US 12,466,563 B2
Method and system for operation of safety features of aircraft galley containers
Frederik Adrian Stephan Panjer, Maarsbergen (NL); and Arnau Castillo Gonzalez, Maarssen (NL)
Assigned to B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,186.
Claims priority of application No. 22178257 (EP), filed on Jun. 9, 2022; and application No. 22199943 (EP), filed on Oct. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399105 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 11/04 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05B 77/54 (2014.01); E05B 83/28 (2014.01); E05B 85/22 (2014.01); E05C 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/04 (2013.01) [E05B 47/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/0042 (2013.01); E05B 65/005 (2013.01); E05B 77/54 (2013.01); E05B 83/28 (2013.01); E05B 85/22 (2013.01); E05C 9/045 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0054 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0067 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising:
at least one aircraft galley container, each one of the at least one aircraft galley container including a safety feature having a first mode and a second mode; and
a controller for automatically selecting one of the first mode or the second mode of the safety feature and placing the safety feature in a selected mode,
wherein the automatic selection of the first mode or the second mode is dependent on a condition of the aircraft satisfying or failing to satisfy a predetermined condition, wherein each of the at least one aircraft galley container comprises:
a door;
a latch mechanism, wherein the latch mechanism is positionable in a latched position preventing opening of the door and an unlatched position permitting opening of the door, wherein the latch mechanism includes:
a handle;
a pair of rods; and
a rotatable plate coupled to the handle and configured to be rotated by the handle and to convert rotational movement of the handle to linear movement of the pair of rods to place the latch mechanism in the latched and unlatched positions; and
a lock configured to selectively prevent the rotatable plate from rotation to maintain the latch mechanism in the latched position,
wherein the lock comprises a locking member,
wherein the rotatable plate comprises a recess shaped to conform to the locking member,
wherein, in a locked position, the lock prevents the rotatable plate from rotation by the locking member engaging with the recess, and
wherein, in an open position, the lock permits the rotatable plate to rotate by the locking member disengaging with the recess.