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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Goodrich Lighting Systems Gmbh & Co. KG, Lippstadt, DE;
Andre Hessling Von Heimendahl, Koblenz, DE;
Detlev Degenhardt, Stockelsdorf, DE;
Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
An aircraft overhead passenger service unit comprises a plurality of oxygen masks for supplying oxygen to aircraft passengers in an emergency situation; and at least two different oxygen mask storage portions, which are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction (L). The plurality of oxygen masks are stored in the at least two different oxygen mask storage portions. The aircraft overhead passenger service unit further comprises an oxygen mask controller, which is switchable between at least two different configurations. The at least two different oxygen mask storage portions are individually associated with the at least two different configurations, with each of the at least two different configurations effecting a release of only the oxygen masks of the associated oxygen mask storage portion in the emergency situation.