The present disclosure provides a flexibly positioned power drive unit (PDU) system. The flexibly positioned PDU system may comprise a flexibly positioned PDU comprising a PDU hinged portion and a track coupled to the flexibly positioned PDU, wherein the flexibly positioned PDU is configured to move along a cargo deck and the PDU hinged portion is configured to move a cargo unit from a first location to a second location via the track.

A conveying unit for transporting goods on transport rollers in a transport plane. The transport rollers can be rotated about their respective axes of rotation with an adjustable rotational speed and adjustable direction of rotation. The axes of rotation of the transport rollers are adjustable by rotation about their respective pivot axes by a particular pivot axis angle, and at least two of the transport rollers can be adjusted differently from one another. There is also described a method for adjusting the conveyor unit.

A harness system for a power drive unit is disclosed. In various embodiments, the harness system includes an electrical cable having a first end and a second end, a plurality of cover members positioned along a length of the cable and a spring member positioned adjacent the plurality of cover members along the length of the cable.

An in-vehicle fixing structure for a small information terminal includes an insertion portion, a housing accommodating, and a controller. The controller controls the conveying roller to automatically convey the small information terminal to the normal position in a case where the small information terminal abuts the stopper, controls the shutter to close the insertion slot in a case where the sensor detects that the small information terminal has been automatically conveyed to the normal position after the automatic conveyance of the small information terminal by the conveying roller is started, and controls the connector connection device to connect the small information terminal and the external device to each other by moving the connector of the external device toward the connector of the small information terminal and fitting the connector of the external device to the connector of the small information terminal after the shutter closes the insertion slot.

A lift roller may include a hub having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a radially outward surface. The hub may define a channel extending through the hub from the first surface to the second surface. The lift roller may also include a rim portion rotatably disposed about the radially outward surface of the hub and a boss disposed on one of the first surface and the second surface.

A system for moving loads, in particular within an aircraft, comprising: a cargo hold floor, at least one row of rollers including a plurality of rollers integrated into the floor one behind another, at least one guide rail in the floor extending substantially parallel to the row of rollers, and at least one transport vehicle removably received in and movable along the guide rail. At least one coupling arrangement selectively couples the vehicle with a load arranged on the row of rollers, the load being movable with the vehicle. At least one locking arrangement, in an active state, locking the load relative to the floor and, in a non-active state, allowing a relative movement between the load and the floor. The vehicle operates the locking arrangement according to at least one of the following: so that it assumes the active state; and, so that it assumes the non-active state.

Apparatuses, systems, methods, and/or the like are provided for a transfer apparatus. An example transfer apparatus includes a bed having a first plurality of balls and a second plurality of balls having a first and second diameter, respectively, and wherein at least one of the first plurality of balls and at least one of the second plurality of balls are configured to rotate relative to the bed, wherein at least one belt of the plurality of belts is operably engaged with the at least one ball of the first plurality of balls or the at least one ball of the second plurality of balls; and a driver operably connected to the at least one belt of the plurality of belts, wherein the driver is configured to power the at least one belt of the plurality of belts.

It is disclosed: a conveying system; an interface station; as well as a method for transferring a conveying good from a driverless transport vehicle (DTV) via an interface station, which includes a diverting conveyor unit, to a continuous conveyor operated at a preset conveying speed and comprising a preferred conveying direction, wherein the method comprises the steps of: actuatorless inertia-based delivering the conveying good from the DTV to the interface station; repeatedly detecting, by a sensor system, the delivered conveying good in an area of the interface station, while the delivered conveying good moves due to the inertia-based delivery, and generating corresponding sensor signals; based on the sensor signals, determining, by a controlling unit, a current speed and movement direction of the delivered conveying good; based on the current speed and movement direction, generating, by the controlling unit, a current control signal for the diverting conveyor unit such that the current speed and movement direction of the delivered conveying good are, at the latest at the time of transition of the delivered conveying good from the interface station onto the continuous conveyor, identical to the preset conveying speed and the preferred conveying direction of the continuous conveyor; and influencing a current movement of the conveying good by the diverting conveyor unit in accordance with the current control signal received by the diverting conveyor unit from the controlling unit.

A lift roller may include a hub having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a radially outward surface. The hub may define a channel extending through the hub from the first surface to the second surface. The lift roller may also include a rim portion rotatably disposed about the radially outward surface of the hub and a boss disposed on one of the first surface and the second surface.

Provided are a motor unit and a conveyance device. In a motor unit having a motor portion and a gear portion, the motor portion is formed by accommodating a most part of a drive motor in a housing member. The gear portion is formed by arranging at least a part of a drive gear and a plurality of small gear portions in a space surrounded by an inner tooth train portion, and the plurality of small gear portions is positioned around the drive gear in the space. Each of the plurality of small gear portions meshes with one of the drive gear and the inner tooth train portion, and each of the plurality of small gear portions rotates by rotation of the drive gear. At least a part of the gear portion is at a position overlapping the motor portion in plan view.