US 12,269,673 B2
Freight container intended to be received in the cargo hold of an aircraft
Ralf Schliwa, Hamburg (DE); Thomas Grabow, Hamburg (DE); Hermann Benthien, Hamburg (DE); Lars Uwe Hansen, Hamburg (DE); Dirk Meiranke, Hamburg (DE); Lucas Gleixner, Hamburg (DE); and Paul Wichtmann, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/919,041
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/059586
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/209464, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020110562.2 (DE), filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234776 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 88/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 88/14 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A freight container configured to be received in a hold of an aircraft, comprising
a bottom element which has a bearing surface which is configured to bear on a bottom surface of a hold of an aircraft,
wherein the bottom element has a rectangular base surface which is arranged on a side of the bottom element which faces away from the bearing surface,
a first and a second side wall which extend away from mutually opposite first and second edges of the base surface,
wherein the first and second side walls extend in planes which are spaced apart from one another,
a top wall, positioned between edges, remote from the first and second edges, of the first and second side walls, the top wall extending parallel to the bearing surface,
a front wall extending between the first and second side walls from a third edge of the base surface to a front edge of the top wall,
wherein the third edge connects the first and second edges to one another,
wherein the third edge, as seen in the plane of the bearing surface, and the front edge, as seen in the plane of the top wall, face in the same direction,
wherein the front wall has a first front-wall portion which extends from the third edge of the base surface at a first angle of at least 90° to the bearing surface between the first and second side walls,
wherein the front wall has a second front-wall portion which extends from the front edge of the top wall at a second angle of less than 180° and greater than 90° to the top wall,
a rear wall extending between the first and second side walls from a fourth edge of the base surface to a rear edge of the top wall,
wherein the fourth edge connects the first and second edges to one another, and
wherein the fourth edge, as seen in the plane of the base surface, and the rear edge, as seen in the plane of the top wall, face in the same direction,
wherein a plane intersecting the front edge of the top wall forms a 90° angle with the top wall and intersects the base surface inwardly from the third edge of the base surface in a direction towards the fourth edge of the base surface, such that the second front wall portion has a length greater than the first front wall portion.