Patent ID: 11939039
Assignee: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. An aircraft, comprising:
a cargo door opening in a side of a fuselage of the aircraft;
a cargo door connected along a hinged interface including at least one hinge interconnecting the cargo door and an upper edge of the cargo door opening and configured to close and open the cargo door opening; and
a precipitation drainage system attached to the cargo door opening, the precipitation drainage system comprising:
a precipitation receptacle disposed and mounted in place in a fixed position relative to the aircraft longitudinally along an upper edge of the cargo door opening;
a plurality of brackets spaced along a length of the precipitation receptacle and configured to connect and hold the precipitation receptacle in the fixed position relative to an inside ceiling panel of a cargo compartment of the aircraft, the precipitation receptacle being configured to:
protrude outward in a direction with at least one of a horizontal directional component and a vertical directional component from the upper edge of the cargo door opening into a projected path followed by precipitation falling off of an outer peripheral surface of the fuselage of the aircraft along the hinged interface when the cargo door is in an open position, and
remain out of the way of the cargo door when the cargo door is in a closed position; and
at least one drain hose connected at one of a first end or a second end of the precipitation receptacle and configured to direct at least a portion of the precipitation collected in the precipitation receptacle to an outside of the aircraft.