Seating Arrangement: Berth Or Berthage Patents (Class 244/118.6)
  • Publication number: 20140312173
    Abstract: A cabin attendant seat for an aircraft, an aircraft monument comprising such a cabin attendant seat and an aircraft comprising such an aircraft monument. The cabin attendant seat is movable from a starting position into at least one end position. The cabin attendant seat includes at least one backrest element and two seat elements. Each of the two seat elements is movable relative to the at least one backrest element between a folded position and an unfolded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ehlers, Mark Herzog, Stefan Behrens
  • Patent number: 8864071
    Abstract: In a block of two seats side by side which can be converted individually between a chair configuration and a horizontal flat bed configuration, the two seats are arranged and oriented substantially in the same direction, the longitudinal axes of each of the seats in the bed configuration converge towards a point situated behind the seats at a distance such that upper parts of the seat backs and of the head rests are superposed in a head area of the block. The bed planes of the seats of a block are vertically offset and extended by rest surfaces of the foot areas arranged in lateral columns arranged to the sides of the head area in the region of the rear shell of a block situated in front, allowing to reduce the seat pitch without affecting comfort and allowing an improved layout of a cabin for transporting passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: EADS Sogerma
    Inventors: Franck Vergnaud, Didier Guinot, Gabriel Martin
  • Publication number: 20140306060
    Abstract: A holding device is provided for fastening passenger seats in a means of passenger transport and a corresponding passenger seating system. The holding device comprises a seat leg fixing element, a sliding element and a rail element. The seat leg fixing element is designed to receive a seat leg of a passenger seat. The sliding element is provided on the opposite side of the holding device to the seat leg fixing element and is designed to be inserted in a seat rail located on the floor of the means of passenger transport. The rail element is provided on the same side as the seat leg fixing element and is designed to receive and fix a sliding element of an additional holding device. The holding device is provided on a front seat leg and the additional holding device is provided on a rear seat leg of a folding passenger seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Lars SCHOMACKER, Frank QUATMANN
  • Publication number: 20140306061
    Abstract: A folding passenger seat and a corresponding passenger seating system for means of passenger transport are provided. The folding passenger seat comprises a seat frame, on which a front seat leg having a first fastening element and a rear seat leg having a second fastening element are arranged. The first fastening element and the second fastening element are configured to be connected to rails on a cabin floor of the means of passenger transport and to be displaced in the rails. A first joint element is arranged between the first fastening element and the second fastening element such that a spacing between the first fastening element and the second fastening element is variable. In particular, the first joint element may be arranged between the front seat leg and the seat frame or between the rear seat leg and the seat frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Lars SCHOMACKER, Frank QUATMANN
  • Patent number: 8851568
    Abstract: Described are passenger seat assemblies having at least one seat back support pivotally coupled to an overhead support structure, at least one seat pan pivotally coupled to the at least one seat back support, and at least one foot rest support may be pivotally coupled to the seat pan. The seat back support may be configured to rotate into a retracted position adjacent the overhead support structure. The seat pan may be configured to rotate into a retracted position adjacent the seat back support. Finally, the foot rest support may be configured to rotate into a retracted position adjacent the seat pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Zodiac Seals US LLC
    Inventors: Robert Funk, Rebeca Rubio Trevizo, Fernando Luis Bencomo Arvizo, Gabriela Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez, Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre
  • Patent number: 8827228
    Abstract: A fastener device (10) for fastening a load to a rail (4) that is provided with a slideway (4?) defined by a bottom wall (5), two side walls (6), and a top wall (7) including a succession of wide slots (8) and of narrow slots (9), said fastener device (10) comprising a base (20) and two shoes (30) suitable for being inserted in said wide slots (8) and for co-operating with the top wall (7) in a narrow slot (9) by shape interference. The device further comprises first and second slides (31, 32), each including one of said two shoes (30), spacer means (40) for spacing apart said first and second slides (31, 32), detector means (50) for detecting a rail (4?), approach means (60) for causing said first and second slides (31, 32) to approach each other, and blocking means (70) for longitudinally blocking said base (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Eric Zunino, Matthias Harer
