Luggage compartment and means of transport
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsUwe Schneider, Patrick Rollfink
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Abstract
A luggage compartment for a means of transport and a means of transport with a luggage compartment are provided. The luggage compartment comprises a housing with a pivotably attached connecting element and with a sliding element. The connecting element is adapted for being pivotably attached to a first structural element and the sliding element is adapted for moving along a rail connected to a second structural element. The luggage compartment is easy to manufacture and to maintain.
Claims14
A luggage compartment for being mounted in a means of transport, the luggage compartment comprising:
- a housing for storing luggage, the housing comprising a top wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and an opening;
- a connecting element for mounting the housing to a first structural element of the means of transport, the connecting element pivotably attached to the top wall or the side wall of the housing at a first section of the connecting element;
- a sliding element attached to an edge defined by the top wall and the rear wall of the housing;
- wherein the connecting element is adapted for being pivotably attached to the first structural element of the means of transport at a second section of the connecting element;
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- wherein the sliding element is adapted for being movably connected to a rail, and the rail is attached to a second structural element of the means of transport.
A means of transport with a luggage compartment, the luggage compartment comprising:
- a housing for storing luggage, the housing comprising a top wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, a side wall and an opening movable from an open position of the luggage compartment to a closed position of the luggage compartment;
- wherein a first axis of the housing moves along a circular first path when moving the housing from the open position to the closed position;
- wherein the circular first path is defined by a connecting element pivotably attached to the top wall or the side wall of the housing at a first section of the connecting element and pivotably attached to a first structural element of the means of transport in a second section of the connecting element;
- wherein a second axis of the housing defines a second path when moving the housing from the open position to the closed position;
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- wherein the second path is defined by a rail mounted on a second structural element of the means of transport and the rail is adapted for guiding a sliding element attached to an edge defined by the top wall and the rear wall of the housing.
An aircraft, comprising:
- a first structural element;
- a second structural element;
- a luggage compartment including:
- a housing for storing luggage, the housing comprising a top wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, a side wall and an opening;
- a connecting element for coupling the housing to the first structural element, and the connecting element is pivotably attached to the top wall or the side wall of the housing at a first section of the connecting element;
- a sliding element attached to an edge defined by the top wall and the rear wall of the housing;
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- wherein the connecting element is pivotably attached to the first structural element at a second section of the connecting element and the sliding element is movably connected to a rail, and the rail is attached to the second structural element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.