hole in an airplane fuselage or other cargo transporter carrying the container, with a consequent controlled escape of excess container pressure through the hole.