  • Patent number: 8820697
    Abstract: The system for engaging an aircraft seat in a fastening rail of the rest of said aircraft, of the type including a catching means able to be moved between an assembly/disassembly position of the seat and an active position locking said seat in position, via a handling lever that can be moved by an assembly operator between an assembly/disassembly position and a locking position, and including a means for locking the lever in the locking position, able to be disengaged by the operator via a quarter turn means, to release the lever and therefore release the catching means, is characterized in that at least one handling portion of the quarter turn means for disengaging the locking means of the lever is accessible to the operator, from the upper face of the catching means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Attax
    Inventor: Xavier Marechal
  • Patent number: 8820682
    Abstract: An aircraft that includes a cabin that has a floor, side walls, a ceiling and an interior, a first class section positioned in the interior that includes a longitudinally extending first aisle extending therethrough, a first door positioned fore of the first class section, an economy class section positioned in the interior and aft of the first class section, and a longitudinally extending second aisle that extends parallel to the first aisle and that does not extend through the first class section. An economy class passenger that enters through the first door travels down the second aisle to enter the economy class section and never enters the first class section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Zodiac Seat Shells US LLC
    Inventors: Ben Orson, Elijah Dobrusin
  • Patent number: 8814090
    Abstract: A cabin equipment component connection system for an aircraft comprises a plurality of connecting elements, which are adapted to be connected to a cabin equipment component in order to connect the cabin equipment component to a higher-level system of the aircraft. In at least one zone of the cabin equipment component connection system, a number and an arrangement of the connecting elements in the cabin of the aircraft are selected such that cabin equipment components that are provided in a first number and/or a first arrangement in the cabin of the aircraft are connectable to the connecting elements of the cabin equipment component connection system, and that cabin equipment components that are provided in a second number and/or a second arrangement in the cabin of the aircraft are connectable to the connecting elements of the cabin equipment component connection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Sieben
  • Patent number: 8814461
    Abstract: A locking apparatus for an object that is lockable on a rail is provided such that the object may be undone in a single manual operating step. The apparatus may be used in a passenger aircraft in which it is necessary to slide seats or other built-in devices. The apparatus includes at least one first base body, at least one first locking body, and at least one first operating element. The at least one first base body is designed to be placed on top of the rail. The at least one first locking body is movably held to the at least one first base body, and is shaped to be placed into the rail. The at least one first operating element is connected to the at least one first locking body for moving the at least one first locking body in the direction of the interior of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Vine
  • Patent number: 8807481
    Abstract: An aircraft seating arrangement including pairs of seat groupings arranged with the seats of each seat grouping parallel with the other, and with each seat and seat pair positioned at an offset angle in relation to the longitudinal axis of the cabin. Privacy shells enclose the seats and include amenities such as a viewing monitor, and accommodation for the feet and lower legs when the seat is in the lie-flat condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Tommy George Plant
  • Publication number: 20140224931
    Abstract: A cabin attendant seat comprising a carrier element which comprises a backrest section and a base section that carries said backrest section. A seat element is fastened to the carrier element. At least one first stowage compartment is integrated into said carrier element. A section of a rear wall of the carrier element is inclined, at least along a section of the stowage compartment integrated into said carrier element, in such a way that a cross-sectional area of said carrier element increases in the direction of the base section of said carrier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Weitzel, Enrico Urban
  • Patent number: 8806543
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying in-flight passenger information. In-flight passenger information for flight of an aircraft is identified during operation of the aircraft. A timeline and the in-flight passenger information in association with the timeline are displayed on a display system during the operation of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vicki Ann Curtis, Menaka Apana, Peizhong Xu, Lixia Zhang, Joel Vanboening, Sooshin Choi
  • Patent number: 8794569
