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| 20080197234 | Rail for positioning and locking of elements, and a corresponding fitting - A rail, in particular a seat rail and an associated fitting, as well as a rail-fitting connection for fastening elements in an aircraft, wherein the rail or the fitting comprises an improved bearing surface and a variable positionability of the fitting on or at the rail. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080203227 | AIRCRAFT PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION UNIT WITH DEPLOYABLE BED - A passenger accommodation unit with a deployable bed includes a passenger seat and a passenger bed positioned relative to the seat and adapted for movement between a stowed position in which the bed is upright and adjacent to the seat, and a deployed position in which the bed is horizontal for use and overlaps and is supported in part by the seat. The unit can include a credenza positioned adjacent the seat and between the seat and the bed that supports the bed when deployed. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080217477 | Aircraft with seat arrangement having different seat configurations for transport of a patient - An aircraft having a seating arrangement comprising with a plurality of seats arranged in-line in the fore and aft direction of the aircraft. In a first configuration, the seats are arranged so that the in-line spacing between seats is smaller than the height of a backrest of a seat. At least one of the seats can be reconfigured into a second configuration in which with the aid of the seat a bedded patient care area is made available. The bedded patient care area can be made use of, for example, to bed a person flat having suddenly become ill during the flight. The cabin seating can be configured in making optimum use of available space, requiring just one or two seats to be reconfigured when needed to create a bedded patient care area. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080237398 | AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT SUPPORT - A support for aircraft seats and other equipment has a lower support link that sweeps out a lateral arc. The lower support link supports a platform that may have a conventional linear track. The linear track provides fore/aft movement substantially orthogonal to a line tangent to the center of the lateral arc. A pilot link is attached to the platform to form a parallelogram linkage that maintains the equipment platform in a rotationally fixed attitude as the lower support link sweeps out its lateral arc. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080302911 | Habitation and sleeping module for accommodating at least one member of a flight crew - A habitation and sleeping module, in an aircraft, for accommodating at least one member of a flight crew, with the module having a first sleeping area. Furthermore, an ascent region is provided for ascending from a lower level into the module, wherein the ascent region includes an ascent device that is laterally arranged on the module. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080308675 | REDUCED-PERIMETER AIRCRAFT - Aircraft that have fuselages including a series of frames spaced apart according to a frame pitch. The series of frames are covered by an aircraft skin to define an interior volume of the aircraft. The interior volume contains a series of rows of seats separated according to a seat pitch. The seat pitch may be indexed to the frame pitch such that seats are located between adjacent ones of the series of frames to permit a reduced-perimeter aircraft fuselage with substantially equal passenger comfort metrics. In some embodiments, in addition, a series of windows are located adjacent outboard seats of the series of rows of seats to permit ergonomically appropriate viewing through the series of windows by passengers seated in the outboard seats. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090014584 | Tracks, Power, and Data Blocks and Releasable Fastening System | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090050740 | SEATING UNIT FOR AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a seating unit for aircraft comprising at least one seat ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090065642 | Comfortable seating arrangements considering usage of space - A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort is disclosed. 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. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090084897 | SEATING SYSTEM AND A PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adpated to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly includes a supporting structure ( | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090146005 | AIRCRAFT SEAT - An aircraft seat in a cubicle able to provide privacy via a hidden, sliding/pocket door drawn to a seat-side end of a divider between adjacent seats from within a facing panel of the next divider in the line of seats. The divider provides a recessed backing for the seat; whilst a return recess provides foot rest space opposite the seat. The dividers are generally S-shaped in one form. The seat in one form is a double seat, in that it comprises a convertible seat and a fixed seat immediately next to each other. The fixed seat provides an alternative seating position when the convertible seat is in bed configuration and a seat for a friend when the convertible seat is in seat configuration. In one form not only the convertible seat, but also the fixed seat have seat belts, the latter seat's belts being provided in case of turbulence during use. The convertible seat has a seat squab, a backrest and a leg rest both pivotally connected to the seat squab that are reclinable via a reclining mechanism. