IP Library Granted Patent US 8,528,887
Granted Patent B2
US 8,528,887 · App. 12/790,277 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Holder for fastening an interior component, intended for mounting in an aircraft, to a transporting apparatus

Inventors: Dirk Humfeldt (Hamburg, DE); Thomas Basler (Jena, DE); Sebastian Umlauft (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,528,887
App. No.
12/790,277
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A holder for fastening an interior component, intended for mounting in an aircraft, to a transporting apparatus, includes an interface element configured to be connected to the transporting apparatus for the purpose of fastening the holder to the transporting apparatus. A bearing element is connected to the interface element and has a fixed bearing for bearing a first interior component holder connected to the interior component and a movable bearing for bearing a second interior component holder connected to the interior component.

Claims (17)

1. A holder for fastening an interior component, intended for mounting in an aircraft, to a transporting apparatus, the holder comprising:

an interface element configured to be connected to the transporting apparatus for the purpose of fastening the holder to the transporting apparatus, and

a bearing element connected to the interface element, the bearing element having a first bearing comprising a first bearing surface and at least one strut extending from the interface element for bearing a first interior component holder connected to the interior component and a second bearing comprising a second bearing surface for bearing a second interior component holder connected to the interior component, and two bores,

wherein at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing comprises a receiving device configured to receive a fastening device fixed to at least one of the first interior component holder and the second interior component holder,

and wherein the holder further comprises a securing device configured to secure the fastening device, fixed to the at least one of the first interior component holder and the second interior component holder, in position in the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing,

and wherein the securing device is configured to be inserted into the two bores.

2. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the interface element comprises a base plate defining a plurality of bores, separate from the two bores, configured to receive fastening devices for fastening the holder to the transporting apparatus.

3. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing comprises a supporting face bounded at an end directed towards the interface element by a first stop face.

4. The holder according to claim 3 , wherein the securing device comprises a securing face disposed opposite the supporting face of the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing.

5. The holder according to claim 3 , wherein the securing device comprises a securing bolt which, when mounted on the holder, bounds the supporting face of the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing at an end directed away from the interface element.

6. The holder according to claim 5 , wherein the securing bolt is of U-shaped configuration and comprises two legs which, when inserted into the two bores, bound the supporting face of the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing at an end directed away from the interface element.

7. The holder according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing and the securing device comprises, in a region directed away from the interface element, a first guiding face inclined relative to the supporting face of the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing for guiding the fastening device, fixed to the at least one of the first interior component holder and the second interior component holder, upon reception in the receiving device of the at least one of the first bearing and the second bearing.

8. The holder according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one strut extends from the interface element at a distance from the first bearing surface, the at least one strut and the first bearing surface adapted to a geometry of the first interior component holder and configured to fix the first interior component holder therebetween.

9. The holder according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one strut comprises, at an end directed away from the interface element, a guiding face inclined relative to the first bearing surface with the guiding face at a greater distance from the first bearing surface in a region directed away from the interface element than in a region directed towards the interface element.

10. A transporting apparatus for use on the mounting of an interior component in an aircraft, the transporting apparatus comprising:

an undercarriage, and

an interior component carrier unit supported on the undercarriage, wherein at least one holder according to claim 1 for fastening an interior component to the transporting apparatus is fastened to the interior component carrier unit.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE BY SEBASTIAN UMLAUFT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026643 FRAME 0727. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT. Recorded Aug 16, 2011
From: HUMFELDT, DIRK; BASLER, THOMAS; UMLAUFT, SEBASTIAN
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 026757/0535 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2011
From: HUMFELDT, DIRK; BASLER, THOMAS; UMLAUFT, SEBASTIAN
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 026643/0727 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 25, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026645/0401 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 023 401 · May 29, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61182310 · May 29, 2009
Related Publication 20100301537A1 · Dec 2, 2010