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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Uwe Panzram, Hamburg, DE;
Sascha Nowarre, Hamburg, DE;
Hans-Joachim Schoen, Hamburg, DE;
Claudio Uriarte, Bremen, DE;
Patrick Dittmer, Bremen, DE;
Thies Andreas Ernst-Friedrich Beinke, Bremen, DE;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/20 (2013.01); B64D 2009/006 (2013.01); Y02T 50/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated transport device for moving a cargo unit within an aircraft cargo compartment is provided. The transport device comprises a base body and shifting means, wherein the base body is to carry the cargo unit. The shifting means is to generate a movement of the base body along a floor of the cargo compartment perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and, after that, along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft without rotation of the base body.