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146006 | AIRCRAFT SEATING AND SEATING ARRANGEMENTS - A seating arrangement for an aircraft cabin is disclosed which includes seats having a backrest ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090166470 | Seating Unit - A seating unit ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090206201 | AIRPLANE WITH COLLAPSIBLE CREW REST COMPARTMENT MODULES - An improved crew rest area for a freighter airplane. The crew rest structure extends into the stay out zone between the crew or supernumerary accommodations and cargo areas and has one of more collapsible or crushable structures. The collapsible structures allow the areas in the stay out zones to collapse or be displaced when subjected to crash loads without impinging on the crew or supernumerary seating areas. The collapsible wall members or panels can be hinged, slidable, bendable in an accordion-type manner, or the like. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090242700 | SEAT - A seat comprising a seat pan ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090302156 | MEDICAL BLOCK FOR THE CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFT, ASSOCIATED WITH A COUCHETTE - The invention relates to a medical block associated with a couchette ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302157 | Device for fixing a seat rail on a floor, and aircraft equipped with such a fixing device - A device for fixing a seat rail, designed to maintain passenger seats on a floor, wherein it includes a connecting bracket, secured to the floor and to the seat rail, the bracket being adapted to support the stresses perpendicular to the plane of the floor, and the stresses parallel to the plane of the floor. The bracket extends obliquely between the floor and the rail seat, a lower end of the bracket being secured to the floor and an upper end of the bracket being secured to the seat rail. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302158 | Aircraft Passenger Seat - An aircraft passenger seat comprises a primary seat ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100001133 | Fusion Welding Process To Join Aluminium and Titanium - The invention concerns a process for joining a first member ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100019087 | MODULE FOR ACCOMMODATION OF CREW MEMBERS HAVING A STOWAGE BIN USABLE FROM INSIDE THE MODULE - A module for an aircraft is provided for the accommodation of crew members. The module includes, but is not limited to a trough-shaped floor region having an external contour that corresponds to the contour of further stowage bins installed in the aircraft. The storage space created in this way in the interior of the module is accessible from the interior of the module. In this way the stability of the module may be enhanced and the installation expenditure may be reduced. Furthermore, comfort may be enhanced, in particular as a result of more space being available for the crew. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100025530 | SEATING SYSTEM AND A PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A recliner seat assembly for a passenger vehicle is disclosed. The recliner seat assembly includes a fixed supporting portion for supporting the assembly off a floor of the vehicle, a reclinable seat portion comprising a seat-pan and a back-rest, and a seat connecting device adapted for connecting the seat portion to the supporting portion. The connecting device includes a seat reclining mechanism adapted for allowing and controlling translational movement of the seat portion relative to the supporting portion between a first upright position and a second fully reclined position. The connecting device further includes a selectively operable, bi-directional motor adapted for driving the seat portion between the first and second positions. The seat reclining mechanism includes a guiding device for reclining the back-rest progressively rearwardly relative to the supporting portion as the seat portion is moved from the first upright position to the second fully reclined position. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100038483 | SEAT TRACK FITTINGS - Fittings configured primarily, although not necessarily exclusively, for connection to aircraft seat tracks are detailed. The fittings may engage multiple openings of a seat track concurrently. No rotation of a fitting need occur when connecting it to a track. Instead, if desired the fitting need move only linearly. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100038484 | Array of aircraft seats - The sleeper seats are shown in sleeping mode. Each comprises a head rest, a back rest, a seat pan or seat cushion and a leg rest, all of which move in a conventional manner when the seat is moved from sleeping mode to sitting mode. The seats also include ottomans. Further they have inter-seat dividers between the individual seats within the their column. The six seats are arranged in a chevron formation or array and two columns. All the seats in each column are parallel with each other and have central axes A set at a “herringbone” angle a to the column direction and in particular to a longitudinal axis | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100038485 | Array of aircraft seats - Sleeper seats, wherein each comprises a head rest, a back rest, a seat pan or seat cushion, a leg rest, an ottomans and a dividers between the individual seats with the their column. The four seats are arranged in a staggered chevron formation and two columns. All the seats in each column are parallel with each other and set at a “herringbone” angle α to the column direction, in other words their central axes A make the angle α with a longitudinal axis of the array. