US 12,459,646 B2
Galley insert system
Robert Jhon Smakman, Houten (NL); and Frederik Adrian Stephan Panjer, Maarsbergen (NL)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,227.
Claims priority of application No. 22182059 (EP), filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0002055 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/04 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A galley insert system for an aircraft galley, the system comprising:
a galley support structure;
a galley insert configured to be coupled to the galley support structure;
a latch mechanism for coupling the galley insert to the galley support structure, the latch mechanism configured to automatically engage to couple the galley insert to the galley support structure when the galley insert is moved into a latching position on the galley support structure,
wherein the latch mechanism comprises a control mechanism configured to be actuated to disengage the latch mechanism, and
wherein the latch mechanism comprises:
a first latch element; and
a second latch element;
wherein the first latch element is configured to engage with the second latch element to couple the galley insert to the galley support structure,
wherein the first latch element includes a flange with a first contact surface,
wherein the second latch element includes a hook with a second complementary contact surface, and
wherein a downward force from the first contact surface of the flange when exerted on the second complementary contact surface of the hook causes the hook to pivot about a pivot point against a bias force of a spring into a position to allow the flange to be lowered past a tip of the hook.