Bridges inventions 12/06

20060288501 - Rail assembly for a telescoping ramp: A rail assembly for a telescoping ramp including a slider rail that is taller than it is wide, having opposed ends, opposed faces, and opposed edges. First ramp attachment means protrude outwardly from a first of the opposed faces. There is a hollow channel rail with a first side wall... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20060288502 - Automated passenger boarding bridge alignment system and method with manual confirmation of aircraft doorway position: A system for aligning an aircraft-engaging end of a passenger boarding bridge to a doorway along a lateral surface of an aircraft includes a receiver that is located aboard the aircraft for receiving a signal, including image data for being displayed to a user aboard the aircraft. The system further... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20060288503 - Automated passenger boarding bridge alignment system and method with manual identification of aircraft doorway position: A system for aligning an aircraft-engaging end of a passenger boarding bridge to a doorway along a lateral surface of an aircraft includes an imager disposed at a location that is remote from the aircraft for capturing an image of a portion of the lateral surface of the aircraft and... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20060277697 - Flotation bridge formed from at least one expanding member: A method for forming a flotation bridge is provided. The method including: forming at least one expandable member used in constructing the flotation bridge, the forming including: expanding a covering to define a cavity; and expanding foam in the cavity in an expansion direction to expand the covering into a... Agent: Thomas Spinelli

20060277698 - Tilty work station: The Tilty Work Station is a platform made of steel, with Aluminum ramps, telescope from structure, extracted, which tilt's structure to 14 Degrees. Vehicles drive up ramps, with the Vehicles weight, transfers to make the structure horizontal. Ramps and stairs can be retracted into the main frame after Vehicle is... Agent: Thomas J. Solak

20060277700 - Beacon docking system with visual guidance display: An apparatus is provided for aligning one end of a passenger loading bridge to an aircraft. The apparatus includes a mounting structure and a transceiver including a transmitter portion. The transceiver is for being fixedly mounted, via the mounting structure, at a location within a space that is contained within... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20060277699 - System and method for remotely controlling a passenger boarding bridge from an aircraft: A system for aligning an aircraft-engaging end of a passenger boarding bridge to a doorway along a lateral surface of an aircraft includes a user interface that is located aboard the aircraft. The user interface is for receiving, from a user aboard the aircraft, an input signal relating to a... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20060272110 - Moment-resisting joint and system: The present invention is directed toward a novel moment resisting connection system, for use, but not limited to, with a pony-truss bridge system. The connection system comprises multi-hollow sections that can be, but are not limited to, extruded aluminum and a joint or node connector that can be casted, milled,... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20060272111 - Fiber reinforced plastics bearing deck module having integrated shear connector and concrete composite bearing deck using the same: A fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) bearing deck module having integrated a shear connector and a concrete composite bearing deck using the same are provided. The FRP bearing deck module has an upper flange and a lower flange separated from each other by a predetermined height; a side web provided between... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP