Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatically retracting passenger loading bridge
- Patent Title (中): 自动撤回客运桥
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Application No.: US10354053Application Date: 2003-01-30
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Publication No.: US06698051B2Publication Date: 2004-03-02
- Inventor: Neil Hutton
- Applicant: Neil Hutton
- Main IPC: E01D100
- IPC: E01D100

Abstract:
A system for automatically retracting a passenger loading bridge from an engaged position relative to an aircraft having a door, the aircraft being releasably connectable to a service provider is disclosed. The system comprising at least a sensor for detecting one of a plurality of predetermined events other than a user input at an input device coupled thereto and for providing a signal in dependence upon said detected predetermined events; and a bridge actuator in operative communication with the at least a sensor for receiving the signal and for automatically performing a retraction movement in order to retract the bridge from the aircraft in response to the signal indicative of one of the plurality of predetermined events being sensed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030145403A1 Automatically retracting passenger loading bridge Public/Granted day:2003-08-07
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