Freight-loading system for an aircraft

US6867702B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telair International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Huber · Schliersee, DE
• Benedikt Kieser · Miesbach, DE
• Matthias Urch · Poing, DE
• Thomas Perreiter · Fischbachau, DE
• Stefan Auer · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2005
• Expiry date: May 1, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D9/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A freight-loading system in a cargo hold of an aircraft is provided that offers enhanced operating safety. The freight-loading system comprises a plurality of power drive units (PDUs), which can be actuated by control signals in such a way that items of freight can be maneuvered into or out of the cargo hold as well as within it. The power drive units (PDUs) are connected by control leads to control panels for actuation by personnel. A control maintenance computer (CMC) is provided and connected to the power drive units (PDUs) and the control panels, and is so designed that status information from the power drive units (PDUs) and the control panels can be read out, and that the power drive units (PDUs) and/or the control panels are controllable by the control maintenance computer (CMC).