Abstract: A gravity drawbridge is a moveable bridge that utilizes gravity and fluid transport to transition a bridge deck between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The gravity bridge includes a fulcrum, a first fluid reservoir, a second fluid reservoir and a fluid pump. The first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir are internally mounted within the bridge deck. The first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir are in fluid communication to each to transport a quantity of fluid between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir using the fluid pump. The bridge deck rotates about the fulcrum as the quantity of fluid is transported between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir to transition the bridge deck between the open configuration and the closed configuration.
Abstract: A cab of a passenger boarding bridge comprises: an active floor body having a back end connected to the front end of a cabin and a front end provided with a notch that accommodates a downwards or upwards opened door of an aircraft; a flap disposed corresponding to the notch and movably connected to the active floor body, the flap being turnable relative to the active floor body between a first position in which the flap closes the notch and a second position in which the flap exposes the notch; and an actuating device for driving the flap to turn. The cab is mounted to a front end of a cabin such that it serves not only aircraft having doors to be opened leftwards or rightwards but also those having doors to be opened downwards. Also disclosed are a passenger boarding bridge having the cab and a docking method thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 2013
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2016
Assignees:
SHENZHEN CIMC-TIANDA AIRPORT SUPPORT LTD, CHINA INT'L MARINE CONTAINERS (GROUP) CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Wei Xiang, Lei Shi, Da Kang, Zhaohong Zhang