Patents by Inventor Lars Uwe Hansen

Lars Uwe Hansen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230234775
    Abstract: A freight carrier configured to be received in an aircraft cargo hold, a system of one or more such freight carriers and a receiving platform, and a platform, are each provided. The freight carrier includes a floor element having a resting surface configured to lie on a floor surface of a cargo hold of an aircraft. The freight carrier is configured such that its resting surface can be moved over a floor surface in a floor plane. The floor element has a base element having a base surface. The base surface is situated on the base element such that the base surface faces away from the resting surface. The resting surface is provided with an arrangement to allow the freight carrier to be slid over the floor surface. The floor element has a cavity which extends toward the base surface between the front portion and the rear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ralf SCHLIWA, Thomas GRABOW, Christian SEIBT, Hans-Gerhard GIESA, Jörg CREMERS, Hermann BENTHIEN, Konstantin KALLERGIS, Lars Uwe HANSEN, Gunda HÜLSEN, Dirk MEIRANKE, Paul WICHTMANN
  • Publication number: 20230234776
    Abstract: A freight container configured to fit in an aircraft cargo hold includes a floor element. First and second parallel side walls extend away from first and second opposite edges of the floor element base surface. A top wall, parallel to a floor element resting surface, extends between edges of the first and second side walls, which edges are remote from the first and second edges. A front wall extends between the first and second side walls from a base surface third edge to a top wall front edge. The front wall has a first front wall portion, extending from the base surface third edge at a first angle of at least 90° to the resting surface. The front wall has a second front wall portion, extending from the top wall front edge at a second angle of less than 180° and more than 90° to the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ralf SCHLIWA, Thomas GRABOW, Hermann BENTHIEN, Lars Uwe HANSEN, Dirk MEIRANKE, Lucas GLEIXNER, Paul WICHTMANN
  • Publication number: 20220332418
    Abstract: A load carrier for an aircraft cargo hold includes a bottom element with a support surface, the load carrier being movable over a floor surface in a floor plane while the support surface faces the floor surface, the bottom element having a base surface. The support surface has rolling elements rotatable about a rotation axis oriented where a parallel to the axis runs parallel to the floor plane, and the rolling elements being retained on the bottom element where the rotation axis of each of the rolling elements can be rotated about a vertical axis running perpendicularly to the floor plane. A load carrier can include a bottom element, the support surface of which has outlet openings, through which air can exit from the support surface to form an air cushion under the support surface. A load carrier can include a bottom element the support surface of which has slider elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Gunda Hülsen, Uwe Panzram, Hermann Benthien, Lars Uwe Hansen, Paul Adrian Wichtmann, Dirk Meiranke, Thomas Grabow
  • Patent number: 11273914
    Abstract: A cargo loading platform for an aircraft, with a plate-like supporting structure, which is configured to support or to receive cargo, and a lifting device. The lifting device is arranged asymmetrically on the plate-like supporting structure and can be moved from a stowage position to a lifting position. In the stowage position, the lifting device is arranged here above a lower side of the plate-like supporting structure and, in the lifting position, is at least partially arranged below the lower side of the plate-like supporting structure. This permits asymmetrical raising of the plate-like supporting structure by the lifting device, as a result of which steps during the transportation of the cargo loading platform can be easily and rapidly overcome. Furthermore, a cargo loading apparatus and a cargo container each with such a cargo loading platform, and also an aircraft with such a cargo loading apparatus are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Meiranke, Lars Uwe Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200047869
    Abstract: A cargo loading platform for an aircraft, with a plate-like supporting structure, which is configured to support or to receive cargo, and a lifting device. The lifting device is arranged asymmetrically on the plate-like supporting structure and can be moved from a stowage position to a lifting position. In the stowage position, the lifting device is arranged here above a lower side of the plate-like supporting structure and, in the lifting position, is at least partially arranged below the lower side of the plate-like supporting structure. This permits asymmetrical raising of the plate-like supporting structure by the lifting device, as a result of which steps during the transportation of the cargo loading platform can be easily and rapidly overcome. Furthermore, a cargo loading apparatus and a cargo container each with such a cargo loading platform, and also an aircraft with such a cargo loading apparatus are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Dirk MEIRANKE, Lars Uwe Hansen