Patent ID: 6349441
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
A combination of an aircraft fuselage and an access bridge arrangement for enabling persons to access said fuselage on said bridge arrangement, wherein said bridge arrangement comprises:at least one bridge support respectively comprising a structural supporting arch having a curved arched configuration that extends over a top of said fuselage from a right side to a left side of said fuselage on a plane perpendicular to a lengthwise axis of said fuselage, and contact elements that contact an exterior surface of said fuselage; and at least one catwalk that extends respectively along one of said sides of said fuselage parallel to said lengthwise axis of said fuselage and that is connected to and supported by said structural supporting arch of said at least one bridge support; wherein said at least one bridge support is set down onto said fuselage so that said contact elements bear against said exterior surface of said fuselage with at least a part of a total weight of said access bridge arrangement so as to brace and positively fix a position of said access bridge arrangement on and relative to said fuselage, and to support at least said part of said total weight on said fuselage.