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100051746 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE SEATS INTO AIRCRAFT INTERIOR CONFIGURATIONS - A handicapped accessible seat that classifies functionally as an aircraft seat is configured for maneuvering within an aircraft and docking to an aircraft floor using a typical track member having a longitudinal flange like extension and counterbores for mating with a shear plug of an aircraft seat. A bracket or track above the typical track member and containing inwardly-extending longitudinal flanges allows mating association with a plug or plunger on the wheel/caster or bottom seat structure of the handicapped accessible seat ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100059625 | FRONT PORTION FOR AN AIRCRAFT INCLUDING A REST COMPARTMENT FOR AT LEAST ONE PILOT - A front portion of a fuselage of an aircraft including a cockpit, a washroom, an access corridor to the cockpit alongside the washroom, and a rest compartment with at least one berth for at least one pilot. The corridor alongside the washroom includes a mechanism separating the corridor from the cockpit and a door for blocking access to the passenger cabin. The rest compartment can be accessed from the access corridor to the cockpit, between the separation mechanism between the corridor and the cockpit and the corridor door. The washroom includes two access doors, a first access door for accessing the washroom from the access corridor to the cockpit in the area located between the separation mechanism between the corridor and the cockpit and the corridor door, and a second access door for accessing the washroom from the passenger cabin. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100065683 | Aircraft Passenger Seat - An aircraft passenger seating arrangement comprises a seat having a seat pan and a seat back, the seat being able to adopt a first, substantially upright sitting position and a second, sleeping position in which the seat back and seat pan are substantially horizontal, the arrangement further including a side surface arranged to form part of a substantially flat, horizontal sleeping surface alongside the seat. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100065684 | Seating arrangements particularly for passenger aircraft - Seating arrangements for passenger aircraft or other vehicles are detailed. Some arrangements position seats at offsets from a longitudinal axis of a vehicle cabin in either “V” shapes or herringbone patterns. Other arrangements include seats that are staggered within the cabin. Further arrangements include pairs of seat that are both parallel and offset from the longitudinal axis, but are placed so that feet of the port and starboard passengers point away from the fuselage. All embodiments contemplate providing seats that are convertible to beds, although this conversion is not required. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100090060 | SYSTEM FOR FIXING A SEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN AIRCRAFT SEAT, AND SEAT INCLUDING SUCH A SYSTEM - The system comprising a base ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100108808 | SYSTEM FOR FIXING - This system makes it possible to join a substantially flat base of an element to be fixed to a top plate ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100116936 | PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT - The present invention provides an aircraft passenger seat assembly that includes: (a) first and second seats selectively movable between upright and reclined positions and adapted for being positioned beside and at inwardly-facing angles relative to each other; (b) a center console having a relatively wide aft end and a relatively narrow forward end for being positioned between the first and second seats; and © the relatively wide aft end of the center console including first and second foot wells therein adapted to permit the feet of a passenger seated in an aft-positioned first or second seat to extend therein when the aft-positioned first or second seat is in the recline position. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100140399 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MAPPING CABIN AND TRAVEL CLASS STRUCTURES OF AIRLINE DISRUPTED FLIGHTS INTO REPLACEMENT FLIGHTS - In a method for automatically mapping a cabin and travel class structure of an disrupted flight into replacement flights, cabin and travel class structure of the disrupted flight are retrieved. For each affected passenger, a base disrupted flight is determined from the passenger itinerary. For the disruption period, cabin and travel class structure of the replacement flights are split into sub-periods. For each sub-period, mapping begins by establishing a direct match between cabin and travel class structures. The direct match is validated against actual cabin and travel class structure of the replacement flights, including pinpointing all found discrepancies. All class matching tables (CMTs) applying to the disrupted flight and disruption period considered are retrieved from a rule repository. Cabin and travel class structure of the replacement flights are further split in sub-periods to imbed the actual validity periods of retrieved CMTs. Rules of the retrieved CMTs resolve all found discrepancies. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100140400 | Compartment For Accommodating At Least One Flight Crewmember - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a compartment for accommodating at least one flight crewmember, comprising a first module and a stowage area, wherein the first module comprises a first rest facility, wherein the first rest facility is arranged substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, as well as substantially parallel to the traverse axis of the aircraft, and wherein the stowage area is substantially arranged under the first rest facility. