Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or crew accommodation
Patent
1997-08-13
1999-08-17
Jordan, Charles T.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or crew accommodation
248505, 248503, 312245, 312242, B64D 1100
Patent
active
059381493
ABSTRACT:
A mounting arrangement for mounting and providing a safety support of cabin fixtures such as baggage compartments in a passenger cabin, especially in an aircraft, includes substantially rigid mounting hardware and substantially non-rigid safety support elements. The mounting hardware mounts the baggage compartments to the aircraft fuselage structure in a substantially rigid manner, with adequate strength for normal operating conditions and certain overload conditions. The safety support elements provide an additional connection between the baggage compartments and the fuselage structure, and are installed in such a manner that they are not load bearing under normal conditions, but rather only come into play under extreme load conditions in which at least one of the substantially rigid mounting hardware elements has failed. In such a case, the safety support elements effectively catch and hold the respective baggage compartment substantially in its original or normal position, and aim to prevent the baggage compartment from falling and causing a danger of injury to passengers. The safety support elements are preferably non-rigid elements such as safety cables, wires, ropes, straps, belts, or the like that can support tension loads, but cannot support lateral or compression loads. The safety support elements may be easily and cheaply installed in new aircraft construction or retrofitted in existing aircraft.
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DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus GmbH
Dinh Tien
Fasse W. F.
Fasse W. G.
Jordan Charles T.
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