Abstract: A method is provided for establishing secure network communication for a wireless network module of a battery-free insert. The method includes establishing communication with a low security module of an access point of a secure network, wherein a timestamp is not used to establish the communication with the low security module, obtaining a timestamp from the low security module, discontinuing communication with the low security module, and sending a request to a high security module to establish communication with the high security module of the access point. The request includes the timestamp. Communication is established with the high security module using the timestamp for establishing high security communication with the secure network.

Abstract: An air filter assembly for use in an aircraft galley insert, the assembly comprising a cavity for receiving an air filter cassette in use, and a door for providing or blocking access to said cavity, wherein said door is hinged and comprises a front grill configured for intaking air.

Abstract: A method of identifying an aircraft. The aircraft includes a unit located on the aircraft. The unit includes a sensor. The method includes the steps of: the sensor measuring a physical parameter relating to the aircraft; the unit providing data relating to the measurement; storing the data and/or transmitting the data. The data is stored or transmitted periodically and/or with an associated timestamp, and the method also includes comparing the data with flight data associated with a known aircraft.

Abstract: A system for centrally controlled sanitization of a lavatory of an aircraft using ultraviolet (UV) light includes a first UV light source configured to emit a first UV light, and a second UV light source configured to emit a second UV light. The system further includes a central controller coupled to the first UV light source and the second UV light source and configured to independently control the first UV light source and the second UV light source to emit the first UV light and the second UV light at least one of at different times or for different durations.

Abstract: A monument for installation in an aircraft passenger cabin comprises a housing extending from the floor upwardly toward the ceiling, the housing including a first configuration configured to receive a wheelchair in a first unfolded condition, and a second configuration configured to receive a stretcher in a second unfolded condition, a first interior space formed in the housing, a staircase disposed within the interior space; a second interior space formed in the housing, a first entrance into the first interior space through a door; a second entrance into the second interior space of the housing, and a securement assembly positionable on the floor, the securement assembly configured to secure one of the wheelchair or the stretcher in place within the interior space.

Abstract: A hand drying system for an aircraft lavatory includes a hand blower tap with an inlet configured to connect to an aircraft environmental control system (ECS) to receive a flow of conditioned air from the ECS. A valve is operatively connected to the inlet to selectively block flow from the ECS and allow flow from the ECS through the hand blower tap.

Abstract: A tray table assembly and a passenger seat arrangement including a tray table assembly. The tray table assembly includes a tray table coupled to a motion path element determining a motion path of the tray table between stowed and deployed positions. In embodiments, the motion path element may be implemented as at least one of a helical shaft, helical slot, and helical ramp. The motion path combines rotational and vertical motion such that an angular change of the table caused by rotational movement simultaneously causes an elevation change of the tray table. In some embodiments, the tray table may lower when rotated toward the deployed position and raise when rotated toward the stowed position.

Abstract: A system comprises an environmental control system (ECS) having a plurality of ducts configured to convey a flow of air into an interior space through the plurality of ducts. A plurality of valves are disposed in the plurality of ducts to control the flow of air through a respective duct into the interior space. A plurality of sensors are disposed in the interior space configured to sense a passenger condition.

Abstract: A method for changing passenger seating angle according to an aircraft flight mode utilizing a raked passenger seat configuration in which the seat angle relative to an aircraft longitudinal axis increases as the passenger seat transitions from an upright condition to a reclined condition. Such a passenger seat may be utilized in an aircraft passenger seating arrangement to maximize seating density while complying with defined taxi, takeoff and landing (TTOL) certification criteria for oblique seats, among other applications and benefits.

Abstract: A system of manufacturing a ballistic material is disclosed herein. The system includes a preform including a three-dimensional woven fabric, a mold including a cavity, the cavity configured to receive the preform, and a port formed through the mold and into the cavity, wherein the port is configured to introduce a resin into the cavity, the resin filling the cavity and penetrating into the preform.

