Patents by Inventor Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer

Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer 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).

  • Patent number: 11905019
    Abstract: A passenger cabin area includes at least one aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin area, a seating area next to the aisle in the direction of a transverse axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, of the passenger cabin area and in which at least one passenger seat is provided, and a plurality of sleeping berths arranged above the seating area in the direction of a vertical axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, of the passenger cabin area. Each sleeping berth is accessible from the aisle of the passenger cabin area via a stairway element assigned individually to the sleeping berth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer
  • Publication number: 20220306298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat assembly for a cabin of a means of transportation, having an aisle which is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the cabin, two mutually spaced cabin walls which are oriented parallel to the aisle at least in some regions and laterally delimit the cabin, two outer passenger seat regions which are separated from one another by the aisle and each of which adjoins one of the two cabin walls, wherein the outer passenger seat regions have at least one row of seats with a respective inner first seat module which faces the aisle, a central second seat module adjoining the first module, and an outer third seat module adjoining the respective cabin wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer
  • Publication number: 20210269157
    Abstract: A passenger cabin area includes at least one aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of the passenger cabin area, a seating area next to the aisle in the direction of a transverse axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, of the passenger cabin area and in which at least one passenger seat is provided, and a plurality of sleeping berths arranged above the seating area in the direction of a vertical axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, of the passenger cabin area. Each sleeping berth is accessible from the aisle of the passenger cabin area via a stairway element assigned individually to the sleeping berth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer
  • Patent number: 10899455
    Abstract: A seat arrangement for a vehicle has: parallel aisles in a longitudinal direction of a cabin; cabin walls arranged parallel to the aisles; a central region enclosed by the aisles; and two outer regions neighboring the central region and separated from the central region through the aisles. Seat rows having two inner seat modules and two outer seat modules, are arranged in the central region behind each other. Additional seat rows having an inner seat module facing the respective aisle and an outer seat module wall facing the respective cabin wall, are arranged behind each other in the outer regions. Each seat module has a seat and an ottoman. The seat modules of the central region have a use direction aligned parallel to a main extension direction of the bordering aisle or enclose a maximum angle such that the ottoman reaches further into the aisle than the assigned seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Sieben, Thomas Sütthoff, Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer
  • Publication number: 20180029712
    Abstract: A seat arrangement for a vehicle has: parallel aisles in a longitudinal direction of a cabin; cabin walls arranged parallel to the aisles; a central region enclosed by the aisles; and two outer regions neighboring the central region and separated from the central region through the aisles. Seat rows having two inner seat modules and two outer seat modules, are arranged in the central region behind each other. Additional seat rows having an inner seat module facing the respective aisle and an outer seat module wall facing the respective cabin wall, are arranged behind each other in the outer regions. Each seat module has a seat and an ottoman. The seat modules of the central region have a use direction aligned parallel to a main extension direction of the bordering aisle or enclose a maximum angle such that the ottoman reaches further into the aisle than the assigned seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Martin SIEBEN, Thomas SÜTTHOFF, Tobias SCHMIDT-SCHÄFFER
  • Patent number: 9513622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin (1), more particularly of an aircraft, wherein the cabin (1) is subdivided into a plurality of zones (A, B, C, D, E) and the method furthermore comprises the following steps: —selection of a plurality of individual modules (11a, 11b, 11c) from a pool of individual modules, —automatic connection of the selected individual modules (11a, 11b, 11c) to form a desired module package (10a), —automatic calculation of a desired module package configuration value, —automatic comparison of the desired module package configuration value with predefined module package configuration values which respectively correspond to a technically prevalidated module package, —automatic selection of the module package (10b) whose module package configuration value deviates the least from the desired module package configuration value, —arrangement of the selected module package (10b) in a zone (A, B, C, D, E) of the cabin (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Benjamin Becker, Ulrich Seifert
  • Patent number: 9261874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin, more particularly of an aircraft, wherein the cabin (1) is subdivided into a plurality of zones (A, B, C, D, E) and wherein at least one parameter zone (A, C, E) and one dynamic zone (B, D) are provided, comprising the following steps: —selection of one or more individual modules from a pool of individual modules, —automatic arrangement of the at least one selected individual module in the parameter zone in accordance with at least one predetermined individual module parameter for the complete configuration of the meter zone, —selection of one or more individual components from a pool of individual components, —automatic calculation of an individual component configuration of the dynamic zone in accordance with the arrangement of the individual modules in the parameter zone and automatic arrangement of individual components in the dynamic zone in accordance with the calculated individual component configurat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Benjamin Becker, Ulrich Seifert
  • Patent number: 8560287
    Abstract: A method and a device for the computer-assisted generation of a construction plan for modular aircraft components on the basis of already validated partial module construction plans for the individual modules wherein at least one element is assigned to a respective partial module construction plan, and in this manner a hierarchy is defined that comprises a higher, module level and a lower, element level, with the method comprising: re-utilizing at least one of the already validated partial module construction plans; depending on user input, re-specifying at the element level one of the at least one element in one of the partial module construction plans to obtain an individualized partial module construction plan; validating, only at the module level, a combination of one of the partial module construction plans with the individualized partial module construction plan; and in the case of successful validation, composing the partial module construction plans of the combination validated in this manner, to obta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Milton Amador, Ulrich Seifert, Ulf Schiller, Benjamin Becker
  • Publication number: 20130066602
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin (1), more particularly of an aircraft, wherein the cabin (1) is subdivided into a plurality of zones (A, B, C, D, E) and the method furthermore comprises the following steps: selection of a plurality of individual modules (11a, 11b, 11c) from a pool of individual modules, automatic connection of the selected individual modules (11a, 11b, 11c) to form a desired module package (10a), automatic calculation of a desired module package configuration value, automatic comparison of the desired module package configuration value with predefined module package configuration values which respectively correspond to a technically prevalidated module package, automatic selection of the module package (10b) whose module package configuration value deviates the least from the desired module package configuration value, arrangement of the selected module package (10b) in a zone (A, B, C, D, E) of the cabin (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Benjamin Becker, Ulrich Seifert
  • Publication number: 20130035906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin, more particularly of an aircraft, wherein the cabin (1) is subdivided into a plurality of zones (A, B, C, D, E) and wherein at least one parameter zone (A, C, E) and one dynamic zone (B, D) are provided, comprising the following steps: —selection of one or more individual modules from a pool of individual modules, —automatic arrangement of the at least one selected individual module in the parameter zone in accordance with at least one predetermined individual module parameter for the complete configuration of the meter zone, —selection of one or more individual components from a pool of individual components, —automatic calculation of an individual component configuration of the dynamic zone in accordance with the arrangement of the individual modules in the parameter zone and automatic arrangement of individual components in the dynamic zone in accordance with the calculated individual component configurat
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Benjamin Becker, Ulrich Seifert
  • Publication number: 20120173210
    Abstract: A method and a device for the computer-assisted generation of a construction plan for modular aircraft components on the basis of validated partial construction plans for individual modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt-Schäffer, Milton Amador, Ulrich Seifert, Ulf Schiller, Benjamin Becker
  • Patent number: D605858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D606175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D606180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D606181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D606634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D606635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D612467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus SAS
    Inventors: Thomas-Mathias Bock, Torsten Jaunich, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D616108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer
  • Patent number: D939849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Saint-Jalmes, Tobias Schmidt-Schaeffer