Pivotable luggage locker, and vehicle having a luggage locker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11186369-B2
Application number	US-201816143091-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2018
Priority date	Sep 27, 2017
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

A pivotable luggage locker for a vehicle, the luggage locker including a luggage compartment which has a bottom and the rear wall, and a first holder. The first holder is attached on an outer side of the rear wall and is set up to hold the luggage compartment rotatably. In addition, the luggage locker includes a second holder which is attached in a region of an upper side of the luggage compartment, and an actuating mechanism which is coupled rotatably to the luggage compartment on the second holder and is set up to rotate the luggage compartment about the first holder. Furthermore, a vehicle having a pivotable luggage locker of this type is disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pivotable luggage locker for a vehicle, the luggage locker comprising:
a luggage compartment comprising a bottom and a rear wall;
a first holder attached on an outer side of the rear wall and configured to hold the luggage compartment rotatably;
a second holder attached to the luggage compartment at a position above, relative to a direction of extension of the rear wall away from the bottom, the first holder; and
an actuating mechanism comprising:
a front element configured to at least partially close the luggage compartment on a side opposite the rear wall;
a third holder, on which the front element is held rotatably;
a fourth holder, which is attached on the front element on a side which faces the luggage compartment; and
a connecting element connected between the second holder and the fourth holder,
wherein the second and fourth holders are configured to hold the connecting element in each case rotatably; and

wherein the actuating mechanism is coupled rotatably to the luggage compartment on the second holder, such that a rotation of the front element about the third holder causes the luggage compartment to rotate about the first holder.

2. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first holder comprises a plurality of hinges attached on the outer side of the rear wall, or
the first holder is configured in a form of one or more piano hinges and extends over substantially an entire width of the rear wall.

3. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein the third holder is fastened to a structural element of the vehicle.

4. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth holder is arranged on the front element such that a spacing between the third holder and the fourth holder is smaller than a spacing between the fourth holder and a side of the front element, which side faces the bottom.

5. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein the front element has an end section which faces the bottom, the end section being configured to engage under the bottom and to hold it in a positively locking manner in case of a rotational movement of the front element towards the luggage compartment.

6. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein:
the front element extends substantially in one plane from the third holder to a side of the front element, which side faces the bottom, or
the front element has a substantially concave configuration between the third holder and the fourth holder and a substantially convex configuration between the fourth holder and a side of the front element, which side faces the bottom.

7. The luggage locker according to claim 6 , wherein the fourth holder is closer to the second holder than the third holder when the front element at least partially closes the luggage compartment on the side opposite the rear wall.

8. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein the front element has a two-piece configuration, comprising an upper section and a lower section, between the fourth holder and an end section of the front element, the upper section being connected to the lower section by a fifth holder.

9. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein:
the third holder comprises a plurality of hinges, or
the third holder is configured in a form of one or more piano hinges and extends over substantially an entire width of the front element.

10. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein each rotational axis of the holders extends substantially parallel to a plane formed by the bottom.

11. The luggage locker according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage compartment comprises a top element that extends substantially parallel to the bottom and is attached to the rear wall.

12. The luggage locker according to claim 11 , wherein the second holder is attached on the top element.

13. A vehicle having a luggage locker according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Benthien Hermann

Classifications

• B64D11/003 Primary

  Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage · CPC title

• B60R5/003

  Luggage racks, e.g. for busses (primarily intended for passengers' property smaller than suitcases B60R7/04; B60R7/08; luggage racks for rail vehicles B61D37/003) · CPC title

• B61D45/00

  Means or devices for securing or supporting the cargo, including protection against shocks (for vehicles in general B60P7/00) · CPC title

• B60R5/00 Primary

  Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like (primarily intended for stowing loads in load-transporting vehicles B60P; arrangements for stowing spare wheels B62D43/00) · CPC title

• B63B11/00

  Interior subdivision of hulls (bulkhead space construction B63B3/56) · CPC title