Overhead storage bin assemblies for transport vehicles, especially aircraft cabins

• Main Authors: DE OLIVEIRA, FREDERICO LARA, DE CAMPOS, DEMÉTRIO ANDRADE, STEIN, ANDRÉ DUARTE, DE ALBUQUERQUE, DOUGLAS GONCALVES, PAULINO, AMAURI, MACINNES, DANIEL, FERREIRA, NILMAR CÉSAR, MEIRELES FILHO, SERGIO AUGUSTO, DE ARRUDA, GUSTAVO SELOFITE, RIBEIRO, LUCIANO DOS SANTOS, ALBINO, HELIO, PRIESTMAN, PAUL, GOMIDE, SERGIO LUIZ ABDALLA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.04.2015
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

Overhead bin assembly for transport vehicles (e.g., transport category aircraft) are provided with a generally U-shaped bin shell having a bottom wall, an outboard end wall and an upper wall defining an interior stowage space having an inboard opening opposite the end wall. A pair of separated transverse bin supports defining a bin space therebetween may be provided along with a bin door for closing the inboard opening. A cantilever hinge may be provided so as to connect the bin door to the transverse bin support in a cantilever manner to allow for pivotal movement of the bin door between closed and open positions relative to the inboard opening. An arcuate recessed wall may be positioned inboard relative to the upper wall of the bin shell (e.g., as a unitary (one-piece) extension thereof) such that the bin door is received within the recessed wall when in the open position thereof.