Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular floor system for large vehicle construction
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Application No.: US16576055Application Date: 2019-09-19
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Publication No.: US11459122B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Todd Brian Jaramillo
- Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US KS Wichita
- Assignee: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Wichita
- Agency: Hovey Williams LLP
- Main IPC: B64F5/10
- IPC: B64F5/10 ; B64C1/18 ; B62D25/20

Abstract:
A modular floor system with an integral utility for temporary installation in an unfinished aircraft fuselage to facilitate construction. The system includes multiple floor modules, each including a catch pan defining a pan volume, a grid top surface supported on the catch pan over the pan volume, and a utility manifold carrying a utility across the module and to the next module. The modules may be sized and shaped to conform to different installation locations within the vehicle body. The grid top surface is openable to access the pan volume to remove debris or items. Adjacent modules are coupled together with connectors. The utility may be vacuum, air, electricity, or water, and one manifold may carry air and another manifold may carry vacuum. A fixture may be connected to the vacuum manifold and receive an end of a drill so as to remove debris resulting from operation of the drill.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210086887A1 MODULAR FLOOR SYSTEM FOR LARGE VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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