Passenger Or Crew Accommodation Patents (Class 244/118.5)
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Patent number: 11560240Abstract: An aircraft area having a textile display, aircraft passenger seat having a textile display, and aircraft including an aircraft area. An aircraft area includes an interior component, a textile display on the interior component and including at least one textile fiber capable of changing a color at at least one section of the textile fiber, and a controller operatively coupled to the textile display and configured to change color of the at least one section of the textile fiber, such that the textile display displays information. An aircraft passenger seat includes a back rest, seat pan, and textile display integrated into a seat cover covering the backrest and/or the seat pan. The textile display includes at least one textile fiber capable of changing a color at at least one section of the textile fiber. An aircraft may include one or more aircraft areas and/or one or more aircraft passenger seats.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus (S.A.S.)Inventors: Frank Quatmann, Nicolas Jourdan
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Patent number: 11554690Abstract: A user destination is identified based on received location information from a user. A first seat in a vehicle is assigned to the user based on the user destination. At least one of the first seat and a second seat in the vehicle is moved upon user entry until a distance between the first seat and the second seat is greater than a distance threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke, Omar Makke, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Hamid M. Golgiri
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Patent number: 11472556Abstract: A galley system within an internal cabin of an aircraft includes one or more inboard cart compartments that are configured to removably retain one or more first galley carts, and one or more outboard cart compartments. The outboard cart compartment(s) are configured to removably retain one or more second galley carts. The inboard cart compartment(s) extend forwardly and/or rearwardly in relation to the outboard cart compartment(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Roland D. Mair, Michael J. Figlenski, Nathan M. Morea
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Patent number: 11459107Abstract: An aircraft including a cabin inside which a floor is installed, and at least one arranging module which is fixed solely to the floor and which includes a front wall, a rear wall, a port-side wall and a starboard-side wall which are rigidly connected to one another. The port-side and starboard-side walls each have a door, a roof and a deck fixed to each of the front, rear, port-side and starboard-side walls, and a separating system which makes it possible to separate the internal volume of the arranging module into two volumes, each being accessible through one of the doors. Such an aircraft therefore provides an arranging module which is fixed solely to the floor of the cabin, thereby facilitating the set-up thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: AIRBUS INTERIORS SERVICESInventors: Béranger Chantal, Nicolas Ferrere, Matthias Ruiz, Amalia Martinez Martin
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Patent number: 11458922Abstract: A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a floor and a cabin with a floor for the occupant includes an airbag. The airbag has a stored condition on the vehicle floor and is inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the occupant in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle. The airbag is configured to utilize the vehicle floor as a reaction surface for restraining the movement of the airbag in response to occupant penetration into the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Angelo J. Adler, Alexandra E. Schroeder
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Patent number: 11454572Abstract: A multirotor drone comprises a main body and an air channel embedded within the main body having an air inlet on the surface of the main body, multiple propellers that induce an air flow toward the air inlet and into the air channel, a microcontroller positioned and configured to control navigation of the drone by actuation of the plurality of propellers, an air scoop having a section positioned at the outer surface of the main body adjacent to the air inlet which is adjustable so as to capture and divert air into the air inlet and air channel or to block air flow into the air inlet, and a gas sensor positioned within the air channel. The air scoop is positioned to capture air flow from at least one of the plurality of propellers into the air channel and to the gas sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Fadl Abdellatif, Brian Parrott
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Patent number: 11427321Abstract: A passenger module that may be connected to an aircraft for transport, and may be detached and attach different module for carriage to a different destination. In alternative embodiments involving different aircrafts such as fixed wing and helicopter aircraft, a module may be adapted to have a transparent exterior so that passengers may have a broad range of unobstructed view of the outside surroundings. The module may have a range of free movements while still connected to the aircraft for such purposes as sightseeing.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventor: Sarkis Agajanian
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Patent number: 11427326Abstract: A sanitation assembly attaches over a surface inside a tray table of an aircraft. A source of UV radiation is mounted to the assembly and configured to direct UVC radiation to the tray table at a predetermined dosage, wherein the assembly uses for disinfection of the aircraft tray table. The embodiments may use UV light sources and/or a disinfection unit powered by a fuel cell or other external power source.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventor: Mirza Faizan
