Transformable luggage storage compartment for an aircraft cabin

US8636251B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Tobias Mayer · Hamburg, DE
• Thomas Lerche · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49716
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A storage compartment is provided for a transportation means, for mounting in an overhead region. The storage compartment includes, but is not limited to a universal housing module and a transformable container module. Various container modules, in particular fixed bins and pivot bins, can be installed in the universal housing module without this requiring any alteration of the housing module. The transformable container module can be converted within the housing module from a state as a fixed container to a state as a movable chute.