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US 2021/0276478 A1Published application
Cargo restraint assembly
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorNicholas T. Axline
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Abstract
A cargo restraint assembly may comprise a first bracket slidingly coupled to a housing. A retention block may be pivotably coupled to the first bracket. A second bracket may be slidingly coupled to the housing. The first bracket may be coupled to the second bracket via a spring. The first bracket and the second bracket may be configured to attenuate in response to a cargo deck bending during transportation of cargo in an aircraft.
Claims20
A cargo restraint assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first end wall, a second end wall, a first base, and a second base, the first end wall extending from the first base to the second base, the second end wall extending from the first base and the second base, the first end wall disposed opposite the second end wall;
- a first bracket disposed between the first end wall and the second end wall, the first bracket slidably coupled to the first end wall and the second end wall;
- and
- a first guide block pivotably coupled to the first bracket.
1 more element
A cargo loading system, comprising:
- a cargo deck;
- a first tray extending longitudinally along the cargo deck;
- a second tray disposed laterally adjacent to the first tray, the second tray extending longitudinally along the cargo deck;
- a cargo restraint assembly disposed between the first tray and the second tray, the cargo restraint assembly coupled to the cargo deck, the cargo restraint assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a first bracket slidingly coupled to the housing;
- a second bracket slidingly coupled to the housing;
- a spring extending between the first bracket and the second bracket;
- a first guide block pivotably coupled to the first bracket;
- and
- a second guide block pivotably coupled to the second bracket.
8 more elements
A method of attenuating a cargo retention assembly, the method comprising:
- translating a first guide block and a second guide block in a lateral direction away from each other via a spring in response to a cargo deck bending;
- and
- translating the first guide block and the second guide block towards each other in response to the cargo deck no longer bending.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.