Aircraft luggage bomb protection system
OwnerJoseph Borgiainventor
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Abstract
An aircraft-luggage-bomb protection system has a blow-away plug (1) for each of a plurality luggage-storage units of a cargo section (4) of a commercial airplane (5). Luggage (3) is placed in explosion containers (2, 8, 20) that are positioned over the blow-away plugs. The explosion containers can be structured for select handling equipment such as luggage carts and pallets (23). The cargo sections are structured for quick and easy conversion between passenger use and airfreight use of planes. Procedural methods are provided.
Claims28
An aircraft-luggage-bomb protection system comprising:
- at least one blow-away plug in a floor wall of at least one cargo section of an airplane;
- an explosion container within which cargo is placed designedly;
- the explosion container being structured and positioned in the cargo section to contain explosion pressure from a detonated luggage bomb while directing the explosion pressure to the blow-away plug;
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- the blow-away plug being structured and positioned to be opened designedly by explosion pressure from a detonated luggage bomb in the cargo section of the airplane, such that explosion pressure from the detonated luggage bomb is contained designedly by the explosion container while the explosion pressure opens the blow-away plug in the floor wall of the cargo section of the airplane to allow escape of the explosion pressure to outside the airplane without loss of the air pressure in the cargo section or the passenger section of the airplane.
A method comprising the following steps for protection against luggage bombs in aircraft:
- structuring aircraft with at least one blow-away plug in at least one floor wall of at least one cargo section of the airplane;
- providing an explosion container that is capable of containing explosion pressure of a detonated luggage bomb while directing the explosion pressure to the blow-away plug and continuing to contain the explosion pressure while the blow-away plug is opened by the explosion pressure, without loss of air pressure in the cargo section or the passenger section of the airplane and while the explosion pressure escapes through the opening occupied by the blow-away plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.