Patents Assigned to B E Aerospace, Inc.
  • Aircraft galley cart bay door
    Patent number: 9889935
    Abstract: An aircraft galley cart bay door includes a door main structure having an inwardly facing peripheral inner edge with an inner surface, and a surface seal on the inner surface of the inwardly facing peripheral inner edge of the inner wall. A substantial majority of the main structure of the door is formed from a high strength molded carbon fiber composite material. The door main structure may optionally define a recess, and insulation material can be disposed in the recess defined by the main structure of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Compact plumbing system drain strainer for a galley
    Patent number: 9868080
    Abstract: A apparatus and system for filtering wastewater from a basin is disclosed, wherein the apparatus prevents backflow of waste water, provides easy access for cleaning and replacing strainers, and a viewing window. The apparatus also provides additional ports for draining the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • LED lighting assembly using a dynamic color mixing scheme
    Patent number: 9868390
    Abstract: An LED lighting assembly onboard an aircraft includes at least one light emitting diode (LED) unit and a controller. The LED unit includes any number of primary LEDs and at least two white LEDs. The controller is configured to supply respective driving signals to each of the LEDs, the respective driving signals individually controlling relative intensity outputs of the respective LEDs. The controller is further configured to display a desired color point by continuously driving the white LEDs while not driving at least one of the other LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Sam, Eric Johannessen, Brendan Upton
  • Acoustically and thermally insulated galley shell
    Patent number: 9868530
    Abstract: The present invention is a light weight, easily fitted, and removable protective panel for an aircraft galley monument that incorporates a thermal barrier for heat loss control. The thermal barrier encloses a high percentage of the cold bridges between the chilled compartments of a galley cooler and the ambient surroundings, allowing an aircraft galley cooler to efficiently and economically meet its target temperature. The protective panel is multi-configurable and capable of being customized to the requirements of a particular aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Modular lavatory system optimized for narrow body commercial aircraft
    Patent number: 9862491
    Abstract: An optimized, multi-configuration cabin and lavatory arrangement for a single aisle aircraft that adds either another row of seating or increases cabin space without sacrificing performance or function of the existing components. The invention includes a space efficient lavatory that may incorporate various design configurations to meet the needs of airlines seeking to generate additional revenue. The configuration of the present invention uses a reduction in the lavatory floor plan with the option for a modular flex wall area to provide a customizable combination that gains extra cabin space for carriers that can be utilized for additional revenue streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferey McKee, Trevor Skelly
  • Aircraft galley chiller system
    Patent number: 9862496
    Abstract: An aircraft galley chiller is disclosed characterized by a cassette that inserts into the galley compartment above the beverage cart and houses an air return duct, a heat exchanger, a fan, and an air supply outlet. The chiller further includes a control valve for controlling the amount of air passing through the heat exchanger, and an electronic control box for control over the chiller, where the cassette is disposed between the beverage cart and a galley work deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Compact aircraft cabin attendant seat
    Patent number: 9856024
    Abstract: A compact aircraft cabin crew attendant seat includes a seat back portion, a shell that encloses the seat back portion, a head rest portion mounted to a top portion of the seat back portion, and a seat portion or squab. The seat portion includes a hinge that is slidably attached within a vertical slot in the shell, allowing the seat portion to be folded down in an open position of the crew attendant seat for use. The seat portion hinge moves vertically between an upper position in the compact closed position and a lower position in the open position. A major portion of the crew attendant seat is formed from high strength carbon fiber reinforced composite to reduces weight. A vertical shock absorption system is configured to absorb energy during a crash landing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Aircraft armrest rail roller linkage apparatus
    Patent number: 9845156
    Abstract: An aircraft armrest may incorporate a rail roller linkage. The roller linkage may include an armrest plate, a rail attached to an aircraft seat assembly, a top roller link, and a bottom roller link. The top roller link may have a threaded upper adjustment cylinder, a pivot joint, and a pair of grooved rollers diagonally disposed on either side of the pivot. The bottom roller link may have an unthreaded lower adjustment cylinder, a pivot joint, and a pair of grooved rollers diagonally disposed on either side of the pivot. The grooved rollers may mesh with the rail. The roller linkage may include a roller adjustment screw, having a threaded portion, and extending through both of the adjustment cylinders. A compression spring may bias the roller link around the rail and may be disposed between the top roller link and the bottom roller link and surrounding the roller adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul R. Sagare, Sean Hames
  • Deployable dining table
    Patent number: 9840331
    Abstract: A deployable table assembly including a table, first and second non-parallel static rails, and first and second hinges attaching the table to the first and second non-parallel static rails, wherein the first and second hinges configured to travel along the first and second non-parallel static rails to move the table between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the table when in the deployed position is forward of and vertically lower than the table when in the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Druckman, Ian L. Frost
  • Integrated aircraft galley system
    Patent number: 9840329
    Abstract: An integrated aircraft galley structure includes a service module having a plurality of galley inserts including at least one oven and at least one refrigeration unit. The service module is formed with a plurality of bays sized to receive the plurality of galley inserts, along with a human machine interface for controlling all of the galley inserts. The service module further includes a plurality of galley insert modules for controlling each galley insert, and an insert power and control unit for each galley insert for controlling power to said insert. The entire system is controlled by a galley power and control unit for controlling each of the insert galley power and control units, and an AC distribution unit for distributing power to the insert power and control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Godecker, Grant J. West, Ralph B. Thayer
