US 12,358,626 B2
Aircraft overhead luggage bin and method of modifying same
Michel Rheaume, Saint Hippolyte (CA); and Elio Ruggi, Laval (CA)
Assigned to MHI RJ AVIATION ULC, Boisbriand (CA)
Filed by MHI RJ Aviation ULC, Boisbriand (CA)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/590,349.
Application 18/590,349 is a division of application No. 17/627,021, granted, now 11,945,587, previously published as PCT/CA2020/051268, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/909,945, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199212 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/003 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overhead luggage bin, comprising:
a bucket including side walls and a belly wall defining a luggage bin interior, a door displaceable between open and closed positions, and a bullnose extending along a forward edge of the belly wall;
a hinge bracket fixedly mounted to one of the side walls, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mounted to the bullnose and an upper portion having a pivot; and
a door displacement mechanism mounted to the door and mounted to the pivot of the hinge bracket, to displace the door to the open position, wherein
the hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the rear mounting mounted to a forward edge of said one of the side walls of the bucket, and
the lower portion of the hinge bracket includes a plug extending outwardly from the lower portion, the bullnose defining a cavity extending inwardly from an end of the bullnose, the plug being inserted into the cavity so as to mount the hinge bracket to the bullnose.