Bridges – Gangway – ramp – or dock leveler – Attached
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Petravick, Meredith (Department: 3671)
Bridges
Gangway, ramp, or dock leveler
Attached
C700S013000, C340S958000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07069613
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method and system for aligning a door of an aircraft to a passenger loading bridge. A final parking position of the aircraft is defined as being immediately adjacent to a position of the passenger loading bridge, such that when the aircraft is stopped at the final parking position, the passenger loading bridge requires only a telescopic extension of less than about 1 meter to complete the alignment operation. To this end, an indicating device that works cooperatively with an aircraft-engaging end of the passenger loading bridge is provided for displaying human intelligible instructions for use by a pilot of the aircraft to guide the aircraft to the final parking position.
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DEW Engineering and Development Limited
Freedman & Associates
Pechhold Alexandra
Petravick Meredith
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