A method for the automated docking of a passenger boarding bridge to an aircraft parked in a stand includes, determining a target position with respect to a door of the aircraft, to which target position a bridgehead of the passenger boarding bridge is to be moved, and moving the bridgehead to dock with the door of the aircraft based on the determined target position.

A gangway for a multi-car vehicle, the gangway comprising a bellows and an endframe, whereby the bellows is attached to the endframe, whereby a crimping element is attached to the endframe, the crimping element having a crimping mouth, whereby a part of the bellows is inserted into the crimping mouth and held inside the crimping mouth and/or a holding element is attached to the endframe, the holding element having a holding surface that faces a counter surface on the endframe, whereby a part of the bellows is arranged between the holding surface and the counter surface and is pressed against the counter surface by the holding element.

A jalousi wall assembly for a passenger bridge, which jalousi wall assembly including a first jalousi wall in turn having a first end and a second end, which first end is arranged to be wound up on, and off from, a first roll with a first vertical rotation axis (A2), and which second end is arranged to be fastened to the passenger bridge, wherein the first roll is arranged to be fastened to the frame of a movable opening of the passenger bridge and to follow horizontal movements of the frame by the first jalousi wall being wound up on, or off from, the first roll, whereby a horizontal length of the first jalousi wall, between the first end and the second end, is adjusted in response to a horizontal movement of the frame. The application relates to a jalousi wall assembly further including a wire having a first and a second end, which first end is wound about the first vertical rotation axis (A2) such that the first jalousi wall is wound up on the first roll when the wire is pulled at its second end, and in that the jalousi wall assembly further includes a wire tension device including a gas spring arranged to maintain a tension in the wire while the frame moves.

A passenger bridge including a least one passenger bridge end segment; a bridge head, arranged at a distal end of said bridge end segment; a cabin, arranged to move about an outer periphery of the bridge head and comprising a door for passengers; and a cabin suspension, arranged to allow the cabin to rotate in relation to the bridge head about a vertical axis (A1). The application further relates to a cabin suspension including a pivot arm in journaled engagement with an upper part of the bridge head so that the cabin can swing in a first horizontal plane (P1), and in that a cabin holding part of the pivot arm is fastened to an upper part of the cabin, whereby the cabin hangs from the said cabin holding part.

A leading-edge structure of a passenger boarding bridge floor includes a protruding assembly, a protruding guide structure and an energy storage assembly. Under action of the protruding guide structure and the energy storage assembly, the protruding assembly may be protruded or contracted relative to the passenger boarding bridge floor body. The protruding assembly may automatically adjust according to the position of the airplane, under the action of limiting and guiding of the protruding guide structure, the protruding assembly may be adaptively protruded or retracted relative to the passenger boarding bridge floor body, so as to improve the safety of the airplane.

Disclosed is a boarding bridge having a transparent display. The boarding bridge includes a first tunnel connected to a terminal gate, a second tunnel connected to be capable of overlapping with the first tunnel, and a control unit. The first tunnel and the second tunnel each have a plurality of transparent displays, and include at least one overlap detecting sensor unit. Through the overlap detecting sensor unit which detects whether a transparent display of the first tunnel and a transparent display of the second tunnel overlap, the controller can selectively control the playback of images on the transparent displays of the first and second tunnels.

A passenger boarding bridge having a movable tunnel and braking system includes a brake plate, a brake pin and a triggering device. The brake plate is fixedly disposed at a first tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, and the brake plate is provided with a plurality of brake slots. The brake pin is movably disposed at a second tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, which is sleeve-connected with the first tunnel and can be combined with the brake slot. The triggering device includes a mechanical blocking portion, a linkage mechanism and a tensile spring. The mechanical blocking portion is fixedly disposed at the second tunnel. When the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope is broken, the linkage mechanism is driven to move and drives the brake pin to combine with the brake slot, to brake the first tunnel and the second tunnel.

A passenger boarding bridge leveling mechanism mounted on a passenger boarding bridge includes a four-bar linkage mechanism and a preload apparatus. The four-bar linkage mechanism includes a mounting base which can be fixedly mounted on the passenger boarding bridge. One of the other three bars of the four-bar linkage mechanism extends outwards, and a leveling wheel and a first detection switch are mounted on the end of the bar. The first detection switch is used for detecting the vertical displacement of the leveling wheel on an aircraft fuselage. The preload apparatus has a preload force. One end of the preload apparatus is connected to the four-bar linkage mechanism, and the other end is connected to the mounting base. The preload apparatus has a preload force to make the leveling wheel maintain a tendency of extending outwards. The passenger boarding bridge leveling mechanism has high test precision and can work reliably.

A movable tunnel braking system and a passage boarding bridge is provided. The movable tunnel braking system includes a brake plate, a brake pin and a triggering device. The brake plate is fixedly disposed at a first tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, and the brake plate is provided with a plurality of brake slots. The brake pin is movably disposed at a second tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, which is sleeve-connected with the first tunnel and can be combined with the brake slot. The triggering device includes a mechanical blocking portion, a linkage mechanism and a tensile spring. The mechanical blocking portion is fixedly disposed at the second tunnel. When the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope is broken, the linkage mechanism is driven to move and drives the brake pin to combine with the brake slot, to brake the first tunnel and the second tunnel.

A system and method for controlling the movement of an extendible bridge structure has proximity sensors coupled to a distal end thereof and includes a first movement mechanism for extension and retraction thereof. A processor receives signals from the proximity sensors and, based thereon, selectively generates and provides control signals to the first movement mechanism to automatically extend the structure to a predetermined position against a vehicle positioned in a predetermined area. A flexible boot is attached to the distal end of the structure. The processor generates and provides control signals to a second movement mechanism coupled to the flexible boot to extend the flexible boot against the vehicle. The processor also monitors and identifies any changes in a positional relationship between the flexible boot and the vehicle after initial extension thereof and provides generated control signals to the first movement mechanism to restore the structure to the predetermined position.