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Temporarily-installed aircraft observer door plug, chair, sonotube ejection and control system

  • US 10,301,004 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2017
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising a temporarily-mounted control system on an aircraft, wherein the apparatus comprises:

  • a collapsible workstation assembly mounted to a floor in a fuselage of the aircraft via a set of collapsible workstation slide rails, one or more mounting plates and one or more adaptive floor plates, wherein;

    the collapsible workstation assembly comprises one or more modules;

    the one or more modules comprise one or more of a display module, a tactile interface module, and an overhead module;

    each of the one or more modules are physically connected via one or more hinges to another module or a frame of the collapsible workstation assembly, wherein the hinge enables the module to be moved between a deployed position and a stowed position;

    each of the one or more modules comprise a module locking hinge to secure the module in the stowed position;

    the set of collapsible workstation slide rails have a deployed position and a stowed position; and

    the collapsible workstation assembly is folded outboard of an Air Deployment System (ADS) rail on the floor of the aircraft when the one or more modules and the collapsible workstation slide rails are in the stowed position, wherein the ADS rail defines an outboard cargo transit envelope in the fuselage;

    an observer chair assembly connected to the floor of the aircraft and the collapsible workstation assembly; and

    a temporary door plug adapted to fit in an opening in the fuselage, wherein the temporary door plug is adjacent to the observer chair assembly and the collapsible workstation assembly.

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