    Abstract: An accessible storage, rest, or work accommodation for an aircraft having a passenger cabin with a ceiling and a crown space above the ceiling, comprising: (a) a compartment in the crown space having at least one bunk; (b) an aperture in the passenger cabin ceiling, connecting the compartment to the passenger cabin; (c) a landing positioned below a floor of the compartment, below at least a portion of the aperture, inside the passenger cabin module; and (d) stairs or a ladder leading from the landing to a floor of the passenger cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kim G. Ohlmann, Gregory J. Oakes, Anthony A. Harrington
  • Publication number: 20140209741
    Abstract: An aircraft monument comprising a first compartment and a cabin attendant seat having a backrest and a seat element. The seat element is movable relative to the backrest between a folded position, wherein a seat surface of the seat element extends substantially parallel to a backrest surface of the backrest, and an unfolded position, wherein the seat surface of the seat element extends substantially perpendicular to the backrest surface of the backrest. The cabin attendant seat is movable relative to the aircraft monument between a stowed position, wherein the cabin attendant seat, with the seat element being in its folded position, is received in the first compartment of the aircraft monument, and an operating position, wherein the cabin attendant seat is disposed outside of the first compartment of the aircraft monument in a position which allows the seat element to be moved into its unfolded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Boenning, Jens Sorge
  • Patent number: 8782835
    Abstract: A seat cushion, such as for use in an aircraft passenger seat, including a layer of open cell foam for passenger comfort, a closed cell foam core for flotation and structural support, and support structure positioned on the underside of the seat cushion for directly engaging underlying beams of a seat frame to attach the seat cushion to the seat frame without the need for additional fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander N. Pozzi
  • Patent number: 8783609
    Abstract: A movable storage compartment for a passenger cabin comprises a housing and fixing structures on the side walls of the housing, the housing being open on one side and being able to be moved back and forth between an open and a closed position, that is to say being able to be opened and closed. The fixing structures are formed in such a way that during a movement from the open position to the closed position the housing can be moved first predominantly rotationally and then predominantly translationally upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Bengt Abel, Peter Bielik, Raj Kotian
  • Publication number: 20140183299
    Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft comprising a cockpit situated outside the nose of the aircraft. The cockpit is situated in a lower part of a fin, the latter advantageously extending to a front end of the aircraft. Preferably, the aircraft has a lancet-shaped nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Jason ZANEBONI, Bruno SAINT-JALMES
  • Patent number: 8763954
    Abstract: Vehicle occupant support for enhanced comfort and utility in a vehicle with arrangements for crash load protection of occupants. Virtual navigation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Arjuna Indraeswaran Rajasingham
  • Publication number: 20140175222
    Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft cockpit comprising at least one instrument panel (4) and a seat (2) for a pilot characterized in that the instrument panel forms a single unit and is carried by a hinged support (6) enabling the pilot to adjust the position of the instrument panel (4) relative to the pilot seat (2). Preferably, the instrument panel forms a single unit and is curved, for example along the arc of a circle, around the pilot seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Jason ZANEBONI, Bruno Saint-Jalmes
  • Publication number: 20140175221
    Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft comprising a fuselage, a cockpit (10) and a cabin (11), characterized in that the cockpit (10) is situated below the cabin (11), outside the nose of the aircraft. the cabin (11) advantageously extends to a front end of the aircraft. Preferably, the aircraft has a lancet-shaped nose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Jason ZANEBONI, Bruno Saint-Jalmes
  • Publication number: 20140166808
    Abstract: A cabin attendant seat comprises a seat element and a backrest. The backrest is movable relative to the seat element between an upright position, wherein a backrest surface of the backrest extends at an angle of approximately 80 to 100° relative to a seat surface of the seat element, and a folded-back position, wherein the backrest surface of the backrest extends substantially co-planar with the seat surface of the seat element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Boenning, Marcus Gehm, Jens Sorge
  • Patent number: 8746616
