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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Stefan Ebeling, Wilhemshaven, DE;
Jens Gärtner, Hamburg, DE;
Andreas Köhler, Hamburg, DE;
Raj Kotian, Hamburg, DE;
Ralph Hoffmann, Werle, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A connecting means provides a connecting passage between a first compartment of a vehicle and a storage means located in a second compartment of the vehicle. The first and the second compartment are separated by a wall. A catering system for a vehicle includes the connecting means. A method provides a sealed connecting passage between a first compartment of a vehicle and a storage means located in second compartment of a vehicle. The connecting means includes a frame, a hatch arrangement for selectively closing and opening a frame aperture with a hatch cover and a bellows arrangement including a flexible bellows. The flexible bellows can be extended from the frame to a storage means located in the second compartment of the vehicle. A continuous passage defined by the flexible bellows and the frame provides a sealed connecting passage between the first compartment and the storage means.