Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for loading an aircraft

US6705817B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Wittenstein GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Wittenstein · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Ken Smith · Houston, US
Hans-Hermann Spohr · Calw, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2001
Grant date	Mar 16, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C2001/0027
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for loading an aircraft (R) with shipping containers (3), the latter being passed on conveyor members (13) into the interior of the aircraft (R) and rotated there in a loading area (8), the position of the shipping container (3) in the loading area (8) is determined and the conveyor members (13) are operated via a control system in accordance with the determined position to rotate the shipping container (3).

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