Cargo deck and a method for assembling said deck
AssigneeTelair International GmbH
InventorsThomas Huber, Richard Holzner
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Abstract
In aircraft cargo decks are provided to receive loads stored in the cargo compartment (9). The aircraft comprises an outer skin (12) to which ribs (11) are attached. To simplify the construction and the assembly it is proposed that the cargo deck be composed of a plurality of floor modules (20), which are fixed within the cargo compartment (9) and form the cargo deck. To the ribs (11) are attached longitudinal beams (35), on which the floor modules (20) can be mounted.
Claims17
Cargo deck for a cargo compartment of an aircraft with an outer skin, said cargo deck being adapted to receive loads and comprising a plurality of floor modules, which are fixed within the cargo compartment and define said cargo deck, and a plurality of longitudinal beams attached to said outer skin on which said floor modules are mounted.
Method of installing a cargo deck in an aircraft composed of multiple barrel-shaped fuselage sections of an outer skin, comprising the steps of
- a) providing a plurality of floor modules;
- b) providing a plurality of longitudinal beams each with a means for attaching said floor modules to the longitudinal beams;
- c) fixing said longitudinal beams within said fuselage sections of said aircraft;
- d) inserting said floor modules into said fuselage sections and attaching them to said longitudinal beams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.