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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2022
Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh, Donauworth, DE;
Dominik Vogel, Langweid, DE;
Alexandru Dinca, Donauworth, DE;
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Donauworth, DE;
Abstract
A modular load carrying apparatus for a rotary wing aircraft and to a method of operating a modular load carrying apparatus. The modular load carrying apparatus may include a tube, first and second caps that are located inside the tube at first and second axial ends, and at least first and second removable platforms that are interchangeably installable on the tube. The second cap comprises a protrusion that protrudes from the axial end, and each one of the at least first and second removable platforms is adapted for being slidable over the first axial end of the tube and restrained by the second cap at the second axial end of the tube.