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    SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTING LARGE CARGO ONTO AND OFF A TRANSPORT VEHICLE
    1.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTING LARGE CARGO ONTO AND OFF A TRANSPORT VEHICLE 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20250003393A1

    公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

    申请号：US18886661

    申请日：2024-09-16

    Applicant: ZSM HOLDINGS LLC

    Inventor： Etan D. Karni ,  Neal P. Toomey

    IPC: F03D13/40 ,  B60P3/40 ,  B60P7/08 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64F1/32

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and vehicles for loading and unloading cargo from a long-distance transport vehicle, such as an aircraft, are described. The systems and methods include operating a plurality of vehicles to unload large cargo from the aircraft and transporting the large cargo to an installation site. In some instances, the vehicles hold the payload the entire time, including while loading aircraft, during flight, unloading the aircraft, and moving the payload to the installation site. Alternatively, the vehicles can drive on the plane to load the payload to a designated area, and equivalent vehicles can drive on the plane after the payload has been flown to unload the payload and moving the payload to the installation site. Various vehicles and systems, and components thereof, along with methods of operating the same, are also provided.

    Volumetrically efficient cargo aircraft
    2.
    发明授权
    Volumetrically efficient cargo aircraft 有权

    公开(公告)号：US12122532B2

    公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

    申请号：US17640508

    申请日：2020-09-08

    Applicant: ZSM HOLDINGS LLC

    Inventor： Etan D. Karni ,  Mark Emil Lundstrom

    IPC: B64D9/00 ,  B60P3/40 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64C1/22 ,  F03D13/40

    CPC classification number: B64D9/00 ,  B60P3/40 ,  B64C1/1415 ,  B64C1/22 ,  F03D13/40 ,  B64D2009/006

    Abstract: A cargo aircraft configured to carry a portion of its payload in a cargo bay volume enclosed by a moveable nose door and supported by a structural extension of the fuselage that extends forward into the moveable nose door is disclosed. Examples include an aircraft with a continuous cargo bay extending from an aft end of a fixed portion into forward portion inside a nose door, where the portion of the cargo bay in the nose door is supported by a cantilevered support structure extending forward a length from a cargo opening into the fixed portion and such that the support structure extends into the nose door when the door is closed. The length of the support structure defines a supported cargo volume of at least about 15% of the overall volume of the fuselage forward of an aft end of the support structure.

    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CANTILEVERED-SUPPORT OF AIRCRAFT CARGO PAYLOADS IN FORWARD AND AFT ENDS OF A CARGO BAY
    3.
    发明公开
    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CANTILEVERED-SUPPORT OF AIRCRAFT CARGO PAYLOADS IN FORWARD AND AFT ENDS OF A CARGO BAY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20240124156A1

    公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

    申请号：US18549105

    申请日：2022-03-10

    Applicant: ZSM Holdings LLC

    Inventor： Etan D. Karni

    IPC: B64F1/32 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64C1/22

    CPC classification number: B64F1/322 ,  B64C1/1415 ,  B64C1/22

    Abstract: A fixture for supporting a payload including first and second carriages, first and second cantilevered supports, and a support beam is disclosed. The first and second carriages each have a longitudinal axis that is parallel with the other. Each cantilevered support is coupled to a respective carriage and extends at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the carriage. The first and second cantilevered supports extend substantially parallel to each other. The support beam extends between the cantilevered supports such that a first end of the support beam is coupled to the first support structure and a second end of the support beam is coupled to the second support structure. The cantilevered supports enable the payload to extend into otherwise unusable cargo bay storage space within the nose or tailcones of an aircraft.

