Patents Assigned to ZODIAC AIRCATERING EQUIPMENT EUROPE B.V.
  • Publication number: 20190122175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a management system for managing at least one galley container fleet comprising at least one galley container, the system comprising a server comprising a processor and a memory unit, wherein the processor is connected to the memory unit and wherein a computer program for operating the managing system is loaded onto the memory unit; at least one galley container; a galley container identifier module comprising galley container identifier data, wherein the server is arranged to receive first input data comprising the galley container identifier data, and to render at least part of the container profile in response to said input data; and at least one user interface device. The invention further more relates to a method for operating a galley container fleet management system by using a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Zodiac Aircatering Equipment Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald VERWEIJ, Sergio Luis GOMEZ SERRANO
  • Patent number: 10081427
    Abstract: A Galley container (1) for use in an aircraft, includes at least two container sidewalls (6), a container floor element (7) and a container ceiling element (8), forming a hollow inner shell casing (2) with a circumferential first rim (12) and a circumferential second rim (12?). The composite tape (11) is spun around the inner shell casing and along the circumference of the rims, forming at least part of a construction layer (5) of the galley container. The composite tape includes at least one fiber and a matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Zodiac Aircatering Equipment Europe B.V.
    Inventor: Laurentius Petrus Joseph Van Loon
  • Publication number: 20170236195
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a passenger catering system by using a server, the server comprising a processor and a memory unit, wherein the processor is connected to the memory unit and wherein the processor is configured to execute the following steps: receiving first input data from a passenger interface device; comparing the first input data with stock data in a database stored in the memory unit; and transmitting first output data to a crew interface device; wherein the first output data comprise data on available stock coinciding with the received first input data. The invention also relates to a passenger catering system for a passenger transport vehicle operated via the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Zodiac Aircatering Equipment Europe B.V.
    Inventor: Ronald Verweij
  • Patent number: 9555889
    Abstract: An area on board of a vehicle, in particular of an airplane. The area has a compartment and an opening providing access to the compartment. The area includes a curtain arranged to be drawn in a closed position in which the curtain covers the opening. The curtain includes at least one magnetic curtain element provided along a lower edge of the curtain, and the area includes at least one magnetic opening element positioned along a lower edge of the opening, which at least one magnetic opening element and at least one magnetic curtain element are arranged to attract each other when the curtain is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Zodiac Aircatering Equipment Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Jochem Floris Wartena, Tom Schreuder
  • Publication number: 20150122807
    Abstract: A Galley container (1) for use in an aircraft, includes at least two container sidewalls (6), a container floor element (7) and a container ceiling element (8), forming a hollow inner shell casing (2) with a circumferential first rim (12) and a circumferential second rim (12?). The composite tape (11) is spun around the inner shell casing and along the circumference of the rims, forming at least part of a construction layer (5) of the galley container. The composite tape includes at least one fibre and a matrix material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: ZODIAC AIRCATERING EQUIPMENT EUROPE B.V.
    Inventor: Laurentius Petrus Joseph Van Loon
  • Publication number: 20150091421
    Abstract: A device (1) for accommodating objects, in particular for use in an airplane, includes a housing (5) and a door (18) which is pivotable about a pivot axis (PA) between an open position and a closed position. The door (18) is movable in a direction which extends substantially parallel to the pivot axis (PA) between a locked position and an unlocked position. The door (18) includes a locking edge (182) and the housing (5) includes a door post (101), wherein the locking edge (182) engages with the door post (101) in the locked position to lock the door in its closed position and allow movement of the door (18) in the direction which extends substantially parallel to the pivot axis (PA) between the locked and the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ZODIAC AIRCATERING EQUIPMENT EUROPE B.V.
    Inventor: Laurentius Petrus Joseph Van Loon