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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Inventors:
Qiao Lu, Placentia, CA (US);
William J. Godecker, Irvine, CA (US);
James R. Forbes, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 1/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/00 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01); A47B 31/02 (2006.01); F25B 25/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/04 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 31/02 (2013.01); B64D 11/04 (2013.01); F25B 1/005 (2013.01); F25B 25/005 (2013.01); F25D 11/003 (2013.01); F25D 17/067 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0629 (2013.01); Y02T 50/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved aircraft air chiller unit particularly suited for an aircraft galley that requires refrigerated or cooled beverage/meal carts and/or chilled storage compartments. The chiller of the present invention takes the form of a line replaceable unit ('LRU') and incorporates a liquid-cooled refrigerant vapor compression cycle, arranged in a housing with a vertical orientation. Because of the vertical orientation, ducting on the rear surface of the chiller is omitted, reducing the overall footprint.