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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2021
Borealis Technical Limited, North Plains, OR (US);
Stuart Mark Ferrell, Burnsville, MN (US);
William T. Reed, New York, NY (US);
Joseph J. Cox, Portland, OR (US);
Borealis Technical Limited, Isle of Man, IM;
Abstract
A system and a method are provided for safely and efficiently transferring cargo and freight packed in ULD containers directly between an airport freight terminal and freight aircraft. An enclosed freightway is designed to provide a direct connection between the freight terminal and aircraft cargo doors. The enclosed freightway is structured and sized to move ULD containers automatically or manually between freight aircraft and freight terminals. Different freightway configurations enable direct connection between the freight terminal and freight aircraft main cargo door when freight aircraft are driven by electric taxi drive systems or aircraft engines and parked in nose-in orientations and when freight aircraft are driven by electric taxi drive systems and parked in parallel orientations at the freight terminal. An alternative embodiment provides direct connections between freight aircraft cargo doors and interior loading docks for aircraft driven with electric taxi drive systems.