Patent ID: 6526615
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
A passenger loading bridge for servicing an aircraft having a rear doorway aft of or over a wing, comprising:a first passageway member pivotally coupled at an inboard end thereof to a rotunda and supported close to an outboard end thereof by a ground support member; a telescopic passageway member having an inboard end and an outboard end and including at least two passageway elements, one that is telescopically received within the other such that a distance between the inboard end and the outboard end of the telescopic passageway member is variable, the telescopic passageway member for being supported in a cantilever like fashion such that, in use, the telescopic passageway member is extensible over the wing; a flexible connection for pivotally coupling the outboard end of the first passageway member and the inboard end of the telescopic passageway member, for allowing a vertical swinging motion of the outboard end of the telescopic passageway member; and an adjustable support mechanism mounted at a first end thereof to a surface of the first passageway element and mounted at a second opposite end thereof to a surface of the telescopic passageway member, for vertically swinging the telescopic passageway member relative to the first passageway member in a controllable manner.