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100140401 | STRUCTURE HAVING AN AIR CHAMBER - The invention comprises a structure having at least two separate air chambers ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100140402 | RESIDENCE AND SLEEPING MODULE WITH A CONNECTABLE PARTIAL MODULE FOR ACCOMOPATING AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF AND AIRCRAFT CREW HAVING A DOCKABLE PARTIAL MODULE - The invention relates to a residence and sleeping module in an aircraft, for accommodating at least one member of an aircraft crew, wherein the module comprises a first partial module for docking a second partial module to it. In this arrangement, the first partial module or the second partial module comprises a connecting element, and the first partial module is designed to be arranged at a vertical height of an aircraft, which vertical height differs from that of the second partial module. In this arrangement, the connecting element is designed such that the second partial module can be docked to the first partial module by means of the connecting element. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100163674 | AIRCRAFT SUB-ASSEMBLY AND AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SUB-ASSEMBLY - 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. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100187357 | SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF A VEHICLE COMPARTMENT - The invention relates to seating for a vehicle cabin and more particularly an aircraft cabin which has a cabin floor ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100193634 | AIRCRAFT SEAT - An aircraft seat has a chassis ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100252680 | Vehicle Passenger Seating - A seating arrangement for location at the longitudinal centre line of a commercial passenger vehicle that has a longitudinally extending passenger seating area. The seating arrangement includes a pair of seats disposed alongside and secured to each other. Each seat comprising a backrest portion, and a seat pan portion, wherein the seats face at an acute angle to each other, and wherein the backrest portions of the respective seats are nearest the vertex of the acute angle than the seat pan portions. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100282902 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT SUPPORT - Vehicle occupant support for enhanced comfort and utility in a vehicle with arrangements for crash load protection of occupants. Virtual navigation device. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100288881 | SECURED COCKPIT HAVING AN INTEGRATED ACCOMMODATION AREA AND LAVATORY FACILITIES - The invention relates to a work and accommodation module for providing a cockpit and for accommodating at least one pilot of an aircraft. To this end, the work and accommodation modules have a work area and a accommodation area, wherein the work area contains all equipment for controlling and piloting the airplane. The accommodating area contains at least one element, selected from the group consisting of a rest area and lavatory facilities. In addition, the module is separated from a passenger area by at least one security partition. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100301162 | MOVABLE SEAT - An aircraft seat cubicle ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100301163 | STAIRWAY FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A stairway used for gaining access from a theoretically horizontal lower level to a theoretically horizontal higher level, and including a succession of intermediate steps between these two levels. A subassembly of intermediate steps corresponding to the steps closest to the lower level is mobile between a first deployed position at which the lower intermediate steps are in the extension of other intermediate steps, and a raised position at which the lower intermediate steps are in a substantially vertical position. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100301164 | Single Tough Locking Seat Fittings and Methods - Apparatus and methods for removably securing payloads are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes coupling the payload to a body of a locking assembly, engaging an insertion portion of the body into the channel, translating the insertion portion of the body along the channel from a first position to a second position, the body being substantially constrained from movement away from the channel in the second position, and actuating at least one engagement member from an unsecured position to a secured position, a portion of the channel being engaged by the at least one engagement member and the insertion portion of the body when the at least one engagement member is positioned in the secured position such that the body is substantially constrained from movement along the channel by the at least one engagement member. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100308164 | Aircraft Seat - The seats are swivellable about axes ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110011977 | BERTH SLEEPER SYSTEM - A berth sleeper system including a platform portion and a seat portion, the seat portion defining an axis of rotation and being rotateable relative to the platform portion about the axis of rotation, wherein the seat portion includes a seat base, a backrest and a recline mechanism, the recline mechanism supporting the seat base and the backrest in an upright configuration and a horizontal configuration, wherein the seat base is substantially co-planar with the platform portion, while the backrest is disposed at an angle relative to the seat base in the upright configuration, and wherein the seat base and the backrest are substantially co-planar with the platform portion in the horizontal configuration. