Wedge lift jacking system for crawler supported aircraft loading robot
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorRICHARD A. HIMMELMANN
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Abstract
A cargo management system is described having a slide bushing supported cargo shuttle. The cargo shuttle includes an aft bushing slide plate and a forward bushing slide plate. The cargo shuttle also includes an aft wedge positioned between the top surface and the aft bushing slide plate. The cargo shuttle also includes a forward wedge positioned between the top surface and the forward bushing slide plate. The cargo shuttle also includes a top surface configured to be displaced upward as a first force is applied to the aft wedge and a second force is applied to the forward wedge. The cargo management system also includes an aft shuttle drive belt coupled to the cargo shuttle and a forward shuttle drive belt coupled to the cargo shuttle.
Claims15
A cargo management system comprising:
- a slide bushing supported cargo shuttle having:
- an aft wedge,
- a forward wedge, and
- a top surface positioned above the aft wedge and the forward wedge and configured to be displaced upward in response to a first force applied to the aft wedge and a second force applied to the forward wedge;
- an aft shuttle drive belt coupled to the slide bushing supported cargo shuttle;
- and
- a forward shuttle drive belt coupled to the slide bushing supported cargo shuttle.
A slide bushing supported cargo shuttle comprising:
- an aft bushing slide plate;
- a forward bushing slide plate;
- a top surface adapted to be displaced upward;
- an aft wedge positioned between the aft bushing slide plate and the top surface and coupled to an aft shuttle drive belt that is adapted to apply an aft-ward force to the aft wedge;
- a forward wedge positioned between the forward bushing slide plate and the top surface and coupled to a forward shuttle drive belt that is adapted to apply forward force to the at least one forward wedge;
- an aft spring and damper assembly adapted to apply a forward threshold force to the aft wedge;
- and
- a forward spring and damper assembly adapted to apply an aft-ward threshold force to the forward wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.