IP Library Granted Patent US 8,016,099
Granted Patent B2
US 8,016,099 · App. 12/442,470 · Granted Sep 13, 2011

Device for transporting freight

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,016,099
App. No.
12/442,470
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for transporting freight, especially freight containers in the cargo compartments of aircraft, especially to a power drive unit (PDU) having a drive roller ( 3 ) received in a frame ( 1 ) wherein the at least one drive roller ( 3 ) carrying the drive roll ( 4 ) placed thereon is mounted so as to be pivoted relative to the frame for the purpose of replacing the drive roll ( 4 ).

Claims (5)

1. A device for transporting freight containers in freight compartments of aircraft, comprising: a power drive unit (PDU) having a drive cylinder ( 3 ) which is mounted in a frame ( 1 ), a drive cylinder ( 3 ) having a coaxially attached drive roller ( 4 ) pivotable out of a frame by means of an auxiliary frame ( 12 . 1 , 12 . 2 ), the drive roller ( 4 ) engages the drive cylinder ( 3 ) and is rotationally fixedly connected to the drive cylinder ( 3 ) and is mounted at an end in the further lateral auxiliary frame ( 12 . 2 ), wherein, when the drive roller ( 4 ) is moved coaxially from the drive cylinder ( 3 ), a bearing receptacle ( 15 ) with bearing element ( 14 ) on the further lateral auxiliary frame ( 12 . 2 ) is pivotable and swivelable out of an axial region of the drive roller ( 4 ).

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive cylinder ( 3 ) is fixedly and rotatably mounted at one end on a first lateral auxiliary frame ( 12 . 1 ).

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the drive roller ( 4 ) is rotatably mounted at the end on a further lateral auxiliary frame ( 12 . 2 ).

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive cylinder ( 3 ) has an integrated unit composed of an electric drive.

5. The device as claimed in, claim 1 wherein the bearing receptacle ( 15 ) is swivelable about an eccentric joint ( 16 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: WITTENSTEIN AG
To: WITTENSTEIN SE
Reel/Frame 040650/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2009
From: ECK, ALEXANDER; SPINNER, MARKUS
To: WITTENSTEIN AG
Reel/Frame 022715/0942 →