  • Aircraft galley with air-through carts
    Patent number: 9840125
    Abstract: An apparatus for air-through cooling of aircraft galley food carts includes one or more chilled galley food cart bays and one or more galley chiller air supply and return ducting assemblies including a supply airflow duct and a bifurcated return airflow duct. Airflow balance baffles may be placed at the air return outlet portions and the supply airflow duct inlet portion, and interfaces between galley food carts and supply outlet ports and return inlet ports resilient may include resilient or insulated seals, and spring loaded sealing flaps opened by contact with a portion of a galley food cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Aircraft passenger seat center console unit
    Patent number: 9834308
    Abstract: An aircraft seating group has first and second laterally-adjacent passenger seats; a center console positioned between the first and second passenger seats; a center console disposed between the first and second laterally-adjacent passenger seats and having a shelf for supporting a handheld electronic device at approximately an eye level of a passenger in the first passenger seat. The center console may further include a retention system to maintain the electronic device in the shelf in a position allowing the passenger to comfortably view the screen of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Henshaw, Mark A. Kruse, Suzuko Hisata
  • Quasi-resonant magnetron power supply
    Patent number: 9831791
    Abstract: A power supply comprises at least one input to couple the power supply to a power source. The power supply also comprises at least one switched-mode power circuit configured to extract electrical energy from the power source, the electrical energy to be transferred to a load. The power supply additionally comprises at least one control module coupled between the at least one input and the at least one switched-mode power circuit. The control module is configured to control operation of the switched-mode power circuit to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at the at least one input of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Kjell Lidström
  • Aircraft seat with taxi, takeoff and landing lie flat capability
    Patent number: 9828100
    Abstract: A side-facing aircraft passenger seat having a head rest, seat back, seat bottom and leg rest moveable between an upright seating position and a lie flat sleeping position, and including a plurality of air bags positioned in at least partially surrounding orientation in relation to the seat and inflatable to provide comfort and protection to a seat occupant while in the lie flat sleeping position. The seat may be oriented obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Alen Wyss
  • Deployable center console shelf for an aircraft passenger seat
    Patent number: 9828099
    Abstract: An aircraft seating group including first and second laterally-adjacent seats, a center console positioned between the seats, a rear privacy shell positioned behind the seats and forming part of the center console, a vertical partition extending forward from the rear privacy shell to divide the center console, and a deployable shelf positioned to one side of the vertical partition, the shelf configured to hold a tablet for viewing by a passenger facing the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Henshaw, Mark A. Kruse, Suzuko Hisata
  • Integral tray table personal electronic device holder and tray table
    Patent number: 9820568
    Abstract: A deployable device holder adapted to mount to a tray table to support a personal electronic device in a position apart from the tabletop surface of the tray table such that the tray table and electronic device holder can be used simultaneously. The device holder includes pairs of moveable support members and a cross member for effecting unison movement of the support members as the device holder moves between stowed and deployed positions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn A. Johnson
  • ADJUSTABLE FRICTION BRAKE
    Publication number: 20170321769
    Abstract: An adjustable friction brake assembly may adjust a variable amount of frictional force required to translate or rotate a shaft, rather than merely locking or unlocking the shaft. The brake assembly includes a housing for internally receiving the shaft, the external portion of the housing including external threading leading into circumferentially spaced fingers extending axially and oriented radially inward to engage the shaft. The brake assembly includes a rotatable adjuster having an internally threaded throughbore for engaging the housing and directing the fingers radially inward to engage the shaft, thereby increasing the required frictional force. For example, by rotating the adjuster clockwise, the required force can be increased; similarly, by rotating the adjuster counterclockwise, the required force can be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventor: John IOSSIFIDIS
  • Composite structural element and method
    Patent number: 9809018
    Abstract: A structural element that includes a central part formed of a fibrous material suspended in a thermoplastic matrix and at least one side part formed of a fibrous material suspended in a thermoplastic matrix and having at least one void therein. The central part and the at least one side part are bonded together while in a heated thermoplastic state to form a single, integral structure characterized by the absence of discontinuity across the bond plane of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi
  • INDEPENDENT TRANSLATING ROLLER SEAT
    Publication number: 20170313213
    Abstract: A passenger seat may be configured to adjust between an upright seating position and a lie-flat sleeping position (which may include one or more intermediate reclined seating positions) via independent rollers attached to the seat pan, or seat bottom, and to the backrest. As the passenger seat transitions between the upright seating position and the lie-flat sleeping position, guide channels set into the left and right frame rails direct the movement of the independent rollers through the guide channels and thereby control the angles of the seat pan and the backrest throughout the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Peter C. MEISTER, Perci OLIVEIRA, John IOSSIFIDIS
  • Method and apparatus for correcting for power harmonics
    Patent number: 9800049
    Abstract: A harmonics correction circuit is implemented as an independent device (such as a SiP or ASIC), and includes (1) a first node, (2) a second node, (3) a first current path extending from the first node to the second node, (4) a second current extending from the first node to ground, (5) a third current path extending from the first node to the second node, (6) a sense resistor electrically connected to the second node and to ground, (7) a differential circuit (e.g., a differential amplifier or other type of operational amplifier (“op-amp”)) that has a first input, a second input, and an output, (8) a transistor comprising a gate that is electrically connected to the output of the differential circuit, a drain that is electrically connected to the third current path, and a source that is electrically connected along the third current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Sam, Eric Johannessen, Brendan Upton