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110017869 | Variable Seat Separation Adjustment In An Airplane - According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a system for simultaneous longitudinal shifting of several selected seats or seat rows in an aircraft is stated, in which system a drive device for shifting the seats is provided, wherein shifting the seats takes place according to a change in seat configuration planning. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110057073 | REST MODULE WITH A FIRST PARTIAL MODULE WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO A POSSIBLE SECOND PARTIAL MODULE - The invention relates to a rest module for accommodating a least one crew member of an aircraft, wherein the module comprises a first partial module. Further on the first partial module comprises a first section and a second section; wherein the first section and the second section are spatially divided. The first section comprises a first opening, a second opening and a third opening, wherein the three openings are different from each other. The first opening is adapted for providing an access from an above located area of the aircraft, the second opening is adapted for providing an access from the first section to a second partial module and the third opening is adapted for providing a separate access from the first section to the second section. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110062285 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING SEVERAL ROWS OF SEATS IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION - According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a system for simultaneously longitudinally moving a plurality of selected seats or seat rows in an aircraft is stated, in which system a drive device for moving the seats is provided, wherein moving the seats takes place automatically according to a change in the seating configuration planning. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110068226 | MODULAR SEAT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A modular seat system for a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes at least one seat, which has a seat unit with a seating element and a seat back and a seat frame with at least one pair of essentially vertical support elements, at whose upper end a bearing structure is arranged on which the seat unit rests, a fixing structure in the floor of the passenger compartment with at least two longitudinal rails, which have a predetermined spacing from one another, for accommodating the lower ends of the support elements, and an adapter plate for the fixing of the support elements, which adapter plate is fitted to the lower end of the support elements, and is fitted in a mobile fashion to at least one support element, so that the spacing of the support elements from one another is variable independently of the width of the seat unit. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110068227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ANTICIPATORY PASSENGER CABIN - A system for anticipating the needs of at least one passenger onboard a mobile platform is provided. A passenger seating area for receipt of the passenger includes a seat that has a seat back that moves into a reclined position, a tray table that is operable to be positioned to provide a surface for use by the at least one passenger, and a light source disposed for illumination of at least a portion of the passenger seating area. A camera acquires an image of the passenger, and a gesture control module generates activity data that includes at least one activity that the passenger is performing as recognized in the image of the at least one passenger acquired by the camera. A smart control module moves the seat back, positions the tray table, activates or deactivates the light source and performs combinations thereof based on the activity data. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110084165 | DECOUPLING TECHNOLOGY OF THE STAIR HOUSE TO THE OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT - Aircraft that are used for intercontinental flights require individual compartments or rest areas (crew rest compartments) for pilots and flight attendants that are also referred to as room elements. It is known to arrange these room elements a certain distance above a seating area for the passengers, wherein these room elements can be reached from a floor structure via a room element in the form of a stair assembly (stairhouse). The room element is connected to the room element by means of locking elements in order to achieve an acoustic decoupling. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110101161 | OPTIMISED AIRCRAFT CABIN LAYOUT - A layout for a cabin in a passenger transport vehicle, that includes at least one longitudinal aisle and seats for passengers arranged in rows, each accessible by a longitudinal aisle. At least one row of at least two seats is arranged so as to be inclined relative to a longitudinal aisle. The seats of the row are arranged side by side and oriented perpendicularly to the row and to the aisle enabling access to the row. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110101162 | KIT FOR SEAT ROWS IN AIRCRAFT - In seat rows, in particular in aircraft, the individual seats thereof being able to be adjusted in their usable seat width, and comprising seat dividers with support legs, which are held by spars running transversely to the seat direction, at least one seat divider may be adjusted in the direction of the spars. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110108666 | AIRCRAFT SEATS AND SEATING ARRANGEMENT - An aircraft seating arrangement including a single-piece seat bottom frame having a plurality of laterally spaced-apart fore and aft legs for being attached to and supporting the seat frame on an aircraft deck and a plurality of seat bottoms supported on the seat frame. A plurality of seat back support frames are carried by the seat bottom frame aft of respective ones of the seat bottoms. A seat pan and seat back are positioned on respective seat bottoms and seat backs for passenger occupancy. