US 12,319,438 B2
Dynamically controlled cargo loading system for an aircraft
Sven Scherenberger, Hamburg (DE); Dennis Fischer, Hamburg (DE); and Oliver Nuessen, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,205.
Claims priority of application No. 21193607 (EP), filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068486 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 67/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 9/00 (2013.01) [B65G 67/00 (2013.01); B64D 2009/006 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dynamically controlled cargo loading system for an aircraft, comprising:
electrical cargo conveying devices to convey cargo items on a cargo deck, wherein the electrical cargo conveying devices comprise drive rollers which are configured to orient from a horizontal orientation into an inclined orientation;
speed sensors configured to capture current conveying speeds of at least one of the cargo conveying devices or the conveyed cargo items;
electrical measuring devices configured to capture current electrical parameters of the cargo conveying devices; and
a controller configured to control the cargo conveying devices depending on at least one of the captured current conveying speeds or the captured current electrical parameters such that at least one of the following variables is adjusted:
electrical power consumption of the cargo conveying devices,
mechanical wear of the cargo conveying devices,
mechanical load action on the cargo items,
conveying time of the cargo items, and
noise generation during transport of the cargo items.