Aircraft passageway storage units

US9321533B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Nathanial C. Cuddy · Snohomish, US
• Chris Gren McInelly · Stanwood, US
• Roland Mair · Tettnang, DE
• Russell W. Keck · Seattle, US
• Michael S. Lewis · Lake Forest Park, US
• Daniel Rivera · San Jose, US
• Tushar Mayur Sampat · Lynnwood, US
• Derrick Joseph Hanratty · Snohomish, US
• Harold G. Erickson · Mukilteo, US
• Mitchell Zachary Kotlik · Everett, US
• Timothy M. Jones · Phoenix, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D47/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Aircraft passageway storage units are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a storage assembly to be supported on a floor of an interior of a fuselage of an aircraft. The storage assembly has a corner to be adjacent a passageway of the interior of the fuselage, and the passageway is to extend around the corner. The example apparatus also includes a door coupled to the storage assembly. The door extends from a first side of the storage assembly to a second side of the storage assembly and defines a portion of the corner. The door is to cover an opening of a compartment of the storage assembly when the door is in a closed position, and the opening is to extend from the first side to the second side.