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Patent number: 11427334Abstract: An environmental control system that includes a first environmental control system pack, a first recirculation fan assembly, and a cabin air sensor unit. The first environmental control system pack is arranged to provide conditioned air to an aircraft cabin. The first recirculation fan assembly is arranged to recirculate a first cabin air fluid flow back to the aircraft cabin. The cabin air sensor unit is arranged to provide a first air quality signal indicative of an air quality of the first cabin air fluid flow to a controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Lance R. Bartosz, Catherine Thibaud, Joseph V. Mantese, Brian St. Rock
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Patent number: 11427347Abstract: A cabin interior arrangement 1 for an aircraft is proposed that comprises a first cabin interior object and a second cabin interior object 3a, b, comprising a power transmitting device 5 for transmitting power from an aircraft electrical system 7, wherein the power transmitting device 5 is arranged on the first cabin interior object 3a, comprising a power receiving device 6 for receiving the power from the power transmitting device 5, wherein the power receiving device 6 is arranged on the second cabin interior object 3b, wherein the power transmitting device 5 and the power receiving device 6 are embodied as a power transfer arrangement 2 for supplying the power to a mobile terminal 4, wherein the power transmitting device 5 and the power receiving device 6 are designed to transfer power over a distance of several centimetres, wherein the power transmitting device 5 and the power receiving device 6 are deigned to set up a wireless and/or cordless supply connection segment 10 between the power transmitting deType: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Diehl Aerospace GmbHInventors: Tobias Gut, Martin Richter, Benno Petersen
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Patent number: 11384535Abstract: A floor assembly is provided. The floor assembly is configured to form or be positioned on a floor of an enclosed space. The floor assembly includes a grid, a pan, and a surround member. The grid has an array of openings configured to allow passage of liquid. The pan is disposed beneath the grid and defines a cavity. The pan includes a pan floor and a frame. The frame is disposed laterally outward of the pan floor and supports the grid. The surround member is supported by the frame. The surround member is disposed laterally outward of the grid, and the surround member and grid do not overlap.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Jamie J. Childress
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Patent number: 11385213Abstract: Operation of an overhead storage bin sensor used to monitor the volume consumed within the bin including a VOC sensor to monitor for material that may become overheated within the bin such as lithium ion batteries in electronics products is provided. Currently, fire or smoke detectors are not integrated into the storage bins leaving this area vulnerable to developing fires and outgassing of electronic components often stored by passengers. Early detection of such events can prevent propagation of fire on board an aircraft by rapidly reporting the event and giving the location of the event. The system described leverages other patents applied for including a wireless sensor network and storage volume sensors. The sensor monitors for outgassing of materials or smoldering material by monitoring the air quality within the bin space.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp.Inventor: Jeffrey A. Jouper
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Patent number: 11377213Abstract: An aircraft lavatory complex incorporating lavatories accessible to passengers of reduced mobility (PRM) is disclosed. Left-side and right-side full service lavatory units are accessible via left-side and right-side lavatory access doors opening in opposing directions. The left-side and right-side full service lavatory units are separated by a common central partition repositionable by cabin crewmembers (but protected from independent repositioning by occupants of either lavatory unit) to enlarge either of the left-side or right-side lavatory units for enhanced PRM accessibility.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Ray Hough, Richard Morris, Jefferey M. McKee, Shawn A. Claflin
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Patent number: 11370548Abstract: A modular aft galley and lavatory complex is disclosed. The galley complex is situated aft of an aircraft passenger cabin and incorporates left-side, right-side, and aft galley structures together partially enclosing an interior workspace, the left-side and right-side galley structures separated by a center aisle. Each galley structure includes trolley bays capable of securing trolleys therewithin. Each trolley can be removed from its trolley bay into the interior workspace or central aisle for use in catering or service operations inflight. Each galley structure includes storage bays accessible from the interior workspace. Between the upper and lower portions are flat workdecks and galley insert bays capable of accepting ovens, chillers, beverage makers, and other galley insert devices. Either the left or right galley structure includes a lavatory complex adjacent to the passenger cabin, incorporating aft lavatory units and a galley extension housing additional storage and cart space.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Ray Hough, Richard Morris, Jefferey M. McKee, Shawn A. Claflin
