US 12,465,534 B2
Holding system for a wheelchair in an aircraft
Hans-Gerhard Giesa, Hamburg (DE); Matthias Breuer, Hamburg (DE); Mark Herzog, Hamburg (DE); Leonie Kamens, Hamburg (DE); and Dürüye Dogan Sari, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/921,385
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061076
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219693, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020111829.5 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240918 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 3/00 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [B64D 11/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding system for a wheelchair in an aircraft, comprising:
a plate-shaped base unit having first fastening elements at an underside configured to be connected to complementarily shaped second fastening elements formed as floor rails or hard points on a floor or surrounding structure in the aircraft for fastening the base unit,
a front holding unit and a rear holding unit spaced apart on an upper surface of the base unit and defining therebetween a placement area for the wheelchair, and
a support arranged on the base unit and at least one support element mounted on the support via slides so as to be pivotable about an axis displaced from the support and horizontally displaceable and configured to provide support for a user of the wheelchair when the wheelchair is arranged on the placement area,
wherein the front holding unit and the rear holding unit are configured to form a releasable, form-fit connection with the wheelchair arranged on the placement area, so that the wheelchair is braced between the front holding unit and the rear holding unit, and
wherein the holding system is configured to fix the wheelchair stationarily on the floor during operation of the aircraft.