US 11,945,588 B2
Stowage bin assemblies for and a method for increasing overhead space and configurability in an internal cabin of a vehicle
Franco Marino Cagnina, Lynnwood, WA (US); Andrew Leo Fabry, Seattle, WA (US); and Gary Evans Liljebeck, Lynnwood, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,904.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,048, filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099129 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/003 (2013.01) [B64D 2231/025 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
an internal cabin;
a plurality of stowage bin assemblies within the internal cabin, wherein each of the plurality of stowage bin assemblies comprises a moveable portion moveably coupled to a strongback, and wherein the moveable portion secures to a first side of a strongback;
a plurality of passenger service units (PSUs) within the internal cabin, wherein at least one of the PSUs secures in relation to a second side, opposite from the first side, of the strongback; and
an emergency oxygen system within the internal cabin, wherein the emergency oxygen system is outboard from the plurality of PSUs and the plurality of stowage bin assemblies, wherein the plurality of PSUs are disposed between the emergency oxygen system and the plurality of stowage bin assemblies.