Lifting device for a luggage compartment in an aircraft, as well as aircraft with a lifting device for a luggage compartment

US7246771B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Bodo Wisch · Bremen, DE
• Lars Rowold · Varel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2004
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R5/003
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The application concerns a lifting device for a luggage compartment in an aircraft, wherein the luggage compartment can be moved between an open and closed position, and the lifting device includes a power generation element that exerts a lifting force on the luggage compartment. The application also concerns an aircraft with a lifting device for a luggage compartment. The power generation element is an electrical power generation element, and the lifting device has a rechargeable energy accumulator to store energy for operation of the electrical power generation element.