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Patent number: 11365008Abstract: An aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a first side with a first display device, a second side with a second display device, and a privacy divider separating the first side and the second side. The first display device may be configured to actuate between a first deployed position and a first stowed position via a first stowage mechanism. The second display device may be configured to actuate between a second deployed position and a second stowed position via a second stowage mechanism. The privacy divider may include one or more panels configured to actuate between a panel deployed position and a panel stowed position. The privacy divider may be open when at least one of the first display device is in the first stowed position, the second display device is in the second stowed position, or the one or more panels are in the panel stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Mark B. Dowty, Dennis M. Heuer, Lyle T. Davis, Robert J. Henshaw, Robert D. Wilkey
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Patent number: 11358724Abstract: A system for manufacturing a kitchen arrangement for a cabin of a vehicle includes a primary module with an electrical energy supply device, a cooling device, and at least one supply connection for supplying the primary module with a requisite. The system also includes at least one auxiliary module that is couplable with the primary module. The cooling device is set up to provide a stream of cooled fluid to a fluid outlet. At least one outer boundary surface of the primary module comprises an electrical connection coupled with the electrical energy supply device and a fluid connection coupled with the fluid outlet. The at least one outer boundary surface is adjusted for coupling with an auxiliary module having a correspondingly shaped boundary surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Martin Sieben
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Patent number: 11358721Abstract: An interior space for an aircraft includes a cockpit, a cockpit wall separating the cockpit from the remaining interior space, a cabin door arranged directly behind the cockpit wall for accessing the interior space of the aircraft from outside the fuselage, a modular installation space for installation equipment, a plurality of seat rows, a longitudinal aisle extending along the interior space through the seat rows to separate adjacent groups of seats from each other, and an access path for the cabin door. The access path extends from the cabin door to the longitudinal aisle to create an intersection region between the access path and the longitudinal aisle. The modular installation space is arranged directly forward of the seat rows. The access path extends at an angle of at least 100° to the longitudinal aisle in a forward direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Roland Lange, Andreas Heidtmann
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Patent number: 11352139Abstract: An aircraft monument for use in a cabin of an aircraft includes a monument assembly and a seat assembly. The monument assembly includes a frame having a plurality of walls defining a compartment. The plurality of walls include a first end wall having a forward section at a forward plane of the frame. The compartment is defined rearward of the forward section. The seat assembly is forward of the frame. The seat assembly has a shell configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat. The shell has a rear rearward of the forward plane of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
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Patent number: 11299272Abstract: In order to make available a space-saving sanitary unit having a toilet which offers improved user convenience to persons with restricted mobility, a cabin module for an aircraft is described which has a sanitary unit. The sanitary unit has a toilet cubicle with a toilet. The toilet cubicle is formed by four side walls and the toilet is arranged on a first side wall. A first access door is arranged in a second side wall, which extends transversely to the first side wall and adjoins the first side wall. A surface which is designed to at least partially accommodate a wheelchair is provided as an option within the toilet cubicle. The cabin module is configured to be installed with the second side wall transversely to a direction of flight. The first side wall 18a is aligned with an external wall in the installed state.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Inventor: Christian Seibt
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Patent number: 11293354Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a main compressor section, a combustor, and a main turbine section. A fuel pump delivers fuel to the combustor. A tap taps air compressed by the main compressor section, and is connected for delivering the tapped air through a first heat exchanger and to a boost compressor. Air downstream of the boost compressor is connected to cool a component. Driving compressed air is connected to be delivered to a power turbine. The power turbine is connected to drive both the boost compressor and the fuel pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventor: Neal R. Herring
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Patent number: 11292572Abstract: A door assembly configured to be positioned between a first compartment and a second compartment that includes a main door portion having a first decompression opening defined therein, at least a first panel portion positioned in a first position within the first decompression opening, and a decompression sensor. The first panel portion is movable linearly between the first position and a second position and is pivotable between the second position and a third position. In the third position the first compartment is in fluid communication with the second compartment via the first decompression opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN CABIN INC.Inventors: Panade Sattayatam, Hai V. Tang
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Patent number: 11279461Abstract: A flight deck barrier door for an aircraft, the flight deck barrier door including a door frame and a door panel in the door frame. The door panel has a plurality of vents. The door panel and door frame have a minimum total vented surface area of 1000 square inches.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Sami Movsesian, Mark J. Lebrecht
