US 12,091,229 B2 · Modular aerodynamic cargo encasement

Abstract

A modular aerial cargo aerodynamic encasement and a method for modular aviation cargo transport is provided. The aviation cargo aerodynamic encasement comprises a platform having a planar upper surface configured to accept cargo and a lower surface. The lower surface includes two or more ground supports displacing a portion of the platform from contact with a supporting surface. The platform includes two or more load transfer structures. The aviation cargo aerodynamic encasement further comprises a fairing configured to detachably couple to the platform, wherein the fairing, when coupled to the platform, forms an aerodynamic encasement, and wherein the aerodynamic encasement is detachably mountable to an aircraft by the two or more load transfer structures.

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Dependent claims

A modular aerodynamic cargo encasement, comprising:

a platform having a planar upper surface configured to accept cargo and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface includes two or more ground supports displacing a portion of the platform from contact with a supporting surface, the platform having two or more load transfer structures;
and
a fairing configured to detachably couple to the platform, wherein the fairing includes a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion couples with the rear portion forming a singular component and when coupled to the platform forms an aerodynamic encasement, and wherein the aerodynamic encasement is detachably mountable to an aircraft by the two or more load transfer structures and wherein the lower surface of the platform forms an exterior surface of the aerodynamic encasement.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Modular aerodynamic cargo encasement

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Modular aerodynamic cargo encasement

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Abstract

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