Diehl Aerospace Gmbh

Diehl Aircabin Gmbh

Andreas Hanft

Oleg Graf

Michael Zinke

A baggage compartment for an aircraft is provided. A housing and a baggage container of the compartment are mounted to each other to allow pivotable movement of the baggage container along a pivot axis. As a result, the baggage container is moveable from an open position into a closed position. The compartment has a pulling arrangement for transferring a pulling force to the baggage container to move the baggage container from the open position into the closed position. The compartment also has a drive arrangement for transferring the pulling force to the pulling arrangement. The drive arrangement has a linear drive and a sliding device.

Baggage compartment for an aircraft and aircraft having the baggage compartment

The present invention is directed to a luggage storage compartment for an aircraft having high ease of operation. Specifically, the luggage storage compartment comprises a housing and a housing container, with a drive device for moving the housing container between an open position O and a closed position C, with a closure apparatus for locking and unlocking the housing container in the closed position C, and with a control device for controlling the drive device, the control device being designed to actuate the drive device so that said drive device in a relief cycle guides the luggage container first into a relief region R and then into the closed position C, the closure apparatus being lockable or unlockable in a relieved state in the relief cycle.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Andreas Hanft