Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for aligning and securing pallets in an aircraft

US5397078A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Aerospace Airbus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wilfried Eilenstein-Wiegmann · Stuhr, DE
Guenter Vogg · Bremen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 1993
Grant date	Mar 14, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D9/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pallet that is initially not completely aligned with a support structure, such as support rails in the floor of an aircraft, is properly aligned by the function of an aligning and coupling device which has two sections interconnected by a coupling member, such as a screw bolt that can be tightened. One section is connected to the support and the other section is connected to the pallet. Relative movement at least in a radial direction of the components of one section permit an adjustment. The relative movement is preferably permitted in the radial and axial direction. The continued tightening of the two sections to each other provide the required alignment.

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