US 12,077,298 B2
Overhead stowage bin with electronic control system
Sivakumar Dwaraganathan, Hyderabad (IN); Frank Hashberger, Snohomish, WA (US); Rameshkumar Balasubramanian, Bangalore (IN); Aravinda Mahabaleshwara, Hyderabad (IN); Rajesh Mohanam, Hyderabad (IN); and Ashwin Srinivasa, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/136,381.
Claims priority of application No. 202041009538 (IN), filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0276714 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01)
CPC B64D 11/003 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0094 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking system for an overhead stowage bin, comprising:
a latch;
an electromechanical actuator configured to actuate the latch;
a mechanical override configured to actuate the latch;
a bin controller electrically coupled to the electromechanical actuator;
a passenger input in operable communication with the bin controller;
a master controller in operable communication to the bin controller;
a first sensor in operable communication with the bin controller, wherein the first sensor is configured to determine an amount of available space in the overhead stowage bin;
a second sensor in operable communication with the bin controller, wherein the second sensor is a cabin pressure sensor, and wherein the second sensor is configured to be located along at least one of a floor, a sidewall, a door, or a ceiling of the overhead stowage bin; and
a display in operable communication with the bin controller, wherein the bin controller is configured to send a display command to the display, wherein the display command is based on an output received from the first sensor and corresponds to the amount of available space in the overhead stowage bin, wherein the display command is based on an output received from the second sensor and corresponds to a cabin pressure within the overhead stowage bin, and wherein, in response to receiving the display command, the display generates an image or message to convey the amount of available space in the overhead stowage bin and the cabin pressure within the overhead stowage bin.