One example of a passenger boarding bridge includes a rotunda, a tunnel unit, a cab rotatably provided at a distal end of the tunnel unit, a mover that docks the cab with an entrance of an aircraft, and a door position detector provided inside the cab that detects, after docking, an edge position of a door of the entrance in a width direction with respect to the cab in a case where a width of the door is greater than or equal to a predetermined width. A door opening determiner determines whether or not the door can be opened smoothly based on whether or not the edge position is within a predetermined allowable region, and a notifier issues a notification of an abnormality in a case where the door opening determiner has determined that the door cannot be opened smoothly.

A braking system for a passenger boarding bridge are provided. The braking system includes a locking member fixedly mounted on the cabin and at least one set of braking assemblies. Each set of the braking assemblies includes an oscillating member rotatably mounted on the cab, an oscillating wheel mounted on the oscillating member and an elastic member having a pre-tightening force. The oscillating wheel cooperates with an outer side of the drive belt to form an abutting force so as to balance the pre-tightening force. The pre-tightening force of the elastic member rotates the oscillating member to a direction of the locking member and cooperates with the locking member in a locking manner to realize braking when the length of the drive belt between the driven wheel and the driving wheel exceeds a preset value or is in a broken state.

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.

The present disclosure discloses a braking system and a passenger boarding bridge. The braking system includes a locking member and at least one set of braking assemblies. The locking member is fixedly mounted on the tunnel. Each set of the braking assemblies includes an oscillating member rotatably mounted on the cab, an oscillating wheel mounted on the oscillating member and an elastic member. Wherein the elastic member presents a pre-tightening force. The oscillating wheel cooperates with an outer side of the drive belt to form an abutting force so as to balance the pre-tightening force of the elastic member when the drive belt is in a normal working state. The pre-tightening force of the elastic member rotates the oscillating member to a direction of the locking member and cooperates with the locking member in a locking manner to realize braking when the length of the drive belt between the driven wheel and the driving wheel exceeds a preset value or is in a broken state.

The present disclosure discloses a leading-edge structure of a passenger boarding bridge floor, a passenger boarding bridge floor structure and a passenger bridge. Wherein the leading-edge structure of the 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.

A boarding bridge remote operation system of includes image capturing equipment that captures an image ahead of a distal end part of a cab, inside monitoring equipment to monitor inside of a boarding bridge, and a remote controller corresponding to a gate and configured to be communicable with remote equipment. The remote equipment includes an operating unit with which an operator performs an input operation and an information outputter configured to output information inputted thereto. The remote controller gives an operation command corresponding to the input operation to the boarding bridge, obtains image information of the captured image and monitoring information from the inside monitoring equipment, and outputs the obtained image information and the obtained monitoring information to the remote equipment. The operating unit is configured to be operated in a state where a travel device and an area therearound are directly or indirectly visually checkable by the operator.

An aerobridge and dual method of operation thereof that significantly reduces the turnaround time (time between routes) of an aircraft vehicle at a terminal gate. The aerobridge includes a cab rotunda, cab, and a bridge formed of a plurality of passageways and/or ramps. The passageways/ramps are telescopically received in a proximal-most passageway/ramp in a retracted position and are telescopically extended along the aircraft vehicle in an extended position. The aerobridge may further include a plurality of height-adjustable and/or retractable support mechanisms disposed in underlying relation to the bridge. The aerobridge can be mated with an aircraft vehicle using a shoot-out method or a swing method, thus accommodating different airports' configurations and limitations.

A method for reducing aircraft turnaround time by improving airport ramp safety is provided. The method minimizes the time interval between an aircraft's landing and takeoff by independently moving the aircraft on the ground without the aircraft's engines by eliminating hazards from jet blast, the possibility of engine ingestion, and the time previously required to wait in the gate area upon arrival or at departure until jet blast or engine ingestion did not pose a danger. Turnaround time is further reduced by providing an onboard driver controllable to drive at least one of the aircraft's wheels between landing and takeoff, thereby eliminating the need for a tow vehicle and the time required to move the aircraft with a tow vehicle.

A coupling module for coupling a passenger boarding bridge with an aircraft has a floor assembly and a canopy roof spanning the floor assembly. The coupling module and/or the floor assembly is configured to be received at a cabin of a passenger boarding bridge such that the coupling module and/or the floor assembly can swivel relative to the cabin around a horizontal swivel axis. A position sensor is operable to measure an inclination of the floor assembly relative to a geodetic horizontal position.

An aerobridge and dual method of operation thereof that significantly reduces the turnaround time (time between routes) of an aircraft vehicle at a terminal gate. The aerobridge includes a cab rotunda, cab, and a bridge formed of a plurality of passageways and/or ramps. The passageways/ramps are telescopically received in a proximal-most passageway/ramp in a retracted position and are telescopically extended along the aircraft vehicle in an extended position. The aerobridge may further include a plurality of height-adjustable and/or retractable support mechanisms disposed in underlying relation to the bridge. The aerobridge can be mated with an aircraft vehicle using a shoot-out method or a swing method, thus accommodating different airports' configurations and limitations.