Vehicle comprising a transport arrangement

US9475580B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Roland Lange · Nottensdorf, DE
• Stefan Ebeling · Wilhelmshaven, DE
• Jens Gärtner · Hamburg, DE
• Andreas Kohler · Hamburg, DE
• Raj Kotian · Hamburg, DE
• Horst Warninck · Rostock, DE
• Ralf Schliwa · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2590/0066
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment separated by a floor structure, and a cargo unit including a storage rack arrangement and a transport arrangement operable for selectively transporting objects between the storage rack arrangement and a predetermined transfer position in a cavity of the cargo unit. The transport arrangement includes a conveying apparatus including a table unit movable along a vertical transport path, and the vehicle includes a mounting means adapted for securing the cargo unit in a predetermined operating position inside the cargo compartment, in which an access aperture in an upper cover of the cargo unit is disposed in alignment with a through hole in the floor structure. A lift apparatus including a gripping device is operable to convey objects from the transfer position through the access aperture and the through hole between the cargo compartment and the passenger compartment.