Passenger loading bridge bumper pads
OwnerJohn C. Coles, Dave W. Snook +2inventors
InventorsJohn C. Coles, Dave W. Snook, Ronald G. Turner, Mickey A. Williamson
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Abstract
Passenger loading bridge bumper pads for cushioning and sealing a loading bridge to an aircraft structure, the bridge pads providing a resilient environmental seal and surrounding the bridge. The bottom bumper pad comprising a frangible metallic bumper for absorbing excessive docking forces.
Claims21
A passenger loading bridge pad for cushioning and sealing the loading bridge to an aircraft interface, said bridge pad having a resilient environmental seal;
- and said passenger loading bridge pad having docking indicia.
A modular loading bridge bumper for cushioning and sealing the loading bridge to an aircraft interface, said loading bridge bumper comprising in combination a set of pads surrounding the entire loading bridge.
In combination:
- an aircraft loading bridge;
- an aircraft interface;
- and,
- two side pads and a single molded bumper pad disposed between said aircraft loading bridge and said aircraft interface.
An aircraft loading bridge bumper pad, comprising;
- an integrally molded, one piece elongated flexible and deformable foam body.
A method of making an aircraft loading bridge bumper pad comprising the steps of:
- providing a bumper pad mold;
- providing a resilient self-skinning liquid material;
- injecting said material into said mold;
- and
- curing said material to form a resilient bumper pad.
A bumper pad having means for collapsing upon aircraft impact;
- and
- said bumper pad including alignment indicia.
An aircraft loading bridge bumper pad, comprising;
- an integrally molded, one piece elongated flexible and deformable foam body,
- wherein said foam body comprises self-skinning, foamed polyurethane enclosing a structural member insert;
- and,
- said structural member insert comprises channel extending therethrough.
In combination:
- an aircraft fuselage structure;
- a movable articulating loading bridge for providing a weather proof enclosure for passenger movement between an airport terminal building and the entry door of the aircraft;
- said loading bridge having a bottom bumper structure comprising a channel structure having an integral metallic structure attached thereto;
- and,
- said integral metallic structure embedded in resilient self-skinning closed cell polyurethane foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.