Abstract: A vehicle seating row for installation in a passenger cabin adjacent an aisle. The seating row includes a framework including at least two laterally adjacent seats. The framework for the outboard most seat is fixed whereas framework for the inboard seat(s) includes a front leg coupled to a front transverse beam movable together toward the rear transverse beam to shorten the length of the at least one second seat to increase cross aisle space to facilitate seat ingress and egress during respective boarding and deplaning. An actuator is operative to displace the front leg and front transverse beam between first and second positions.

Abstract: A sound system includes a seat, a bone conduction system configured to be disposed within the seat, and at least one directional speaker configured to provide audio through directional acoustic delivery contemporaneously with the bone conduction system. The bone conduction system configured to provide audio through bone conduction sound.

Abstract: A base assembly for an aircraft seat is disclosed. The base assembly may include one or more leg sub-assemblies. Each leg sub-assembly may include a front leg, a rear leg, and a link beam configured to couple the front leg to a portion of the rear leg. At least one of the front leg or the rear leg being at least partially formed of a hybrid composite structure. The link beam being at least partially formed of the hybrid composite structure. The hybrid composite structure formed of at least a first material and a second material, where the first material is different from the second material, the first material including a thermoplastic material configured to provide ductility for the base assembly, the second material being a composite material configured to provide strength for the base assembly.

Abstract: An isolation system for a galley monument includes a galley monument wall including a pocket and defining at least one entry-way. At least one panel is movably received in the pocket. The panel is configured and adapted to move relative to the pocket between at least one of open position and or closed position.

Abstract: In-aircraft seats include plastic components having anti-microbial, metallic reinforcing fibers such as copper or silver. Copper or silver wires are embedded into the plastic at the time or molding to provide both structural reinforcement and anti-microbial properties. At the time of molding, copper or silver wires are disposed in a plastic mold prior to plastic application to ensure the metallic wires are generally disposed toward the surface of the molded part.

Abstract: A lighting unit is provided. The lighting unit includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a light array mounted on the first circuit board, and a controller mounted on the first circuit board and coupled to the light array. The light unit further includes a first portion of an isolated power supply system mounted on the first circuit board and coupled to the controller and a second portion of the isolated power supply system mounted on the second circuit board. The first portion includes a first half magnetic core and a first set of windings and the second portion includes a second half magnetic core and a second set of windings. The first circuit board is coupled to the second circuit board so that a magnetic flux generated in the first half magnetic core is passed to the second half magnetic core.

Abstract: A leak and/or overflow detection system for an aircraft may comprise a first sensor configured to be disposed in a toilet bowl, a second sensor configured to be disposed in a waste tank, a first acoustic emission sensor and a second acoustic emission sensor configured to be disposed upstream and downstream of a valve, or any combination of the first sensor, the second sensor, and the acoustic emission sensors. A controller may receive various data from the sensors and determine whether a leak and/or an overflow condition is occurring or about to occur.

Abstract: A locking system for an overhead stowage bin may comprise a latch and an electromechanical actuator configured to actuate the latch. A bin controller may be electrically coupled to the electromechanical actuator. A passenger input and a master controller may be in operable communication with the bin controller.

Abstract: An aircraft lavatory is disclosed herein. The aircraft lavatory includes a standard access door providing access to the aircraft lavatory from at least one of an aisle, a cross aisle, or a passageway of an aircraft, a first moveable wall adjacent the standard access door, the first moveable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the first moveable wall configured to rotate about a first pivot point, and a second moveable wall adjacent the first moveable wall, the second movable wall having a first end and a second end and configured to move between a closed position and an open position, the first end of the second moveable wall configured to rotate about a second pivot point.

Abstract: A rotary lap belt energy attenuator for reducing inertial loads on seat components. In embodiments, a shackle assembly includes a seat frame component, a shackle pivotally attached to the seat component and attachable to a lap belt component, a deformable link attached to the shackle and the seat component, an attachment guide configured to travel along the guideway, and an energy attenuator positioned in the guideway. In use, each of the deformable link and the energy attenuator undergo plastic deformation during rotary motion of the shackle to attenuate impact energy.