US 12,441,472 B2
Lightweight overhead stowage compartment and method of installing the same
Felix Helfrich, Hamburg (DE); Benedikt Kircher, Hamburg (DE); and Thomas Hoffmeister, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/618,307.
Claims priority of application No. 23165200 (EP), filed on Mar. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0327001 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/003 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overhead stowage compartment, comprising:
a self-supporting hull having an open cross-section forming a stowage space and an opening to the stowage space, wherein in a longitudinal direction of the self-supporting hull any section of the self-supporting hull has an open end in the front and rear;
a vertical connector configured to be placed into the stowage space and mounted to the self-supporting hull at vertical sides of the vertical connector in a force transferring manner; and
at least one lid mounted at a section of the self-supporting hull and configured to close the opening to the stowage space,
wherein one of the self-supporting hull and the at least one lid comprises a plurality of knuckles and the other of the self-supporting hull and the at least one lid comprises a plurality of pins, each pin being configured to be inserted in one of the knuckles.