Patent · US Active

Aircraft engine module handling assembly

US9309008B2 · kind B2 · utility

32Cited by
22References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 19, 2010
Grant dateApr 12, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 22, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66F9/06
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft engine module handling assembly including a carriage, a pivoting portion at a top of the carriage, a module support tooling, and an additional mechanism for assembly of the tooling on the pivoting portion, such that the module can be rotated from an original vertical position, observed when it reaches an assembly shop in a crate, to a horizontal position suitable for its assembly with another module of an engine.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.