Floor for an aircraft cargo compartment and method for the assembly thereof
AssigneeTelair International GmbH
InventorsThomas Huber, Andreas Patzlsperger, Richard Holzner
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Abstract
In conventional aircraft cargo compartments panels or similar flat floor elements are fastened to floor beams or similar supporting elements that are installed in the body of the aircraft. Subsequently functional units such as roller elements latches or PDUs are mounted and connected to one another by way of appropriate control conductors. In the present invention it is proposed to fasten the floor elements permanently to the supporting beams so as to form prefabricated floor modules and to install these floor modules in the aircraft.
Claims25
Floor for a cargo compartment of an aircraft, comprising
- at least one floor element;
- a functional unit for a cargo transportation means attached to said floor element;
- and
- at least one floor beam supporting said at least one floor element and adapted for connection to a skin of the aircraft, said floor element being rigidly connected to said at least one floor beam and thereby forming a prefabricated floor module adapted for installation in the aircraft.
Cargo-compartment floor according to Clam 1, wherein said floor module comprises at least one of a bulkhead and a fixation device for the attachment of a bulkhead thereto.
Method for assembly of a floor for a cargo-compartment of an aircraft, comprising the following steps:
- providing a floor element;
- providing a floor beam adapted for connection to a skin of the aircraft;
- attaching said floor element to said floor beam such that the floor elements together with the supporting elements form a prefabricated floor module that can be handled as a unit;
- lifting said floor module into said cargo compartment;
- fastening said the floor beam to said skin of the aircraft;
- and
- repeating said above steps until the floor of the cargo compartment has been completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.