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110114789 | UNIT FOR ACCOMMODATION OF MEMBERS OF AN AIRCRAFT CREW - The application relates to a unit for accommodating at least one member of an aircraft crew, wherein the unit is designed in such a manner that it can be arranged in a crew rest compartment of an aircraft, wherein the unit comprises first means, second means and third means for changing the volume of the unit, wherein the unit comprises: a lying-down facility for crew members, wherein the lying-down facility comprises first means for displacing the lying-down facility, a front panel, wherein the front panel comprises second means for displacing the front panel, and a sidewall, wherein the sidewall comprises third means for displacing the sidewall. Furthermore, the application comprises a crew rest compartment for accommodating at least one crew member, wherein the crew rest compartment is designed to be arranged in an aircraft, wherein the crew rest compartment comprises a unit according to the invention. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110174926 | System and Method for Providing an Integrated User Interface System at a Seat - A light-weight and low-power integrated system module suitable for installation at a passenger seat disposed aboard a passenger vehicle and methods for manufacturing and using same. By integrating selected interface system components with the associated interconnections, the integrated system module provides an intuitive user interface system for interacting with a passenger entertainment system. The integrated system module can be installed within a seatback of the passenger seat that compliments the look and feel of the user interface system, creating an immersive entertainment experience during travel. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110186682 | SEAT MODULE FOR AN AIRCRAFT PASSENGER - A seat module for an aircraft passenger includes a seat including a horizontal squab and a backrest, and a separation panel extending along at least one side of the seat. The seat is configured to move between a straight position, in which the backrest of the seat extends approximately vertically, and a reclined position, in which the backrest extends in a plane approximately perpendicular to the separation panel. The separation panel is lined, on a surface portion facing the seat, with a trim configured to form a surface on which the passenger may sit or lie. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110204183 | PORTABLE TABLE - A portable table for reclining seats, non-reclining seats or even permanent bed structures of an aircraft is disclosed. The portable table includes a table-top and a stand assembly, wherein the table-top is pivotally connected to the stand assembly such that the table-top can move from an erect orientation in which the table-top is supported laterally to the stand assembly and a collapsed orientation in which the table-top is substantially parallel to the stand assembly. The stand assembly also includes a re-leasable connector in the form of a clamping device for releasably mounting the portable table to a railing or other suitable support structure on the side of a seat or a bed of an aircraft. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110210204 | PASSENGER SEAT SYSTEM INCORPORATING A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FURNITURE UNIT, AND AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM - 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. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210205 | AIRCRAFT CABIN - An aircraft cabin that comprises a plurality of compartments ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110215200 | Seat and Related Leg Rest and Mechanism and Method Therefor - In one embodiment now described, and according to one aspect of the invention. There is provided a leg rest mechanism | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110226900 | Seating Arrangement, Seat Unit, Tray Table and Seating System - A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110233333 | SMALL DIAMETER PRESSURE STRUCTURE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT CREW REST - An aircraft crew rest station includes an overhead crew rest portion including a central deck portion, forward and aft bunk portions, and a central entry vestibule connected between a passenger seating area and the central deck portion. The forward and aft bunk portions include a plurality of adjacent partitioned individual sleeping berths configured in interfitting alternating trapezoid shapes to optimize spatial accommodation of body proportions of crew members in the available aircraft space. The central deck portion includes an emergency escape hatch, a fold-down jump seat, and a fold-down entry door that removably covers a stairway of the central entry vestibule. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110253838 | AIRCRAFT SEAT - An aircraft seat in a cubicle able to provide privacy via a hidden, sliding/pocket door drawn to a seat-side end of a divider between adjacent seats from within a facing panel of the next divider in the line of seats. The divider provides a recessed backing for the seat; whilst a return recess provides foot rest space opposite the seat. The dividers are generally S-shaped in one form. The seat in one form is a double seat, in that it comprises a convertible seat and a fixed seat immediately next to each other. The fixed seat provides an alternative seating position when the convertible seat is in bed configuration and a seat for a friend when the convertible seat is in seat configuration. In one form not only the convertible seat, but also the fixed seat have seat belts, the latter seat's belts being provided in case of turbulence during use. The convertible seat has a seat squab, a backrest and a leg rest both pivotally connected to the seat squab that are reclinable via a reclining mechanism. