Supports: cabinet structure – Mounted on wall – ceiling or spaced panels – Movably mounted housing or compartment
Patent
1995-02-27
1996-10-22
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Mounted on wall, ceiling or spaced panels
Movably mounted housing or compartment
312248, A47F 508
Patent
active
055670288
ABSTRACT:
An overhead storage compartment that may be reconfigured to account for different seating configurations. The storage bin includes an overhead structure that is attached to the ceiling of an aircraft. A storage bin is mounted within the overhead structure by an extension/retraction mechanism. The extension/retraction mechanism may be easily reconfigured to allow the storage bin to move either approximately linearly downward or downward and outward depending upon the application. The retraction mechanism includes an upper link and a lower link connected between the support structure and the storage bin. A drive link is connected between the upper link and an idler link. A balance spring is connected between an intersection of the idler link and the drive link and the support structure. The retraction mechanism also includes a snubber connected between the upper link and the lower link.
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Airbus Update, date unknown, showing new stowage bins for A330 and A340 customers.
Dahlen Richard
Lutovsky Arnold J.
Cuomo Peter M.
The Boeing Company
White Rodney B.
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