Patents by Inventor Torsten Eilts

Torsten Eilts 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).

  • Device and method for controlling the loading and/or unloading process of an airplane
    Patent number: 8185234
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the loading and/or unloading process of an aeroplane. According to the invention, a parcel introduced into the aeroplane is identified, a weight is associated with the parcel, the position of the parcel inside the airplane is monitored, and the total weight and/or center of gravity of the aeroplane is calculated from the aeroplane information provided and the weights and positions of the parcels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Tietjen, Torsten Eilts, Ekkehard Zischow, Norbert Palubitzki
  • Device and Method for Controlling the Loading and/or Unloading Process of an Airplane
    Publication number: 20090105874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the loading and/or unloading process of an aeroplane. According to the invention, a parcel introduced into the aeroplane is identified, a weight is associated with the parcel, the position of the parcel inside the aeroplane is monitored, and the total weight and/or centre of gravity of the aeroplane is calculated from the aeroplane information provided and the weights and positions of the parcels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Tietjen, Torsten Eilts, Ekkehard Zischow, Norbert Palubitzki
  • Quick Change system and method for converting an aircraft from a cargo mode to a passenger mode and vice versa
    Patent number: 6302358
    Abstract: A system to quickly convert part of the main deck of an aircraft from a passenger transport configuration to a freight transport configuration. The system includes an arrangement to lock at least one seat pallet flush and rigidly secured to the aircraft deck, for the passenger transport configuration, and an arrangement to anchor a cargo loading assembly to the deck, for the freight transport configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Societe Industrielle et Commciale de Materiel Aeronautique
    Inventors: Peter Emsters, Torsten Eilts
  • YZ- latch for tying freight to a loading floor
    Patent number: 6139232
    Abstract: A YZ-latch for holding down a piece of freight on a loading floor in an aircraft which has a base holding an axle stub which in turn has mounted thereon two rollers for rolling contact with the freight piece. One roller holds against lateral displacement in the Y-direction. The other roller holds against vertical displacement in the Z-direction. Free movement is permitted in the X-direction. Either the axle stub with fixed rollers is rotatable, or the rollers are rotatable on the fixed axle stub, or at least one roller or both rollers are rotatable on a rotatable axle stub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus GmbH
    Inventors: Veronika Niklas, Hartmut Sempert, Torsten Eilts, Bernd Schernikau, Claus Voelker, Volker Eckert, Bernhard Czisz, Hans-Guenther Mix