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110260002 | Seating Arrangement, Seat Unit, Tray Table and Seating System - A row of a plurality of adjacent seats supported by a support frame. The seat includes a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest. The leg rest of each seat includes a leg support surface and is mounted relative to the seat frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest support surface are substantially coplanar. The leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can cooperate to define a reconfigurable horizontal support surface for at least one passenger. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110266392 | PASSENGER SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AEROPLANE - A passenger supply arrangement provides a communications system and comfort system for a passenger of an aeroplane. The passenger supply arrangement includes a presentation surface configured to be integrated into a backrest of a passenger seat of an aeroplane and a passenger supply module configured to be disposed above the passengers seats of the aeroplane. The passenger supply module includes at least one projector configured to project an image onto the presentation surface. The image includes a monitoring area for playback of video and an operating area for displaying and for actuation of operating elements of the passenger supply module. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110303790 | FRAME FOR A FLIGHT PASSENGER SEATING ROW - A frame for a flight passenger seating row having a front support structure and a rear support structure connected by means of at least one seat divider and at least one transverse beam. The seat divider(s) and the transverse beam(s) is/are easily releaseably connected to the front and/or rearsupport structure. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110309195 | Method and System for Flexible Seat Arrangement in Airplanes - The invention provides a method for adapting a seat row arrangement in an airplane in order to set seat row distances, wherein the currently desired pattern of seat row positions is stored in a control device and wherein the seat rows are mounted on seat tracks ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120012708 | PASSENGER SEAT DEVICE - A passenger seat device, particularly an airplane passenger seat device, including a visible surface body having a receiving region, which is provided for receiving a replaceable information carrier, and a fastening unit for fastening the information carrier in the receiving region. The fastening unit is provided for uncovered fastening of the information carrier. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120025018 | Class Divider - A class divider in an aircraft between a first seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a first kind and a second seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a second kind. The divider comprises a primary partition wall member that extends upwardly from cabin floor level and that is positioned facing said first seating arrangement and a secondary partition wall member that extends from divider contiguous portions of a seat of said second kind positioned in said second class. The seat of said second kind bridges space between the secondary partition wall member and the cabin floor. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025019 | Vehicle Seat with Reclining Back and Leg Rest - A passenger vehicle seat comprising, a seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest supported by a support frame, the leg rest of each seat moveably mounted relative to the support frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored position and (b) a fully deployed position where the seat pan and the leg rest are substantially coplanar, and wherein the seat pan is configurable between a substantially horizontal position, and one or more selected from an inclined and reclined position, and wherein the leg rest and the seat pan are coupled via an articulated coupling, so that movement of at least one selected from the leg rest and seat pan can cause movement of the other of the leg rest and seat pan. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120074259 | AIRFRAME INCLUDING CROSSMEMBERS FOR FIXING SEATS - The invention relates to an airframe having a substantially circular cross section in a lateral direction (Y) and which extends in the longitudinal direction (X). The airframe comprises, a plurality of rails for supporting seats, each rail being parallel to the longitudinal direction (X) of the airframe, a plurality of beams parallel to the rails; and a plurality of crossmembers aligned, in use, in the lateral direction (Y) of the airframe. Each crossmember supports only some of the successive rails, each crossmember being supported by only some of the successive beams in the lateral direction (Y) of the airframe with the beams forming part of a wing box and/or a main landing gear well of the airframe. Each crossmember comprises at least one connection to each of the beams that support it where each connection comprises at least one articulation about at least one axis. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120104165 | SLIDE-OUT BED POD - A pod assembly for use in an aircraft that includes a seat with a seat bottom and a seat back, a shell that at least partially surrounds the seat, and a bed associated with the shell. The bed is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position where the bed is generally flat. The bed is supported by the shell in the deployed position. