US Patent Issued to Airbus DS Airborne Solutions on Dec. 2 for "Cargo loading system and cargo loading method for loading ULDs into an aircraft" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,033, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Airbus DS Airborne Solutions GmbH (Bremen, Germany).

"Cargo loading system and cargo loading method for loading ULDs into an aircraft" was invented by Willi Kranz (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo-loading system and a cargo loading method for the at least semi-automated loading of a cargo hold of an aircraft with Unit Load Devices (ULDs). Drive elements of cargo handling power drive units are here controlled depending on coverage signals from sensors detecting coverage of the cargo handling power drive unit. A missing or lost coverage signal of a first cargo handling power d...