Patent ID: 11912405
Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. An aircraft having a roadable occupant cabin comprising:
an elongate aircraft fuselage which includes a transparent canopy cover moveably mounted to the fuselage between open and closed conditions and defining a longitudinal axis of the aircraft;
a cabin component for aircraft occupants having a transparent occupant canopy, the cabin component being detachably mounted to the aircraft fuselage so as to allow separation of the cabin component and the occupant canopy thereof from the fuselage when the transparent canopy cover operatively associated with the aircraft fuselage is moved into the opened condition thereof; and
a wheeled cradle assembly removably attachable to a forward portion of the cabin component to allow the cabin component and the occupant canopy to be roadable following separation from the fuselage in a forward direction along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, wherein
the cradle assembly includes a pair of driven wheels to propel the cabin along a surface when the cabin component is separated from the fuselage and is roadable, and wherein
the detachably mounted cabin component includes retractable aft road wheels which are deployable to allow the cabin component to be moved forwardly away from the aircraft fuselage along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and wherein
a forward portion of the fuselage includes a ramp which is moveable to a lowered condition to allow the aft road wheels of the cabin component to be rolled along the ramp when the cabin component is moved forwardly away from the aircraft fuselage thereby allowing the cabin component to separate from the aircraft.