Adjustable aircraft maintenance stand
AssigneeHhi Corporation
InventorsClifford R. HOKANSON, Timothy Craig BRENNER, JR., Steven M. BROWN
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Abstract
A portable aircraft maintenance stand includes a frame assembly and a deck. The frame assembly has a base portion and an upper portion. The deck is mounted to the upper portion of the frame assembly and includes a cantilevered portion. The deck also has a gap configured to receive an engine of an aircraft such that the deck at least partially wraps around the engine. The cantilevered portion of the deck is configured to be positioned vertically above a wing of the aircraft while the base portion of the frame assembly is positioned vertically below the wing.
Claims20
A portable aircraft maintenance stand, comprising:
- a frame assembly having a base portion and an upper portion;
- a deck mounted to the upper portion of the frame assembly, the deck having a cantilevered portion, the deck having a gap configured to receive an engine of an aircraft such that the deck at least partially wraps around the engine, the cantilevered portion of the deck being configured to be positioned vertically above a wing of the aircraft, the engine being mounted to the wing, while the base portion of the frame assembly is positioned vertically below the wing.
A method of operating a portable maintenance stand relative to an aircraft, the aircraft having a wing and an engine mounted to the wing, the method comprising:
- providing a portable aircraft maintenance stand having a frame assembly and a deck, the deck mounted to the frame assembly and having a gap;
- positioning the stand adjacent to the aircraft with a portion of the deck positioned vertically higher than a top surface of the wing and a portion of the engine positioned in the gap.
A portable aircraft maintenance stand, comprising:
- a horizontally oriented deck;
- a handrail assembly extending around a perimeter of the deck;
- a frame assembly supporting the deck;
- at least one flight of stairs providing access to the deck;
- wherein the deck is configured to:
- at least partially extend around a nacelle of an engine of an aircraft;
- extend between a horizontally oriented rotor blade of the engine and a top surface of a wing of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.