Abstract: A cargo hold of an aircraft having cladding elements and at least one housing element for accommodating electronic components and/or cables. The cladding elements are attached to supports, in particular structural elements, of the aircraft and have a plurality of cladding holes with predefined cladding hole spacings for attachment. The at least one housing element has at least one pair of housing holes for receiving fastening devices. The housing holes have a housing hole spacing which corresponds to at least one pair of cladding hole spacings.

Abstract: A locking system for fixing at least one transport unit for cargo items in an aircraft. The locking system includes a plurality of locking devices and at least one actuating device. Each locking device has at least one locking element for fixing and releasing the transport unit at least one predetermined position and is displaceable in a displacement direction between a fixing position and a release position. The at least one actuating device has at least one actuating unit for initiating an actuating movement and at least one sliding unit for displacing the locking element. The actuating unit is connected to the sliding unit for transmitting the actuating movement by means of at least one transmission section extending transversely to the displacement direction. The sliding unit is mechanically coupled to the locking element to transmit the actuating movement and to move the locking element between the fixing position and the release position.

Abstract: A cargo compartment module for an aircraft, including at least one floor, at least one side wall that is connected to the floor, upper installation points for connecting the side wall to the main deck, in particular transverse supports of the main deck, lower installation points for connecting the side wall to frames and/or other structural elements of the aircraft, wherein the side wall has reinforcements such that the side wall in an installed state forms part of the load-bearing structure of the aircraft and/or supports the main deck.

Abstract: A side guide for guiding and/or holding cargo items, in particular containers and/or pallets, in an aircraft, comprising a fastening rail extending in the longitudinal direction (v), at least one side guide device, which can be fastened to the fastening rail in the longitudinal direction (v) at different positions (A, B, C, D) and at least one first and at least one second fastening device for fastening the side guide to a cargo deck of the aircraft, in particular in a perforated rail. The first fastening device engages around the fastening rail and/or engages in the fastening rail in such a way that the first fastening device can be displaced in the longitudinal direction (v), in particular relative to the second fastening device.

Abstract: A floor module for an aircraft cargo hold including a cover element and a floor element which is spaced apart from the cover element at least in some segments and which is attached to an underside of the cover element. The cover element includes receiving openings for receiving ball elements. The cover element and the floor element can be formed as a hybrid composite part.

Abstract: A mounting device for mounting functional devices within a cargo hold of an aircraft. The mounting device includes at least one surface unit and a plurality of functional devices which can be mounted on the surface unit in such a way that the surface unit can be inserted together with functional devices mounted thereon into the aircraft cargo hold in the manner of a template in such a way that all the functional devices come to lie in defined mounting locations in the cargo hold and can be mounted on supporting structures of the aircraft or the cargo hold without adjustment in relation to the surface unit.

Abstract: A freight floor having a multilayer construction and that is formed as a composite material, comprising a core layer of carbon-fiber-reinforced and/or glass-fiber-reinforced plastic and a seating layer of a metal alloy, in particular an aluminum alloy.

Abstract: A freight loading system may include: freight transport devices each with at least one roller for transporting freight items in a transport direction and each sensor for detecting the presence of a freight item, wherein the rollers of at least a first freight transport device are mounted rotationally mobile such that the transport direction of the first freight transport device is adjustable, and a control unit which receives signals from sensors of at least two freight transport devices in order to detect a movement, of a freight item, wherein the control unit is designed to calculate from the signals a relative movement of part of the freight item relative to the first freight transport device and align the at least one roller of the first freight transport device taking into account the relative movement of the part of the freight item.

Abstract: A lock is proposed for securing containers or similar freight on a cargo bay floor of an aircraft in a vertical direction perpendicular to the cargo bay floor and in a transverse direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the aircraft. The locking element comprises at least one lock attached to a frame for securing containers or similar freight and with a claw in the transverse direction of the aircraft to surround and hold a part section of the container. At least one lock is arranged mobile and fixable in a guide of the frame in order to adapt the spacing of the locks to containers of different sizes.