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Patent number: 11267572Abstract: An aircraft air distribution assembly providing integrated personally controllable air flow and cabin air flow is presented. The aircraft air distribution assembly comprises a plenum and a flow restriction system. The plenum is connected to a plurality of personal air outlets configured to provide the personally controllable air flow. The flow restriction system extends through at least one wall of the plenum, the flow restriction system configured to set a pressure for the cabin air flow.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Bryce Avery Vandyke
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Patent number: 11203437Abstract: Apparatus and method for conditioning engine-heated air onboard an aircraft including a heat exchanger (140) at least partially disposed in a pylon structure (118) for supporting an engine (134) of the aircraft. The pylon heat exchanger (140) extracts heat from a flow (156) of engine-heated air. A flow (142) of ambient air is provided to the pylon heat exchanger (140) from a ram air inlet (150).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.Inventors: Duane Epp, Ignatius Tsui
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Patent number: 11199133Abstract: An aircraft fuel system can include a fuel line configured to transport fuel therein, an exposed aircraft structure in direct or indirect thermal communication with the fuel in the fuel line to receive heat from the fuel to provide a deicing or anti-icing heat to the exposed aircraft structure. The exposed aircraft structure can include at least one internal fuel channel in fluid communication with the fuel line for direct thermal communication with the fuel. The system can include a fuel/fluid heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fuel line to transfer heat from the fuel to a fluid to provide indirect thermal communication between the fuel and the exposed aircraft structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Peter A T Cocks
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Patent number: 11198512Abstract: Systems and methods provide airflow to a first area from a second area within a vehicle. The system includes a fan mounted within a door separating the first area from the second area. The fan is configured to direct airflow from the second area into the first area. The fan having a shield positioned adjacent to the second area that is configured to conceal the fan.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: David W. Kirkbride
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Patent number: 11180255Abstract: An aircraft seat with a voltage supply port associated only with the aircraft seat and/or a data port associated only with the aircraft seat, a voltage supply unit, associated with the aircraft seat and including a voltage input and a voltage output, each of which is connected to another of the voltage supply ports, a switching circuit associated only with the aircraft seat and hooked up between the voltage output and the voltage supply port and/or between the data port and a data network, with which each of the voltage supply port or each of the data port can be activated or deactivated.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Gerd Brüchmann
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Patent number: 11174028Abstract: A cabin segment for a vehicle includes a first lateral segment module having a first main extension axis, a second lateral segment module having a second main extension axis, and an aisle arranged in the cabin segment. The main extension axes parallel to each other, and the first and second lateral segment modules are distanced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the main extension axes and enclose the aisle, which runs parallel to the main extension axes. At least one of the first lateral segment module and the second lateral segment module includes a lavatory accessible through a lavatory opening positioned outside the aisle. The first lateral segment module includes at least one receiving space to receive serving trolleys. The at least one receiving space has a receiving opening facing into the aisle.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventors: Andreas Heidtmann, Tobias Dahms, Roland Lange, Markus Wirth, Jörg Weifenbach
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Patent number: 11161587Abstract: A floor assembly for an aircraft comprising a multiplicity of supports configured to be fastened in pairs to opposite sides of a frame of the aircraft, and a monolithic self-supporting floor element comprising at least two longitudinal members, a floor plate arranged on the longitudinal members and a respective connecting element arranged at each end of each of the longitudinal members. The floor element can be fastened to the frame by fastening of each connecting element to a corresponding support, and the floor plate can extend in the direction of the longitudinal members at least between two supports fastened in pairs. Furthermore, an aircraft region comprises such a floor assembly, an aircraft comprises such an aircraft region.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventor: Ingo Roth
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Patent number: 11161586Abstract: An insulation pack for thermally and acoustically insulating an aircraft has a mat formed from an insulation material, and a casing film which completely encases the mat. The casing film has drying openings, each closable a cover that is connected to the casing film. Each cover has a coating substance, the planar extent of which varying as a function of the relative air humidity of the air in the interior of the insulation pack such that each cover moves relative to the casing film, as a function of air humidity. The associated covers are adapted for assuming an orientation which, below a predetermined relative air humidity, closes the associated drying opening and which, at higher relative air humidity values, at least partially opens the associated drying opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Marc Wesseloh, Rainer Mueller, Markus Kerber
