Systems and methods for conveying passengers, flight crew personnel, containers and food service carts
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDouglas A. Brown, Karen L. Hills
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Abstract
An elevator system includes a shaft extending between at least two decks of a vehicle. A base of the shaft is mounted to a deck structure of at least two decks by a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the deck structure to enable the deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft. The elevator system further includes a cab within the shaft. The cab is movable between the at least two decks. The elevator system also includes a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft.
Claims20
An elevator system comprising:
- a shaft extending between at least two decks of a vehicle, a base of the shaft mounted to a first deck structure of the at least two decks by a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the first deck structure to enable the first deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft;
- a cab within the shaft, the cab movable between the at least two decks;
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- a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft, the pneumatic system operable to move the cab.
A method of installing an elevator system, the method comprising:
- mounting a base of a shaft to a first deck structure of a vehicle with a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the first deck structure to enable the first deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft;
- installing a cab within the shaft;
- providing a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft, the pneumatic system operable to move the cab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.