Abstract: A pallet adapter kit for aircraft cargo pallets, with a plurality of beams each with a top side and an underside, wherein the beams comprise at least one peg beam which on the underside comprises a first peg receiver and a second peg receiver each for receiving a peg, and on the top side a first beam peg and a second beam peg for engagement in container corners, in particular corners of ISO containers, wherein the first beam peg is arranged offset in relation to the first peg receiver and/or the second beam peg is arranged offset in relation to the second peg receiver in the longitudinal direction of the peg beam.

Abstract: A floor element for cargo containers and/or cargo pallets. The floor element comprises at least one RFID transponder, at least one bore with an opening on the floor underside, and a transponder holder device preferably made of plastic for holding the RFID transponder, wherein the transponder holder device is fixed in the bore. The floor element provides better communication between RFID transponders and corresponding readers.

Abstract: A cargo loading system comprising at least one cargo reading device mounted in the entrance area of an aircraft, in particular an RFID reading device, for detecting at least one identifier of a cargo item, a plurality of freight conveying devices each having at least one roller for conveying the cargo item along a conveying route into an end position, and a control system which receives signals from sensors in order to detect a movement of the cargo item along the conveying route and which is communicatively connected to the cargo reading device. The control system is designed to detect the end position of the cargo item on the cargo deck based on the signals and to store data which indicate the end position in conjunction with the detected identifier of the cargo deck.

Abstract: A cargo gate for holding at least one cargo item at a predetermined position within a cargo hold of an aircraft comprising at least one retaining element at least one fastening device having at least one articulation for articulatedly fastening the retaining element to a cargo hold floor such that the retaining element can be pivoted from an operative position for holding the at least one cargo item into an inoperative position, wherein the retaining element can be traversed by the at least one cargo item in the inoperative position. The retaining element may be provided with a stop which can be operatively connected to a pivotable locking lug of a locking device such that the locking lug holds the retaining element in the operative position thereof.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a cargo hold floor for a cargo hold of an aircraft. The cargo hold floor comprises a multiplicity of panels (110a, 110b) to form the cargo hold floor, wherein the panels have rail segments to form rails extending over several profile panels (120-130, 120?-129?) and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft. The rail segments comprise full seat rail segments (150, 150b) and partial seat rail segments (155a, 155b, 155b, 155b) for fixing of freight loading components. Such full seat rail segments and partial seat rail segments can be used advantageously to anchor freight items to the cargo hold floor or to fasten function elements there.

Abstract: The invention concerns a loading system for an aircraft, wherein the loading system comprises a control computer; a multiplicity of cargo conveying devices for conveying a piece of cargo on a cargo loading deck of the aircraft, wherein to control the cargo conveying devices, the control computer is communicatively connected with the cargo conveying devices; at least one input device which is communicatively connected with the control computer to transfer user inputs to the control computer. An aspect of the invention is that the one input device may be formed as a touchscreen.

Abstract: Floor elements for a loading deck of an aircraft may be provided. The floor elements may include a hollow profiled element having a cover plate and a base plate which are connected to each other by webs. In order to collect water and/or to heat the loading deck, the hollow profiled element is designed at least in some sections as a conduit for conducting liquids and/or gases. In this way, the cargo deck thus formed by the floor elements simultaneously has several functions, namely the actual cargo deck function and the function of a liquid collecting trough which can be heated or is used as a heater for the cargo hold.

Abstract: Conventional aircraft offer an inadequate solution for handling freight items. The present invention significantly improves the handling of freight items. Inter alia, for this the cargo compartment of an aircraft is equipped with a robot with at least one robot arm, wherein the robot arm comprises a receiver tool to receive freight items and is arranged displaceably on a ceiling construction of the cargo compartment.

Abstract: A locking element is described for securing containers, pallets or similar freight items in the cargo bay of an aircraft, wherein a first and a second locking claw are mounted on a frame swivellable from a lowered loading position into a raised working position for securing containers. A remotely controllable adjustment device is provided to change and adjust the state of the locking claws between the loading state in which the locking claws are in the loading position, a holding state in which the locking claws are in the working position and fixed, and a trigger state in which the locking claws are in the working position but can be swivelled from the working position into the loading position if a force acting on the locking claws exceeds a predetermined amount.