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Patent number: 11147384Abstract: A movable or pivoting privacy barrier is provided inside the side panels of a cinema seat for selectively providing privacy to the user, with the option of allowing a user to decide whether not to use the privacy barrier. The dynamic privacy barrier system of the includes a privacy barrier that is part and provided inside of the seat support, so that the privacy barrier is pivoted inside the seat support to retract or store the component. The proposed system provides an enhanced privacy experience without affecting the aesthetic appearance of the seat or the environment where it is installed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: INDUSTRIAS NORTECAUCANAS S.A.S.Inventor: Guillermo Enrique Lopez Ramirez
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Patent number: 11150653Abstract: A system and related method operates to receive autopilot selection and monitor aircraft systems to control which autopilot is actively flying the aircraft. During certain flight operations in which a single autopilot is in use, the system reverts to the next available autopilot should the active and selected autopilot disconnect for any reason (e.g., faults and/or failures). The system maintains a redundant ability for pilot use of each pilot selectable mode of each autopilot channel including altitude hold, speed hold, heading hold, etc. For an indication to a pilot or remote operator that the system has reverted to a second autopilot, the system commands a momentary aural warning and a visual message/lights. For failures resulting in timely but necessary maneuver requirements, the system maintains autopilot control laws, control authority and roll authority.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Timothy R. Fannin, Keith A. Stover, Eric N. Anderson, Andrew R. Markofski, James E. Walton
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Patent number: 11136130Abstract: An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a ram air circuit including a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein, at least one dehumidification system arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit, a compressing device arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the dehumidification system, and an expansion device separate from the compressing device and arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the at least one dehumidification system. The environmental control system receives a flow of a first medium and a flow of a second medium. The environmental control system is operable in a plurality of modes and in a first mode, a flow of the first medium is provided to the compressing device and the expansion device in series.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Louis J. Bruno, Christina W. Millot, Thomas M. Zywiak
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Patent number: 11124291Abstract: An aircraft is provided and includes fuselage having a nose, a main section aft of the nose and a tail aft of the main section, an engine nacelle partially embedded in the tail and including a boundary layer ingestion (BLI) propulsor with an inlet directly adjacent to the fuselage and a nozzle element disposed upstream from the inlet and configured to accelerate boundary flows flowing toward the interior side of the engine nacelle.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Neil Terwilliger, Stuart S. Ochs
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Patent number: 11082635Abstract: Implementations provide an aircraft synthetic vision system (“SVS”) giving passengers an exterior view. Omitting windows reduces costs, lowers weight, and simplifies hypersonic aircraft design and construction. Unlike contemporary SVSs, no lag exists between the exterior view and actual aircraft motion. Passengers experience no airsickness associated with a visual and vestibular system feedback mismatch. Lag is eliminated by predicting aircraft interior motion based on sensor feedback, and (b) displaying video camera images transformed to match the predicted aircraft orientation when the images get through the display system latency. Implementations predict aircraft orientation and pre-transform—through the use of dead reckoning to adjust a video signal based on sensed aircraft dynamics and an aircraft electronic model—an image captured from a video camera to match that orientation at the image display time.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Brian Tillotson
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Patent number: 11067108Abstract: An adjustable monument mounting assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a saddle bracket that includes a recessed pocket section with a hole. A threaded adjustable fitting is configured at a first end to fit within the hole in the pocket and is accessible through the pocket. The opposite end of the adjustable fitting is configured to contact a structural mounting point. The adjustable fitting can be rotated within the hole and adjusted to bridge a gap between the saddle bracket and structural mounting point, eliminating the need for a shim. A bolt fits through a center through-hole in the adjustable fitting, allowing the adjustable fitting and bolt couple the saddled bracket to the structural mounting point.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Bret Robert Stuntebeck, Travis Hoang Nguyen
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Patent number: 11059590Abstract: A fastening system for fastening fitments to a floor of a cabin of a vehicle has a receiving frame, a cantilever mounted on the receiving frame so as to be pivotable on a pivoting plane defined by the receiving frame, and having a mounting end and a fastening end, a first fastening element, and a multiplicity of second fastening elements. The first fastening element is arranged at the fastening end of the cantilever. The second fastening elements are positionable on the floor. The first fastening element is configured in a manner corresponding to the second fastening elements such that the first fastening element is mechanically connectable selectively to a second fastening element. A pivoting position of the cantilever is lockable relative to the receiving frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Andreas Heidtmann, Roland Lange
