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Arrangement for selectively arresting a serving trolley in a cabin of a transportation system

US10569880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Andreas Heidtmann · Hamburg, DE
Roland Lange · Nottensdorf, DE
Lasse Jensen · Horsens, DK

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2017
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for selectively arresting a serving trolley in a cabin includes a walling extending perpendicularly to a cabin floor. The walling has a height at least equal to the height of a serving trolley. The arrangement has an upper arresting unit positioned at an upper fastening section of the walling and a lower arresting unit positioned at a lower fastening section of the walling. The upper arresting unit has a first engagement element and a second engagement element, wherein at least one of the engagement elements is movable relative to the other engagement element. The upper arresting unit releasably engages two distanced recesses at an upper end of the serving trolley by way of the engagement elements. The lower arresting unit includes at least one third engagement element and is designed for engaging a bottom side component of the serving trolley by way of the third engagement element.

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