    Abstract: An airplane comprises a twin-deck fuselage in which an upper deck support structure is utilized for carry-through of a mid-mount main wing box. The main landing gear of the airplane is mounted to the fuselage and is stowed in a non-pressurized area below the main wing box (enabled due to an optimized wing box geometry). A pressurized passageway/cargo/galley complex separates the main landing gear box and the main wing box. The upper deck is continuous, while the lower deck is separated by the wheel wells into two distinct fore and aft areas (for either cargo or passengers). The airplane further comprises an integrated vertical fin and an aft-extended pressurized deck area for reduced double-deck wetted area. More specifically, the double-deck pressurized fuselage structure is extended to form a blending structure to which a structural box of the vertical fin is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sergey D. Barmichev, Mithra M. K. V. Sandrithi, Kevin M. Retz
  • Patent number: 8746617
    Abstract: Described are aircraft cabin modules including at least two seats positioned one behind the other and at least one upper berth positioned above at least one lower berth, each of said berths being associated with one of the seats. The upper berth extends over part of the length of the lower berth, but not all of the length thereof, in order to optimize the space in the cabin. The aircraft cabin may be equipped with two- or three-berth modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats France
    Inventor: Benoit Beal
  • Publication number: 20140151503
    Abstract: A device for aerial transportation and treatment of patients in litters. The device comprises several structural elements (legs, upright posts, litter clamping arms, reinforcing members) and several connecting terminals between them allowing its installation in commercial aircraft quickly and easily, without any tools. The structural elements are formed by hollow metallic profiles, preferably of aluminum, of square section, including in their four faces recessed channels with undulated walls such as the rails of the AS 33601 standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: José Luis DE LA FUENTE CARNERO, Luis VÁZQUEZ VELASCO
  • Patent number: 8740145
    Abstract: A door for crew rest compartments of cabins of means of transport comprises a lateral door leaf and a front door leaf as well as a floor element. With the door closed the floor element forms a continuation of the floor of the crew rest compartment. When compared to sliding doors, the cost of manufacture and the weight may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wesselink, Jovan Ulbrich-Gasparevic
  • Patent number: 8720821
    Abstract: A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly includes a supporting structure (42) for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or more movable, passenger-bearing, structural components (71,72); and means for connecting said movable, structural components to said structure such that said components can be selectively moved between a seat configuration, in which a plurality of passenger-bearing surfaces on said one or more structural, movable components (71,71) or said supporting structure form a seat for the passenger, and a bed configuration, in which a plurality of said bearing surfaces (47,48,67,74,76) are disposed substantially coplanarly and substantially contiguously to form a bed for the passenger; characterized in that at least one of said movable components (72) is double-sided, comprising first and second opposite sides, one of said sid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited
    Inventors: David Ferry, Adam Bernard Wells, Luke Miles, Andrew Leslie Lawler, David Edward Starkey, Simon Frederick Mills, Gary Doy
  • Patent number: 8720820
    Abstract: Aircraft having multiple seating configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft in accordance with one embodiment, for example, can include a fuselage having a generally circular cross-sectional shape and one or more passenger cabin portions. The individual cabin portions can include a floor connected to the fuselage and a plurality of passenger seats attached to the floor. The passenger seats are in a configuration selected from a first twin aisle seat-row arrangement and a second, single aisle seat-row arrangement. Each of the first and second seat-row arrangements is implementable in the fuselage. Further, the seats in either the first seat-row arrangement or the second seat-row arrangement have between a three abreast and a six abreast seating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Paul J. Wilcynski
  • Patent number: 8720819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a passenger seat, in particular an aircraft passenger seat, comprising seating components such as a seat section (3) and a backrest (1), which is located on a backrest frame (7) and has at least one support section (15) that supports the relevant part of the body of the seat occupant, said section being displaceable in relation to the backrest frame (7) by means of an adjusting device (25). Said seat is characterized in that a web (15) constitutes the displaceable support section, said web extending between the lateral edges (5) of the backrest frame (7) and being suspended by its upper edge (17) from the backrest frame (7) and engaging at its lower end (23) that adjoins the seat section (3) with the adjusting device that is configured as a tensile device (25). The tensile device is used to exert a tensile force on the lower end of the web (15), in order to pull the web (15) forwards by said lower end (23) from a position in which it lies longitudinally against the backrest (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co., KG.