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Patent number: 11052799Abstract: A lumbar support (100) for a seat (200) defining a back plane (E) comprises a support device (10) having an upper end (O) including an upper angle of inclination (?) with the back plane (E) and a lower end (U) including a lower angle of inclination (?) with the back plane (E) and forming an crown of the curvature (S) located in an adjustable position between the upper end (O) and the lower end (U). The lumbar support (100) further comprises at least one angle adjuster (20, 25) connected to the upper end (O) or the lower end (U) and adapted to vary the upper angle of inclination (?) or the lower angle of inclination (?) in order to adjust the position of the crown of the curvature (S), and an actuator (30, 35) for adjusting the angle adjuster (20, 25).Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: component engineering services GmbHInventors: Bernd Winkelhake, Daniel Arnke
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Patent number: 11052213Abstract: An oxygen delivery system provides controlled flow of oxygen-enriched gas to a patient. The system includes one or more sensors configured to measure respiration rate information and heart rate information of the patient. A computer system including one or more physical processors is operatively connected with the sensors. The physical processors are programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to determine a metabolic oxygen consumption information of the patient from the respiration rate information and the heart rate information from the one or more sensors, and continuously adjust flow, volume and/or pressure of the oxygen-enriched gas delivered from an oxygen source of the oxygen delivery system to the patient based on the determined metabolic oxygen consumption information of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventor: Robert Romano
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Patent number: 11046435Abstract: A keep-out assembly for a stowage bin assembly positioned above at least a portion of one or more seats within a vehicle includes a keep-out lens and a keep-out bracket. The keep-out lens is pellucid and extends between an inner edge and an outer edge. The keep-out lens has a top surface and a bottom surface. The keep-out mounting bracket has a base configured to be mounted to the stowage bin assembly at a top of the stowage bin assembly. The keep-out mounting bracket has a support arm extending from the base. The support arm engages the keep-out lens and supports the bottom surface of the keep-out lens at an elevated position above the stowage bin assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Brent Clarence Walton, Derek Andrew Minyard
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Patent number: 11029133Abstract: A moveable barrier system comprising a first panel having a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge, the first vertical edge rotatably coupled to a first vertical surface along a first axis, and a second panel having a third vertical edge and a fourth vertical edge, the third vertical edge of the second panel rotatably coupled to the second vertical edge of the first panel, the fourth vertical edge of the second panel removably coupled to a second vertical surface. Each of the first and second panel have a structural layer that forms a vertical plane, spanning the first vertical edge and the second vertical edge, and a projectile resistant layer that is resistant to projectile impact. The first panel and the second panel are configured to move from a stored position into an active position when in use.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Inventor: Audrey Hannah Larson
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Patent number: 10960981Abstract: An aircraft region comprising an aisle section extending in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft region, a bench seat oriented transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction and having a first seat adjacent to the aisle section and a second seat arranged remote from the aisle section, and an aircraft stowage bin system having a first stowage bin arranged at least in part above the first seat and a second stowage bin arranged at least in part above the second seat. The first stowage bin has a first rear side facing away from the aisle section, and the second stowage bin has a second rear side facing away from the aisle section. The second stowage bin is arranged above the second seat such that it is accessible for a person sitting on the second seat or standing in the longitudinal direction in front of the second seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventor: Martin Metten
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Patent number: 10940946Abstract: A system for disposing waste in a transportation system includes a collection device for collecting waste in the cabin of the transportation system, a separate receptacle device for receiving collected waste from the collection device, and a connection device for selectively connecting the collection device to the receptacle device in order to deliver collected waste from the collection device into the receptacle device. The receptacle device is arranged in a lower deck region underneath the cabin floor. The connection device extends into the receptacle device from the cabin floor and includes a closure that is arranged on or in the cabin floor. The collection device is mechanically couplable to the connection device, and includes a closable output opening aligned with the closure of the connection device in the coupled state. The closure and/or the output opening can only be opened when the collection device is coupled to the receptacle device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Marc Spille
