Luggage compartment for installation on the fuselage or ceiling in a vehicle, and method for producing a luggage compartment of said type
OwnerIngo ROTH, Marc FETTE +1inventors
InventorsIngo ROTH, Marc FETTE, Martin HENTSCHEL
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Abstract
A luggage compartment for installation on the fuselage or ceiling in a vehicle, in particular aircraft, comprises at least two side walls which are connectable in load-bearing fashion to a primary structure of the vehicle and which have a fiber composite structure. The fiber composite structure is produced from reinforced curable molding compound and has at least one reinforcement element at least partially embedded therein. The luggage compartment furthermore comprises a shell element which is connected to the side walls and which defines at least a part of a stowage space of the luggage compartment.
Claims20
A luggage compartment for installation on a fuselage or ceiling in a vehicle, which luggage compartment comprises:
- at least two side walls connectable in load-bearing fashion to a primary structure of the vehicle and having a fiber composite structure, which structure is produced from reinforced curable molding compound and has at least one reinforcement element at least partially embedded therein, and
- a shell element connected to the side walls and defining at least a part of a stowage space of the luggage compartment.
A method for producing a luggage compartment for installation on a fuselage or ceiling in a vehicle, which method comprises the steps:
- providing at least two side wall semifinished parts composed of reinforced curable molding compound and which include a curable plastic material in a non-cured state;
- inserting at least one reinforcement element or at least one reinforcement element semifinished part into the side wall semifinished parts;
- curing the curable plastic material included in the side wall semifinished parts to produce at least two side walls which are connectable in load-transmitting fashion to a primary structure of the vehicle and which have a fiber composite structure produced from the reinforced curable molding compound, into which fiber composite structure the reinforcement element is at least partially embedded;
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- connecting the side walls to a shell element which defines at least a part of a stowage space of the luggage compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.