    Inventor: Christian Pilgram
  • Patent number: 8714484
    Abstract: An aircraft seat assembly structure (4) comprises at least one seat structure (5) that supports at least one seat, with which seat assembly structure is associated a reference frame that is defined by a longitudinal X-axis according to which the seat structure (5) comprises a front part and a rear part, by a Y-axis that is perpendicular to the X-axis, and that forms with said X-axis a horizontal XY plane when at least one seat is horizontal, and by a Z-axis that is perpendicular to the XY plane. In the front part, the seat structure (5) comprises a torsion bar (50) that is essentially parallel to the Y-axis that is equipped at a first lateral end (502) with a front lateral fastening device (500) that is designed to be made integral with lateral attachment means (26) of a shell structure (2) of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Cedric Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140117156
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin has a lavatory that is accessible from a cross-aisle of the aircraft and in which the toilet is moved from the typical outboard location to an inboard location where increased head room enables the toilet to be positioned in tight proximity to a back wall of the lavatory directly behind the toilet and thereby increases an open area of floor surface in front of the toilet for wheelchair access to the lavatory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: The Boeing Company
  • Patent number: 8690254
    Abstract: In herringbone seats of the prior art, armrests on the closed angle side form an obstacle for the passengers in the seat in case of a shock, since the latter are generally projected along the axis of the vehicle and thus towards the armrest thus creating a high risk of injury for the passenger in case of a shock. The present invention provides a secure herringbone arrangement for the armrest of a seat i.e. making it possible to reduce the risk of injuries caused by the armrest, in case of a shock. Therefore, the present invention provides to leave a space between the seating part structure and the armrest to enable the passenger on the seat to be projected along the axis of the airplane in case of a shock without hitting the armrest. More precisely, the aim of the invention is a herringbone arrangement for the armrest of a seat wherein the armrest is angularly shifted with respect to the seat, so as to form a free space (33) between the seat and the armrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats France
    Inventor: Jeremy Cailleteau
  • Patent number: 8678493
    Abstract: An emergency equipment system comprising an elongate member, an emergency equipment package, and a cutter. The elongate member may have a first end and an angled end. The emergency equipment package may have a sleeve on one side capable of receiving the elongate member from the angled end. The cutter may be attached to a side of the elongate member and may be capable of cutting the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Bret L. Lamoree, Mark E. Wentland, James P. Schalla, Phillip J. Bobzien
  • Patent number: 8678311
    Abstract: A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort. In one embodiment, the seating arrangement is for a transportation vehicle. The arrangement includes seats at least having two levels adjacent to single-level seats. The multi-level seats include at least a bottom row of seats and a top row of seats. In one embodiment, the bottom row seats are on a floor; and there is an imaginary horizontal plane that is parallel to the floor, and that at least a part of the top row seats and at least a part of the bottom row seats intersect. The single-level seats include at least two rows, with at least one seat in each row being adjacent to the aisle, to allow passengers to access the single-level seats. In another embodiment, a seating arrangement includes only multi-level seats. In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented method is applicable to the seats, such as allowing the display of a visual representation of a top-row seat and a bottom-row seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ip Venture, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok Wai Cheung, Peter P. Tong, C. Douglass Thomas
  • Patent number: 8678312
    Abstract: A console for aircraft that is located between two seats which face each other. The console includes an open ledge with a cup holder arrangement. The cup holder arrangement includes two removable holder dividers which can be flipped up or down and held into position by a spring-loaded cam arrangement. The console also includes two inwardly facing surfaces which provide connectors for electronic devices resting on the ledge. A light-emitting face is provided on a back wall of the ledge so that any articles resting on the ledge can be seen in dark environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Headrick, Todd Thisius, Dave Kuhn, Craig Cillessen, Dave Davis
  • Patent number: 8672267
    Abstract: A toilet arrangement for a vehicle includes a first toilet compartment, an adjacent second toilet compartment and a partition wall situated between the first toilet compartment and the second toilet compartment, wherein the partition wall is movably supported and designed for being transferred into an open position, in which the partition between the first toilet compartment and the second toilet compartment is removed. This makes it possible to convert two relatively small toilet compartments into a larger toilet compartment that is suitable for use by persons with limited mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schliwa, Andreas Barber, Maria Strasdas
