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Granted Patent B2
US 11,459,082 · App. 16/146,231 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Aircraft with a fuselage, luggage holder for an aircraft, and air cargo container having a luggage holder

Inventors: Peter Leopold Pirklbauer (Hamburg, DE); Peter Sander (Hamburg, DE); Uwe Panzram (Hamburg, DE); Jan Reh (Hamburg, DE); Michael Sillus (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
B64C1/22B64D9/00
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Patent No.
US 11,459,082
App. No.
16/146,231
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cargo hold comprises at least one luggage holder having at least one luggage compartment, wherein, when the hatch is in the closed state, the luggage holder is arranged in the cargo hold, and wherein, when the hatch is in the opened state, the luggage holder can be brought out of the cargo hold and can be introduced therein again by means of a guide mechanism in such a manner that the luggage holder, when it is brought out of the cargo hold, is arranged substantially radially to the substantially elliptical cross section of the fuselage.

Claims (15)

1. An aircraft comprising a fuselage, comprising

a substantially elliptical cross section of the fuselage, and

a separate upper fuselage region and a lower fuselage region,

wherein, the lower fuselage region comprises a cargo hold, and

wherein, the cargo hold has at least one hatch which, in the closed state, closes the lower fuselage region, and which, in the open state, opens the lower fuselage region to such an extent that cargo can be at least one of introduced into or brought out of the cargo hold,

wherein, the cargo hold comprises at least one luggage holder having at least one luggage compartment,

wherein, when the hatch is in the closed state, the luggage holder is arranged in the cargo hold, and

wherein, when the hatch is in the opened state, the luggage holder is configured to be brought out of the cargo hold and re-introduced therein again by means of a guide mechanism in such a manner that the luggage holder, when it is brought out of the cargo hold, is arranged substantially radially to the substantially elliptical cross section of the fuselage,

wherein the guide mechanism is arranged at an angle α of less than 90° to the perpendicular between the ground and the lowest region of the fuselage, such that the luggage holder exits the cargo hold along the angle.

2. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the fuselage has a lowest region which, when the aircraft is in a state landed on the ground, is closest to the ground, wherein a normal of the lowest region to the ground is approximately of a length of 100 to 130 cm.

3. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage holder has at least one luggage compartment for receiving luggage.

4. The aircraft according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one luggage compartment is configured to receive luggage of up to approximately 23 kg.

5. The aircraft according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one luggage compartment has securing means for holding luggage.

6. The aircraft according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one luggage compartment has an identification reading means for luggage located therein.

7. The aircraft according to claim 3 , wherein the luggage holder is arranged in an air cargo container.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2019
From: PIRKLBAUER, PETER LEOPOLD; SANDER, PETER; PANZRAM, UWE; REH, JAN; SILLUS, MICHAEL
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 048084/0361 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102017122599.4 · Sep 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190092446A1 · Mar 28, 2019
Cited By (1)
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