Christian Melvin Hansen
Engineers in Ogden, UT
License number
Utah 291790-2202
Issued Date
Apr 19, 1995
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 2017
Category
Engineer/Land Surveyor
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Ogden, UT
Professional information
Actuator-Free Resilient Passenger Boarding Bridge Canopy
US Patent:
2004008, May 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov 12, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/292011
Inventors:
Christian Hansen - South Weber UT, US
Ralph Bollom - Huntsville UT, US
Bruce Anderson - Hooper UT, US
Ken Jensen - North Ogen UT, US
Ralph Bollom - Huntsville UT, US
Bruce Anderson - Hooper UT, US
Ken Jensen - North Ogen UT, US
International Classification:
E01D001/00
US Classification:
014/071500
Abstract:
A passenger boarding bridge for use by passengers in an airport terminal for embarking to and disembarking from a parked aircraft is provided with a resilient canopy that conforms to the shape of the outside surface of a parked aircraft without the aid of any external driving assembly or linkages directly attached thereto. The resilient canopy is useful with a wide range of airplanes sizes and, in contrast to existing steel framed weather shielding bellows, the canopy is particularly suited to the rapidly changing curvature of smaller planes and significantly inexpensive to construct.