    Systems and methods for assembling large cargo and loading it onto a cargo aircraft
    5.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for assembling large cargo and loading it onto a cargo aircraft 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11370545B1

    公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

    申请号：US17465786

    申请日：2021-09-02

    Applicant: ZSM HOLDINGS LLC

    Inventor： Etan D. Karni ,  Scott David Rewerts ,  Mark Emil Lundstrom

    IPC: B64D9/00 ,  B64C1/22

    Abstract: Methods and systems for efficiently loading cargo transports, such as cargo aircraft, are described. The methods and systems rely upon payload profiles for various payloads where the payloads include repeatable payloads that have the same characteristics. Based on the payload profile, the payload is positioned at a designated location in an interior cargo bay of the cargo transport. The designated location is denoted by one or more pre-formed markings in the interior cargo bay that establish where a payload having the respective payload profile should be positioned in the bay. The payload can then be secured in the bay. Because the designated location accounts for centers of gravity, the payload can be loaded and secured in the bay without having to run various calculations each time a payload is loaded. Systems and methods related to how the payloads are packaged in an efficient, expeditious manner are also provided.

    Systems and methods for loading and unloading a cargo aircraft
    7.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for loading and unloading a cargo aircraft 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11279487B2

    公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

    申请号：US17410629

    申请日：2021-08-24

    Applicant: ZSM HOLDINGS LLC

    Inventor： Jason C. Bell ,  Etan D. Karni ,  Scott David Rewerts ,  Ravi Singh

    IPC: B64D9/00 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64C1/22

    Abstract: Systems and methods for loading a cargo aircraft are described. The system includes at least one rail disposed in an interior cargo bay of a cargo aircraft that extends at an angle relative to an interior bottom contact surface of a forward portion of the interior cargo bay, through a kinked portion and an aft portion of the interior cargo bay. Payload-receiving fixtures are described that can be used in conjunction with the rail system, allowing for large cargo, such as wind turbine blades, to be transported by aircraft. Methods of loading a cargo aircraft can include advancing the large payload into the interior cargo bay of the aircraft such that at least one of the payload-receiving fixtures rises relative to a plane defined by the interior bottom contact surface of the forward portion of the interior cargo bay. Various systems, methods, components, and related tooling are also provided.

    Systems and methods for assembling large cargo and loading it onto a cargo aircraft
    9.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for assembling large cargo and loading it onto a cargo aircraft 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11780583B2

    公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

    申请号：US17850450

    申请日：2022-06-27

    Applicant: ZSM HOLDINGS LLC

    Inventor： Etan D. Karni ,  Scott David Rewerts ,  Mark Emil Lundstrom

    IPC: B64C1/22 ,  B64D9/00

    CPC classification number: B64D9/003 ,  B64C1/22

    Abstract: Methods and systems for efficiently loading cargo transports, such as cargo aircraft, are described. The methods and systems rely upon payload profiles for various payloads where the payloads include repeatable payloads that have the same characteristics. Based on the payload profile, the payload is positioned at a designated location in an interior cargo bay of the cargo transport. The designated location is denoted by one or more pre-formed markings in the interior cargo bay that establish where a payload having the respective payload profile should be positioned in the bay. The payload can then be secured in the bay. Because the designated location accounts for centers of gravity, the payload can be loaded and secured in the bay without having to run various calculations each time a payload is loaded. Systems and methods related to how the payloads are packaged in an efficient, expeditious manner are also provided.

    Methods for managing cargo aircraft center of gravity
    10.
    发明授权
    Methods for managing cargo aircraft center of gravity 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11383838B2

    公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

    申请号：US17550620

    申请日：2021-12-14

    Applicant: ZSM HOLDINGS LLC

    Inventor： Etan D. Karni ,  Scott David Rewerts ,  Mark Emil Lundstrom

    IPC: B64D9/00 ,  B64C1/22 ,  B64F1/32 ,  B64C1/20 ,  F03D13/40 ,  B64C1/06

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and aircraft for managing center of gravity (CG) while transporting large cargo are described. Management of CG is achieved in many ways. In some instances, the aircraft itself is designed to assist in managing CG by providing fuel tanks that minimize the impact of fuel on the net CG of the aircraft. The fuel tanks utilize only a small amount of available volume in the wings for fuel. Disclosures related to properly managing CG while loading wind turbines onto cargo aircraft are also provided. The CG management techniques provided for herein allow for the transportation of wind turbine blades via aircraft, running counter to the typical rail or truck transportation of the same. One such management technique includes accounting for how a rotation of the blades when loading impacts the CG of the blades, and thus taking this into account when placing the blades in the aircraft.

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