Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cargo handling systems and methods
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Application No.: US15401451Application Date: 2017-01-09
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Publication No.: US10814982B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Douglas Alan Brown , William Robert Clos , Karen L. Hills , Avery Riddle , Cynthia A. Vandewall
- Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Joseph M. Butscher
- Main IPC: B64D9/00
- IPC: B64D9/00

Abstract:
A cargo handling system is configured to load and unload a cargo container with respect to a cargo holding area of a vehicle. The cargo handling system includes parallel roller tracks extending from a floor. The roller tracks are separated by a clearance space. The roller tracks include rollers that are configured to rotatably support the cargo container. A mobile cargo mover is configured to move within the clearance space. The cargo mover is configured to engage the cargo container to move the cargo container on the roller tracks. The cargo mover is configured to disengage the cargo container to move away from the cargo container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180194468A1 CARGO HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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