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Patent number: 10933967Abstract: An aircraft includes a partition wall for supporting monuments such as lavatories and galleys. The partition wall may support a large majority of the weight of the monuments such that the flooring of the aircraft is relieved of the force from various monuments. Additionally, the partition wall may be used to support the fuselage of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC.Inventor: Iwan Pangalila
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Patent number: 10933968Abstract: A monument arrangement for a cabin of a vehicle has a first monument, with a washroom formed therein, a second monument and an aisle. The first and second monuments enclose the aisle, wherein an access opening to the washroom is directed toward a side wall of the second monument and is adjacent to the aisle. The distance between the access opening and the relevant side wall of the second monument is at most 1 m, and the side wall of the second monument has a first, rigid side wall portion and at least one second side-wall portion, which is mounted on the first side wall portion such that it can be pivoted about a vertical axis and which can be pivoted from a neutral position, running in the direction toward the first side wall portion, into an angled position, directed away from the first monument and the aisle.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventors: Andreas Heidtmann, René Waldheuer
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Patent number: 10926666Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a rear-seat leg support for a vehicle seat includes: a rear-seat leg support disposed at a lower side of a vehicle seat and that performs an upward-downward rotational operation and a forward-rearward slide operation; a passenger seat that performs a forward-rearward slide operation and a forward-rearward reclining operation; a drive unit that operates each of the rear-seat leg support and the passenger seat; a sensor unit connected to the drive unit and that detects a rotation angle and a slide position of the rear-seat leg support or a slide position and a reclining angle of the passenger seat; an input unit that receives an inputted operation instruction to operate the rear-seat leg support or the passenger seat; and a control unit that adjusts the slide position of the rear-seat leg support.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATEDInventors: Sang Kyung Koh, Jong In Shin, Sang June Lee, Seong Youn Jo
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Patent number: 10919611Abstract: A safety open and closing system for an overpressure door on fuselage of an aircraft. Wherein the safety opening and closing system allows safe access through the overpressure door to the compartment. The safety open and closing system including an assembly of a hollow beam, a blocking bar in the hollow beam, a spring biasing the blocking bar with respect to the hollow beam and a lever at the end of the blocking beam which pivots between a position A that allows closure of the overpressure door and a position B preventing closure of the door.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: David López Fernández, Maria Aránzazu García Patino, Sergio Gil GonzáLez
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Patent number: 10909397Abstract: An aircraft suite may include a passenger compartment disposed on a main deck of an aircraft. The passenger compartment may be partitioned from a main passenger cabin of the main deck by at least one bulkhead. The passenger compartment may include an aircraft seat and a hatch set within an opening in a floor of the passenger compartment. The aircraft suite may include a lower lobe rest compartment integrated in a cargo deck below the main deck. The lower lobe rest compartment may be proximate to the passenger compartment. The lower lobe rest compartment may include a passenger rest compartment and a device proximate to the hatch. The device may be configured to assist a passenger to at least one of descend into the lower lobe rest compartment from the passenger compartment, or ascend into the passenger compartment from the lower lobe rest compartment, via the hatch.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Nicolas Behr, R. Klaus Brauer, Trevor Skelly
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Patent number: 10906655Abstract: An emergency vision apparatus includes a housing for attachment underneath an instrument panel in a cockpit, the housing including a front opening, a front cover for the front opening, a bottom portion of the front cover being pivotably attached to the housing to allow the front cover to open and rotate downwardly; an inflatable enclosure made of airtight material and having an expanded form when deployed and a deflated form when not in use, the enclosure when in the deflated form is stored within the housing; first and second clear members disposed at respective first and second ends of the enclosure to enable a user to see through the enclosure when expanded and observe a source of visual information at a distal end of the enclosure while smoke or other particulate matter is in the environment; a first switch operably associated with the blower to activate the blower and thereby inflate the enclosure to the expanded form when the enclosure is to be deployed; and a tubular air passageway connecting the bloweType: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventors: Jonathan MacDonald Parker, Christian Werjefelt
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Patent number: 10899452Abstract: A toilet module and a vehicle including a toilet module are provided. An exemplary toilet module includes a toilet unit and a housing. The housing includes a front wall with an access opening, a first functional wall arranged opposite the front wall and supporting the toilet unit, and a second functional wall perpendicular to the front wall and extending between the front wall and the first functional wall. Further, the toilet module includes a storage shelf attached to the housing and a swivable table attached to the housing and movable to an extended configuration. The swivable table overlaps the storage shelf when in the extended configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Volker Luderer, Florian Schuephaus, Roland Lange, Michael Eckert