Patent ID: 9499268
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A pod system for an aircraft, the pod system comprising: at least one left-side bay configured for external placement on a left side of a fuselage of an aircraft and having an external side panel; at least one right-side bay configured for external placement on a right side of the fuselage of the aircraft and having an external side panel; and a central compartment configured for external placement on a bottom surface of the fuselage of the aircraft and extending between the at least one left-side bay and the at least one right-side bay; wherein a distance between the external side panel of the left-side bay and the external side panel of the right-side bay is configured to be greater than a largest width of a portion of the fuselage of the aircraft positioned above the pod system; wherein a bottom surface of the central compartment is substantially tangent to a central bottom external surface of the fuselage of the aircraft; and wherein top surfaces of the left side and right-side bays are substantially above the bottom of the fuselage of the aircraft in that the left-side and right-side bays are large enough to accommodate equipment for use with or by the aircraft.