Aircraft
AssigneeTelair International GmbH
InventorThomas Huber
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Abstract
In the case of an aircraft comprising a cargo compartment (2) with a cargo-compartment floor (3), supporting elements, in particular floor beams (16) to support the cargo-compartment floor (3) and to be connected to a body (1) or a skin (1) of the aircraft, and with functional units, in particular water tanks, waste-water tanks, EE racks (56) or similar electronic components, it is proposed that the functional units be disposed on pallets (70) or similar supporting structures in order to transport the functional units into the cargo compartment (2), said pallets (70) comprising fixation devices (71) for fixed attachment to the cargo-compartment floor (3). By this means the assembly of an aircraft, as well as its reconstruction, is considerably facilitated.
Claims23
Aircraft defining a cargo compartment and comprising
- a cargo-compartment floor;
- supporting beams supporting said cargo-compartment floor and connected to a skin of the aircraft;
- at least one functional unit;
- and
- a pallet supporting said functional unit, said pallet being adapted for the transportation of said functional unit into said cargo compartment and being provided with a fixation means that provides a stable connection to said cargo-compartment floor.
Method of manufacturing an aircraft comprising the steps of
- building a cargo compartment with a cargo-compartment floor;
- providing supporting beams supporting said cargo-compartment floor and connected to a skin of the aircraft;
- providing at least one functional unit;
- providing at least one pallet;
- mounting said functional unit on said pallet outside the aircraft;
- loading said functional unit mounted on said pallet into the aircraft;
- transporting said functional unit mounted on said pallet over said cargo-compartment floor a destination in the cargo compartment;
- and
- fixing said functional unit mounted on said pallet to the cargo-compartment floor at the destination site.
A pre-fabricated floor module for an aircraft comprising a floor element, supporting beams connected to said floor element and adapted for connection to a skin of an aircraft to form at least part of a floor of a cargo-compartment of said aircraft, and a plurality of assembly elements connected to said floor element and adapted to connect said floor module to adjacent similar floor modules during or after installation in the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.