Flexible Aircraft Cargo Container with Loadbearing Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional goods containers for aircraft loading spaces, made of hard materials, cannot be placed against the aircraft walls without generating torsion forces, leading to suboptimal use of space and potential wear issues.
Innovation Solution
A goods container with soft sidewalls and a bottom made of non-self-supporting material, supported by a loadbearing structure, allowing it to abut aircraft walls without generating torsion forces and featuring a collapsible design for efficient storage and deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If hard material containers are used, then structural strength is improved, but space utilization deteriorates due to required distance from aircraft walls
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs flexible sidewalls made of non-self-supporting material that can conform to the aircraft body contours, eliminating the rigid clearance requirements while maintaining structural integrity through the flexible nature of the walls
Solution Approach 2:
The container transitions from a rigid static structure to a dynamic flexible structure that can adapt its shape and position, allowing it to abut against aircraft walls without generating harmful torsion forces while maximizing space utilization
2Volume of moving object
If soft non-self-supporting material is used for sidewalls, then space utilization and wear resistance are improved, but structural strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite structure combining non-self-supporting flexible material with a loadbearing framework, where the flexible material provides wear resistance and space adaptability while the framework provides the necessary structural strength and rigidity
Solution Approach 2:
The container is divided into functional segments: the flexible sidewalls made of non-self-supporting material for wear resistance and adaptability, and a separate loadbearing structure for structural support, allowing each component to optimize its specific function
3Volume of moving object
If collapsible configuration is implemented, then storage space when not in use is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container incorporates collapsible and expandable mechanisms that allow it to transition between a functional expanded state for cargo storage and a compact collapsed state for storage, with the flexible non-self-supporting material enabling this dynamic transformation
Solution Approach 2:
The collapsible design allows the container walls and structure to nest within each other when collapsed, minimizing the storage volume required while maintaining the full functional volume when expanded for cargo transport
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a goods container for loading spaces in vehicles, preferably in aircraft, which goods container comprises at least one goods storage space for the loading, storage, transport and unloading of goods. With a view to achieving a goods container which allows optimum utilisation of the loading space of a vehicle, preferably of an aircraft, the goods container has at least one sidewall (1, 2, 3 and 4), a bottom (5) and a top (6) made of non-self-supporting material which delineate the goods storage space, and also a loadbearing structure (7) which maintains the sidewalls, the bottom and the top made of non-self-supporting material so that they delineate said goods storage space, and the non-self-supporting material is disposed in the bottom (5) of the goods container in at least two, preferably three or four, layers.