Floor of a dome module as an interface between an air passenger bridge or air passenger stairs and an airplane
AssigneeHübner GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDetlef Gutkuhn, Lothar Scharf
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Abstract
The subject matter of the invention is a floor of a dome module as an interface between an air passenger bridge or air passenger stairs and the airplane, wherein the floor comprises a stationary floor section and a floor head part, wherein the floor head part exhibits several floor segments, which are connected to one another by a buffer cross-beam that is flexible over at least a portion of its length, wherein several floor segments are horizontally displaceable relative to one another.
Claims28
A floor of a dome module which functions as an interface between an air passenger bridge or air passenger stairs and an airplane, wherein said floor comprises:
- a stationary floor section connected to an air passenger bridge or an air passenger stairs;
- a buffer cross-beam having a front side, the buffer cross-beam being flexible over at least a portion of its length;
- a bumper disposed on the front side of the buffer cross-beam;
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- a movable floor head part having a plurality of floor segments, each floor segment being connected to the buffer cross-beam, the plurality of floor segments being horizontally and linearly displaceable relative to one another and relative to the stationary floor section.
A floor of a dome module which functions as an interface between an air passenger bridge or air passenger stairs and an airplane, wherein said floor comprises:
- a stationary floor section connected to an air passenger bridge or an air passenger stairs;
- a buffer cross-beam having a front side, the buffer cross-beam being flexible over at least a portion of its length;
- a bumper disposed on the front side of the buffer cross-beam;
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- a movable floor head part having a plurality of floor segments disposed adjacent to each other in a side-by-side arrangement along the length of the cross-beam, each floor segment being connected to the buffer cross-beam, at least some of the floor segments being horizontally and linearly displaceable relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.