Patent ID: 11919644
Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for securement of galley trolleys in aircraft, the system comprising:
a first motion sensor mounted on a back wall of a trolley bay configured to monitor forward and backward movement of a trolley in the trolley bay;
a second motion sensor mounted on side wall of the trolley bay configured to monitor lateral movement of the trolley in the galley bay;
a third motion sensor mounted to a galley wall, outside the gally bay and opposite a galley from the galley bay configured to monitor movement of the trolley outside of the galley bay;
a controller operatively connected to the first motion sensor, the second motion sensor, and the third motion sensor, configured to receive a signal from the first motion sensor, the second motion sensor, and the third motion sensor to detect unsecured motion of the trolley in the trolley bay and to determine whether the trolley is loose in the galley outside of the trolley bay; and
an output device operatively connected to the controller and configured to alert a user upon detection of unsecured motion of the trolley in the trolley bay or in the galley.