Expandable galley

US10214290B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Ehlers · Hamburg, DE
• Mark Herzog · Hamburg, DE
• Stefan Behrens · Herzogenrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2011/0046
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft galley including a trolley stowage provided in a main body of the aircraft galley. A wall of the main body includes a first section delimiting the trolley stowage and a second section. The trolley stowage is convertible between a first operational state, wherein the trolley stowage is adapted to accommodate a first number of trolleys, and a second operational state, wherein the trolley stowage is adapted to accommodate a second number of trolleys. The second number of trolleys is greater than the first number of trolleys.