  • Patent number: 8668181
    Abstract: Devices associated with an interface that is advantageous for the customized attachment of pieces of furniture to the floor of an aircraft. The interface includes rails extending longitudinally in the aircraft cabin, able to receive anchoring devices for connecting the furniture elements to these rails. The anchoring devices include axial and radial claw clamping devices which are associated together in pairs and operated together in pairs by a single and same lever (58, 95).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francis Dazet, Francois Rouyre, Alain Depeige
  • Patent number: 8662446
    Abstract: A fixing system for a seat, in particular an aircraft seat, comprising a base having attachment portions which are adapted to be set in an active position for attachment of the seat, by an operating lever which is movable to an active position for blocking the attachment portions, and which comprises a catch for locking the lever in the active position which is carried by the lever or the base and is adapted to cooperate with holding portions in order to lock the lever in the active position, the catch being movably mounted against the urging of resilient portions in order to allow the catch to pass over the holding portions and engage in the locking position, and to be disengaged under the action of rotary operating portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ATTAX
    Inventor: Xavier Marechal
  • Patent number: 8662447
    Abstract: A flexible-usage travel suite that includes an enclosure having a floor, surrounding walls defining a predetermined area and an egress/ingress opening. A seat is positioned adjacent a first side of the enclosure and is moveable between a deployed seating configuration and a stowed storage configuration against the first side of the enclosure. A bed is positioned adjacent a second side of the enclosure and is moveable between a deployed lie-flat configuration when the seat is in its stowed storage configuration, and a stowed storage position when the seat is in its deployed seating configuration. A utility chair and utility table are positioned within the enclosure and are moveable among a stowed position and a use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Johnson, Tommy G. Plant
  • Publication number: 20140027572
    Abstract: A flight attendant seat, an aircraft monument assembly having such a flight attendant seat, and also an aircraft having an aircraft monument assembly of this kind. In one embodiment, the flight attendant seat includes a backrest element, a seat element and a guiding apparatus for holding the flight attendant seat in a starting position. The guiding apparatus according to this embodiment is also configured so that the flight attendant seat is movable, in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the backrest element, from the starting position into at least one end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Bernd Ehlers, Mark Herzog, Stefan Behrens
  • Publication number: 20140014774
    Abstract: A bulkhead for dividing passenger seating classes, and a passenger seating arrangement including a bulkhead, the bulkhead configured for attachment to the back of a first row of premium class passenger seats, wherein a backside of the bulkhead is fitted with amenities that serve an aft positioned second row of economy class seats, wherein the first row of seats includes a lesser number of seats than the second row of seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Jeffrey W. Hontz
  • Patent number: 8628053
    Abstract: This system comprising a base (2) provided in the vicinity of one of its ends with means in the form of jaws (3) for clamping and blocking in position of the system in the rail by pinching the latter between the base (2) and laterally protruding portions (4) of these means in the form of jaws (3), the base (2) and the means in the form of jaws (3) able to be displaced in relation to one another between a mounting/dismounting position of the system in the rail and a blocking position of the system by clamping around the rail, by the intermediary of the means of manoeuvring (6) that can be actuated by an operator, is characterized in that the means of manoeuvring (6) include a slide (7) which can be displaced in the base (2) by the operator and comprising at one end, a surface for manoeuvring (8) by the operator, at the other end, a ramp portion adapted (9) to cooperate with an additional ramp portion (10) of the means in the form of jaws (3) in order to displace the latter in relation to the base between the m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ATTAX
    Inventor: Xavier Marechal
  • Patent number: 8622345
    Abstract: A passenger seat system including a plurality of seat modules, in which each seat module may be configured to form a more or less flat bed. The seat modules are arranged side by side in longitudinally offset relative positions, and each seat module is configured to form a bed from a convertible seat and a fixed footrest. The footrest is integrated into a box structure, which includes an upper surface arranged as a fixed shelf for the passenger in the adjacent seat module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus
    Inventors: Alexandra Collins, Mark Collins
  • Patent number: 8608108
