Patent ID: 9238504
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B64C,B64D

Claim Text:
1. A cargo hold floor for a cargo hold of an aircraft, the cargo hold floor comprising a multiplicity of panels to form the cargo hold floor, wherein the panels have rail segments to form rails extending over several panels and arranged in a longitudinal direction (X direction) of the aircraft, wherein the rail segments are integral parts of each panel and comprise full seat rail segments and partial seat rail segments for fixing freight loading components to the panel, wherein each panel is formed as an extruded panel such that the full seat rail segments and the partial seat rail segments are at least partially produced during the extrusion process of the panel in one working step, the rail segments including a first rail segment and a second rail segment, the second rail segment being generally parallel to and spaced less than 30 cm apart from the first rail segment, the first rail segment adapted to receive a first fixing element of a first freight loading component and the second rail segment adapted to receive a second fixing element of the first freight loading element such that transverse forces applied to the first freight loading element (Y direction) by freight are transferred by the first freight loading element to the first rail segment and to the second rail segment of the panel, wherein the first freight loading component comprises a side guide having a guide element and a foot element, the foot element including the first fixing element and the second fixing element.