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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Anatoly Gosis, Palatine, IL (US);
Scott Takayuki Koizumi, Fairfield, CA (US);
Folkert Fred Koch, San Ramon, CA (US);
Brian Michael Piety, Vacaville, CA (US);
Mark David Resendes, Dixon, CA (US);
Dale Arnold Miller, Vacaville, CA (US);
Anatoly Gosis, Palatine, IL (US);
Scott Takayuki Koizumi, Fairfield, CA (US);
Folkert Fred Koch, San Ramon, CA (US);
Brian Michael Piety, Vacaville, CA (US);
Mark David Resendes, Dixon, CA (US);
Dale Arnold Miller, Vacaville, CA (US);
Hobart Brothers Company, Troy, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for connecting a traditional air chute to an air hose delivering preconditioned air to an aircraft includes an adapter system. The adapter system includes a flexible stage having an exterior surrounding a hollow interior configured to receive air from the air hose and deliver the air to the air chute. The adapter system also includes a rotational stage coupled to the flexible stage and having an exterior surrounding a hollow interior configured to receive air from the air hose and deliver the air to the air chute. The flexible stage is adjustable relative to the rotational stage to selectively move the hollow interior of the flexible stage between extending along a common axis through the air chute and the rotational stage and not extending along the common axis.