Patents Assigned to MHI RJ Aviation ULC
  • Patent number: 11945587
    Abstract: A door mounting system mountable to an overhead luggage bin, which includes a bucket with a belly wall and side walls extending transversely from the belly wall, includes: a bullnose having a bullnose body extending between a first bullnose end and a second bullnose end, the bullnose body having a trailing edge mountable to the belly wall; and a hinge bracket mountable to one of the side walls of the bucket, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mountable to one of the first and second bullnose ends, and an upper portion structured for hingedly mounting a door thereto. The hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion. The rear mounting is mountable to a forward edge of the one of the side walls of the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elio Ruggi
  • Patent number: 11566460
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for receiving a door, for example for an aircraft storage bin, and including a wall having opposed inner and outer surfaces, an edge of the wall including two spaced apart wall panels extending from a respective one of the inner and outer surfaces and defining part of a perimeter of an opening closable by the door; a pivot located between the wall panels, the pivot defining a pivot axis intersecting the wall panels; and a hinge arm having a portion received between the wall panels and engaged to the pivot, the hinge arm extending away from the wall panels and configured for attachment to the door, the hinge arm pivotable about the pivot axis to be movable between open and closed positions of the door, the hinge arm movable between the open and closed position within a plane extending between the opposed inner and outer surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Michel Rheaume
  • Publication number: 20230003066
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for receiving a door includes: a wall including a wall body defining an inner surface, and an outer surface that is opposed to the inner surface, and a wall panel extending from one of the inner surface and the outer surface and defining part of a perimeter of an opening closable by the door; a pivot connected to the wall panel and defining a pivot axis intersecting the wall panel; and a hinge arm having a portion engaged to the pivot and extending away from the wall panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Michel Rheaume
  • Patent number: 11535382
    Abstract: An overhead flow distribution assembly for an aircraft cabin, including a conduit defining a plenum having an inlet, upper outlets and lower outlets, the upper outlets spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the aircraft, the lower outlets spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, the inlet being located between the upper outlets and the lower outlets, and a baffle extending within the plenum along the longitudinal direction, the baffle being located between the upper outlets and at least part of the inlet along a transverse direction normal to the longitudinal direction, the baffle having openings defined therethrough, the baffle configured to restrict airflow from the at least part of the inlet toward the upper outlets. A method of balancing a flow in an overhead flow distribution assembly for an aircraft cabin is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Hongzhi Wang
  • Publication number: 20220274708
    Abstract: A door mounting system mountable to an overhead luggage bin, which includes a bucket with a belly wall and side walls extending transversely from the belly wall, includes: a bullnose having a bullnose body extending between a first bullnose end and a second bullnose end, the bullnose body having a trailing edge mountable to the belly wall; and a hinge bracket mountable to one of the side walls of the bucket, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mountable to one of the first and second bullnose ends, and an upper portion structured for hingedly mounting a door thereto. The hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elio Ruggi
  • Publication number: 20220081119
    Abstract: An air deflector that includes a vane with a vane top, a vane bottom, a vane first side, and a vane second side, where the vane first side and the vane second side define a vane longitudinal axis extending therebetween and a closure with a closure top. The air deflector also includes a closure bottom, a closure first side, and a closure second side, where the closure first side and the closure second side define a closure longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The vane longitudinal axis intersects the closure longitudinal axis. The vane is disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the closure longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Hongzhi Wang, Danilo Verrelli, Michel Rheaume