US 12,296,959 B2
In-seat mini-bar features
Matthew R. Pearson, Hartford, CT (US); Brian E. St. Rock, Andover, CT (US); Noah Avram Meltz Weichselbaum, Prairie Village, KS (US); Geoffrey L. Eisenhardt, Olathe, KS (US); Yasmin Khakpour, South Windsor, CT (US); and Jefferey M. McKee, Duvall, WA (US)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,947.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/350,352, filed on Jun. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399107 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0602 (2014.12) [B60N 3/104 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-seat mini-bar assembly configured in an aircraft seating module for receipt in a compartment integrated in the aircraft seating module, the in-seat mini-bar assembly comprising:
a housing configured for insertion into the compartment integrated in the aircraft seating module wherein the housing comprises:
a container with an interior cavity that is conductively cooled by thermo-electric elements of a micro-chiller unit mounted on a conductive rear plate that forms an exterior side of the container disposed of in the housing; and
a vent configured adjacent to a front section of the housing to receive outside air forward of the housing for channeling the outside air to a rear section of the housing using a duct attached to the vent at the front section;
wherein the duct is shaped for a fluidic intake of the outside air by a frontal flange having a wide cross-sectional area to enable airflow of the outside air through the duct to the rear section wherein the duct tapers to a circular cross-sectional area to direct the airflow in a uniform manner towards the micro-chiller unit at the rear section for conductive cooling of the interior cavity.