The Boeing Company

Michael D Spry

Mark A Ulvin

Richard J Johnson

Victor I Byrnes

An aircraft cargo floor architecture comprises a plurality of aircraft keel frames. One or more longitudinal rails are attached directly to the aircraft keel frames. The one or more longitudinal rails are designed to provide structural support for an aircraft cargo floor.

Aircraft cargo floor architecture and method of modifying the aircraft cargo floor architecture

An apparatus for controlling the environment of an internal airplane space during loading and unloading of cargo, a cargo tent for use in such transfers and a method of transfer. A collapsible cargo tent is located on a cargo transfer platform at one end of a mobile cargo lift. The collapsible cargo tent may include a collapsible frame and a cargo loader thermal curtain with a vertical strip curtain in an opening at either end. Also, the cargo tent may include a conformable flexible shield at strip curtain opening. The conformable flexible shield engages the fuselage at the door of an aircraft to form an environmental seal and the cargo loader thermal curtain forms a thermal air lock at the door such that cargo may pass through the airlock with the door open and without exposing the cargo bay to external environment.

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Michael D Spry