    Abstract: An aircraft may include a cabin having a first portion, a second portion, a first ramp and a second ramp. The first portion of the cabin may include an upper deck and a lower deck. The upper deck and the lower deck may be disposed proximate to each other with vertical separation therebetween. The second portion may include an intermediate deck disposed in a plane that is substantially parallel to planes in which the upper deck and the lower deck lie. The intermediate deck may be vertically separated from both the upper deck and the lower deck. The first ramp may extend between the lower deck and the intermediate deck to provide access therebetween. The second ramp may extend between the upper deck and the intermediate deck to provide access therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kelly L. Boren, Paul Andrew Kinzer
  • Patent number: 8602354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rest compartment arrangement in an aircraft, comprising a rest compartment and at least one monument, wherein the rest compartment is arranged above a cabin floor and comprises a passage that extends from a rest compartment floor in the direction of the cabin floor. When compared to the state of the art, the invention is characterized in that the at least one monument comprises at least one wall which above a seat region situated therein forms a recess to accommodate the passage. As a result of this, monuments can be positioned in a space-saving manner underneath the passage in the cabin without this resulting in reduced comfort, because the recess above the seat region is not perceived to be distracting by the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Sütthoff, Matthias Breuer, Felix Helfrich
  • Patent number: 8602702
    Abstract: Described are track fitting assemblies having a main body with at least one plunger aperture, at least one button aperture intersecting the at least one plunger aperture, and at least one disengagement recess, at least one shear plunger assembly having a plunger, a shear pin, a plunger-spring, and a button comprising a recess, and a track with a pair of lips having at least one opening. The shear plunger assembly is configured to have a disengaged position, wherein the button is extended from the main body and the shear pin is positioned within the main body, and an engaged position, wherein the button is positioned substantially flush with the main body, the recess of the button is positioned substantially flush with the disengagement recess of the main body, and the shear pin is extended from the main body and within the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats US LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Roy, Peter Driessen, Vishwanath Bhat
  • Publication number: 20130320139
    Abstract: An airplane seat structure includes: a body frame including a plurality of seat boards and seat backs which are arranged in the longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals in a space having a small seat pitch and provide two or more seats in the traverse direction; a connection plate which is bendably connected to a front end of the body frame or the seat board and is horizontally spread to another body frame adjacent frontward to the body frame; a first bed space which is formed over the seat board and the horizontally-spread connection plate; and a second bed space which is formed below the seat board and the horizontally-spread connection plate or formed below the horizontally-spread connection plate and a seat board of the frontward adjacent body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Hang Min Cho
  • Publication number: 20130313365
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a space-optimized standing seat for cabin attendants in a passenger cabin is provided. The aircraft comprises a cabin attendant seat and a cabin with an aircraft exit. The cabin attendant seat comprises a seating area and a backrest and is arranged in the region of the aircraft exit. Therein, the cabin attendant seat is designed as a standing seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Bernd EHLERS, Simon MAURER, Arne HARDT
  • Patent number: 8590838
    Abstract: A lavatory for an aircraft cabin includes a wall having a forward wall portion disposed immediately aft of and substantially conforming to an exterior aft surface of an aircraft cabin structure, such as a passenger seat, that is substantially not flat in a vertical plane. The forward wall portion includes a forward projection over an aft portion of the adjacent passenger seat. The forward wall portion can define a secondary space in the interior lavatory space, which can provide an amenity stowage space, and can include design elements providing visual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: BE Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Don Cook, Liberty Harrington, Philipp Steiner, Robert K. Brauer, Trevor Skelly
  • Patent number: 8573537
    Abstract: An aircraft sub-assembly including at least one seat and/or rest for a passenger, a separation panel extending along one of the two opposed sides of the at least one seat, with a longitudinal dimension at least equal to that of the at least one seat and a vertical dimension or height higher than that of the at least one seat so as to conceal at least partially a passenger occupying the at least one seat behind the separation panel. The separation panel includes a transverse curve extending perpendicularly to its height and along one of the two opposed sides of the at least one seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus
    Inventor: Thomas-Mathias Bock