Aircraft transportation for mobile power generation packages
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJorge Mario Rochin Machado, David Garza Maldonado, Erick Alexis Dominguez Ortiz, Michael A. Acosta
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Abstract
The present application provides a mobile power plant system for loading power generation equipment into an aircraft via a winch cable and secured within the aircraft via a number of aircraft restraints. The mobile power plant system includes a trailer with the power generation equipment thereon, a number of hooks attached to the trailer, a winching beam attached to the trailer, and one or more winching shackles attached to the winching beam. The winch cable may be attached to the winching shackles to pull the trailer into the aircraft and the aircraft restraints may be attached to the hooks to secure the trailer in the aircraft.
Claims20
A mobile power plant system for loading power generation equipment into an aircraft via a winch cable and secured within the aircraft via a number of aircraft restraints, comprising:
- a trailer with the power generation equipment thereon;
- a plurality of hooks attached to the trailer;
- a winching beam attached to the trailer;
- and
- one or more winching shackles attached to the winching beam;
- wherein the winch cable may be attached to the one or more winching shackles to pull the trailer into the aircraft and wherein the number of aircraft restraints may be attached to the plurality of hooks to secure the trailer in the aircraft.
A method of transporting a mobile power plant system to a remote location, comprising:
- winching a trailer of the mobile power plant system into an aircraft via a winch cable attached to one or more winching shackles of a winch beam;
- securing the trailer with a plurality of aircraft restraints within the aircraft;
- driving the trailer to the remote location;
- and
- securing the trailer to a foundation of the remote location via a plurality of turnbuckles attached to the trailer via a plurality of hooks and to the foundation.
A mobile power plant system for transporting power generation equipment via an aircraft and securing the power generation equipment at a remote location, comprising:
- a trailer with the power generation equipment thereon;
- a plurality of hooks attached to the trailer;
- a winching beam with one or more winching shackles attached to the trailer;
- and
- a tensile restraint with a turnbuckle attached to each of the plurality of hooks;
- wherein a winch cable may be attached to the one or more winching shackles to pull the trailer into the aircraft and wherein the tensile restraint with the turnbuckle secures the trailer to the remote location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.