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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;
Airbus Defence and Space S.a., Madrid, ES;
Ana Rubio Lopez, Madrid, ES;
Daniel Llanes Arias, Bargas, ES;
Oscar Martinez, Madrid, ES;
Ali Lohmann, Sottrum, DE;
Ulrich Weiss, Weyhe, DE;
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE S.A., Madrid, ES;
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH, Taufkirchen, DE;
Abstract
A mono-rail crane system (and a corresponding operation method) for use in an aircraft. The crane system comprises a first longitudinal mono-rail installable on the underside of a rear cargo door of the airplane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rear cargo door; a second longitudinal mono-rail, which is installable on a cargo hold ceiling of the aircraft, and, in the fully opened state of the rear cargo door, in aligned continuity with the first longitudinal mono-rail so that the longitudinal axes of the first and second longitudinal mono-rails coincide to form one common longitudinal axis; a crane mobile equipment configured to be moved along the first and second longitudinal mono-rails in order to hoist and transfer the load; and a linear actuator configured to advance and retreat the second longitudinal monorail towards and away from the first longitudinal monorail.