Deutsche Aerospace Airbus Gmbh

Airbus Deutschland Gmbh

Juergen Wieck

Guenter Vogg

André Kress

A carrier system for receiving a component comprises a bottom plate integrated in the design of a conventional ball mat in order to introduce forces, e.g., acting on the ball mat, into the structure, for example an aircraft structure.

Carrier system for receiving components

A locking device for arresting a piece of freight in a loading system for an aircraft is especially adapted for use on an upper deck freight loading system for aircraft that can be retooled, either for passenger service or for freight service. The locking device is releasably secured to support rails extending longitudinally in the loading floor. The locking device has a frame in which a latching hook is mounted for longitudinal displacement against spring biasing forces, whereby the movement of the hook is damped. The latching hook and its latch pawl can be tilted into a recessed position below the floor level. The latch pawl is biased by tension springs to hold the latching hook in its operative position above the floor level.

Locking device for securing a piece of freight on a loading floor in an

A locking device for securing a component, such as a seating frame to a floor, for example, in an aircraft, includes a locking bolt, one end of which is provided with a locking cross-head, having two projections that engage under rail rims of a support rail in the floor. The other end of the bolt is provided with a threading that cooperates with a nut for providing the required clamping force. At least two alignment guide studs are so positioned that the locking bolt is oriented intermediate the two studs. These studs fit into respective recesses in the rail for properly locating the locking device. A carrier member of the locking device may be a separate base plate or it my be part of the seating frame structure. A slot, at the visible end of the locking bolt, is so oriented, that it indicates the locked or unlocked condition of the locking bolt. The slot also serves for inserting a tool to bring the cross-head with its projections into the locked position and to then hold the bolt for tightening or loosening the nut.

Locking device for securing a component to a rail, especially in an

A locking device for securing a piece of freight to a loading floor, especially in an aircraft in which a floor separates an upper deck from a freight space below the deck, is equipped with an adjustable locking mechanism at each end of the locking device. With the locking mechanism, it is possible to secure the locking device to support rails in the loading floor and to also adjust the position of the locking device relative to a neighboring locking device. For this purpose, each locking mechanism is equipped, at each end of each locking device frame, with two teeth plates, one of which is forming a locking end plate at an end of the locking device frame, while the other plate is part of a clamping system relative to which the frame of the locking device can be shifted within certain limits determined by the length of an elongated hole in each locking end plate. Once the locking device is in the desired position, which is indicated by a scale and a marker, the clamping system is secured by tightening nuts on two clamping bolts. Thus, it is possible to adjust each locking device with due regard to the requirements of the piece of freight that is to be tied down.

Locking device for securing pieces of freight on a loading floor

A connector device is constructed for fixing and holding of structural components to each other, more specifically of secondary components to a primary support component. The primary support component may, for example, be a support rail with a clamping gap and the secondary components may be cross beams for carrying floor panels and the like, for example, in an aircraft. The connector device has a base plate and a carrier body extending from the base plate as well as connector flanges secured to the carrier body and preferably also to the base plate. A central bore passing through the carrier body and through the base plate receives a clamping bolt that grips with its head under rail edges forming a gap. A nut on the clamping bolt rests against a shoulder in or on the carrier body.

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Bremen, Germany

Juergen Wieck