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Method and system for determining mechanical robustness of an overhead stowage bin for an aircraft and device for imparting mechanical load to an overhead stowage bin for an aircraft

US11761848B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Johann Kim · Erlangen, DE
Ludger Merz · Hamburg, DE
Tobias Müller · Hirschberg, DE
Ulrich Meier-Noe · Paderborn, DE
Maik Simon · Passau, DE
Franz Krause · Sankt Ulrich, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2020
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D11/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is disclosed for determining mechanical robustness of an overhead stowage bin for an aircraft includes repeatedly effecting an impact of a test body against an impact surface of the overhead stowage bin with a predefined impact force by a robotic arm of a manipulator, and investigating damage parameters of the overhead stowage bin.

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