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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Johannes Berkenhoff, Warthausen, DE;
Oleg Graf, Illertissen, DE;
Johannes Berkenhoff, Warthausen, DE;
Oleg Graf, Illertissen, DE;
Diehl Aircabin GmbH, Laupheim, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for closing a locker, which can be lowered, of a baggage compartment, in particular of an overhead baggage compartment in an aircraft, wherein the locker is connected in an actuating element () which is held on a frame () such that it can rotate or pivot, and is connected to a gas compression spring () in order to assist a closing movement of the locker. In order to allow a completely automatic closing movement, the invention proposes that an electromechanical hybrid drive is provided in order to drive the actuating element () and, in addition to the mechanical component of the gas compression spring (), has an electrical drive apparatus () as an electrical component.