Method and system for operation of safety features of aircraft galley containers
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsFrederik Adrian Stephan Panjer, Arnau Castillo Gonzalez
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Abstract
There is provided herein an aircraft including at least one aircraft galley container and a controller. Each one of the at least one aircraft galley container includes a safety feature having a first mode and a second mode, and a controller for automatically selecting one of the first mode and second mode of the safety feature and placing the safety feature in the selected mode. The automatic selection of the mode is dependent on a condition of the aircraft satisfying or failing to satisfy a predetermined condition. There is also provided a method of operating a safety feature of an aircraft galley container.
Claims15
An aircraft comprising:
- at least one aircraft galley container, each one of the at least one aircraft galley container including a safety feature having a first mode and a second mode;
- and
- a controller for automatically selecting one of the first mode and second mode of the safety feature and placing the safety feature in the selected mode,
- wherein the automatic selection of the mode is dependent on a condition of the aircraft satisfying or failing to satisfy a predetermined condition.
A method of operating at least one safety feature associated with a respective at least one aircraft galley container, the method comprising:
- determining whether an aircraft satisfies a predetermined condition;
- when the aircraft does satisfy the predetermined condition, placing a safety feature of at least one aircraft galley container in a first mode;
- and
- when the aircraft fails to satisfy the predetermined condition, placing the safety feature of the at least one aircraft galley container in a second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.