Patent ID: 9038947
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for assembly of a modular floor for a cargo-compartment of an aircraft with a substantially cylindrical fuselage, comprising the following steps: providing a floor element; providing a floor beam adapted for connection to a skin of the aircraft; attaching said floor element to said floor beam such that the floor elements together with the floor beam form a prefabricated floor module that can be handled as a unit; lifting said floor module into said cargo compartment into such a position that two opposite lateral ends of said floor beam are in contact with said skin of the aircraft, wherein said two opposite lateral ends of said floor beam are essentially in the same horizontal plane as said floor element, and that a longitudinally bisecting vertical plane which extends through the lower most and upper most portions of said aircraft skin divides said floor beam into two identical halves; fastening said floor beam to said skin of the aircraft; and repeating said steps until the modular floor of the cargo compartment has been completed.