Flight deck handling system for landed aircraft
US6527226B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64F1/22
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A remotely controlled movably powered shuttle frame has foundation pads attached thereto at all four corner portions for separating skid pads of a helicopter from the flight deck of a marine vessel, wherein both the skid pads and the fight deck are outfitted with hook and loop fabrics. Skid blades displaced from retracted positions underlying the foundation pads are extended from the shuttle frame underlying a landed aircraft whose weight has been lifted off the flight deck by lifting arms pivotally mounted on the foundation pads. The aircraft carried by the lifting arms on the shuttle frame after the skid blades are retracted is shuttled by wheeled movement of the shuttle frame to a desired location on the flight deck.
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