Patent ID: 11873115
Assignee: ZSM HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 27:
28. An aircraft, comprising:
a fuselage defining a forward end, an aft end, a cargo bay that spans a majority of a length of the fuselage from the forward end to the aft end the interior cargo bay defining an interior volume of a size and shape determined by:
generating one or more optimized payload orientations of one or more representative payloads to be carried in the cargo bay;
generating a keep out volume containing the one or more optimized payload orientations by:
sweeping a 3D geometry of each of the one or more representative payloads in their respective one or more optimized payload orientations through at least one of a simulated loading movement along a known path or a simulated unloading movement along the known path to generate a swept 3D geometry of a volume swept through by the one or more representative payloads, and
generating a union of the swept 3D geometries of the one or more optimized payload orientations;

and
generating the interior volume based on the keep out volume, the size and shape of the interior volume being dimensioned greater than or equal to the keep out volume such that the interior volume of the cargo bay is suitable for at least one of loading, unloading, or holding a payload represented by the one or more representative payloads in their respective optimized payload orientations.