Patents by Inventor Laurentius Petrus Van Loon

Laurentius Petrus Van Loon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060162343
    Abstract: A cooling unit (1) for a service trolley for use in an aircraft or train. The cooling unit (1) includes a drawer. The drawer contains a layer of heat-insulating material (29) and one or more Peltier elements (42) located in the layer (29) with a warm side (43) facing the one side of the heat-insulating layer (29) and a cold side (44) facing the other side of the heat-insulating layer (29). First fans (32) are provided on the cold side (44) of the heat-insulating layer (29) and second fans (33) are provided on the warm side (43) of the heat-insulating layer (29). The invention furthermore relates to a service trolley provided with a cooling unit (1) according to the invention as well as to a rack (60) for a multiplicity of cooling units (1) according to the invention. Finally, the invention relates to an aircraft or train containing a cooling unit or service trolley according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Laurentius Petrus Van Loon, Joost Geluk
  • Publication number: 20060145442
    Abstract: A catering assembly for use with an aircraft or train includes a wall (1) provided with a multiplicity of slots (2) running in the vertical direction with undercuts as well as a multiplicity of essentially block-shaped modules (6) with runners (14) on the rear that can be accommodated in the undercut slots (2), the cross-sectional shape of which, viewed in the horizontal plane, corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the undercut slots (2), viewed in the horizontal plane. The catering assembly furthermore includes lifting elements for raising or lowering the module (6), the runners (14) of which have been accommodated in a the undercut slot (2), over the wall. It is preferable if the slots (2) are widened in places (15) such that a runner (14) can be inserted here in the horizontal direction so as then to hook into the undercut slot (2) after being moved vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: DRIESSEN AEROSPACE GROUP N.V.
    Inventors: Laurentius Petrus Van Loon, Joost Geluk
  • Publication number: 20060145002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular galley for an aircraft or train. The modular galley has a wall provided with a multiplicity of guides running in the vertical direction with undercuts as well as a multiplicity of essentially block-shaped modules. The modules have runners on the rear that can be accommodated in the undercut slots, the cross-sectional shape of which, viewed in the horizontal plane, corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the undercut slots, viewed in the horizontal plane. The modular galley furthermore has lifting means for raising or lowering a said module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventor: Laurentius Petrus Van Loon