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120132746 | Integrated User Interface System and Method - An integrated user interface system being disposed at a chair and methods for manufacturing and using same. The user interface system comprises one or more interface elements that are disposed at an armrest or other suitable chair location and that are obscured from view or otherwise de-emphasized when a user is distal from the user interface system. At least one selected interface element becomes emphasized when a user hand becomes proximate to the user interface system. The selected interface element can become emphasized, for example, by becoming visible and/or by forming a raised projection. Upon becoming emphasized, the selected interface element is activated for use and can be manipulated to interact with available system resources. The chair advantageously can appear to be an ordinary chair when the user interface system is not in use and can present the user interface system when the user wishes to access the system resources. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120187244 | AIRCRAFT CABIN MODULE AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT CABIN EQUIPPED WITH SAME - The invention relates to an aircraft cabin module ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120193471 | MODULAR ADAPTER PLATE SYSTEM - A modular adapter plate system ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120193472 | STAIRWAY FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A stairway used for gaining access from a theoretically horizontal lower level to a theoretically horizontal higher level, and including a succession of intermediate steps between these two levels. A subassembly of intermediate steps corresponding to the steps closest to the lower level is mobile between a first deployed position at which the lower intermediate steps are in the extension of other intermediate steps, and a raised position at which the lower intermediate steps are in a substantially vertical position. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120199695 | SELF-STOWING JUMPSEAT FOR AIRCRAFT - A self-stowing jumpseat consists of a seat frame that is deployed by pulling the seat frame out of a pocket formed in the edge of a bulkhead. Once the seat frame has been deployed and locked in position, the seat pan is folded down to enable a user to be seated. The seat pan is spring-loaded to fold up, so that when the user vacates the seat, the seat pan automatically folds up into the closed configuration. As it does so, an interlock lever attached to the seat pan trips the seat frame locks from their locked to their unlocked positions. The seat frame has a retraction mechanism that urges the seat into the pocket. Accordingly, as soon as the seat pan interlock lever releases the seat frame locks, the retraction mechanism causes the folded seat frame to move into the stowed position within the bulkhead. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120217344 | SEATING ARRANGEMENTS PARTICULARLY FOR PASSENGER AIRCRAFT - Seating arrangements for passenger aircraft or other vehicles are detailed. Some arrangements position seats at offsets from a longitudinal axis of a vehicle cabin in either “V” shapes or herringbone patterns. Other arrangements include seats that are staggered within the cabin. Further arrangements include pairs of seat that are both parallel and offset from the longitudinal axis, but are placed so that feet of the port and starboard passengers point away from the fuselage. All embodiments contemplate providing seats that are convertible to beds, although this conversion is not required. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120223186 | AIRCRAFT SEATING ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle seating arrangement can comprise a fore-facing lower seating assembly, an aft-facing lower assembly, and an upper seating assembly positioned between the fore-facing and aft-facing lower assemblies. The lower and upper assemblies can be configured to form a 3-seat unit in which a portion of a seat of said fore-facing and aft-facing lower seat assemblies underlaps a portion of an upper seating assembly. At least one of the fore-facing and aft-facing lower assemblies can be angled with respect to the upper seating assembly to shorten the overall linear dimension of the 3-seat unit and provide egress areas for lower passengers to aisle access. A vertical member can be configured to attach to the upper seating assembly and to a ceiling structure to reduce the load on the floor. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120248246 | SEAT SHELL AND INTEGRATED OVERHEAD STORAGE BIN - A lounge assembly configured to be positioned in the interior of an aircraft. The lounge assembly includes a first seat shell configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat, and an overhead storage bin assembly. The overhead storage bin assembly includes first and second posts configured to be secured to a floor of the aircraft, and an overhead bin housing supported by the first and second posts. The overhead bin housing includes at least a first overhead storage bin that is positioned generally above the first seat shell. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120273616 | SYSTEM FOR FASTENING A SEAT, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AIRCRAFT, ON SAID AIRCRAFT - System for fastening a seat, on the rest of an aircraft, of the type including a base associated with the rest of the seat and including hooking elements thereof on the rest of the aircraft, which can be moved between a retracted assembly/disassembly position of the seat and an active hooking position thereof on the rest of the aircraft, and locking elements for locking the hooking elements in the active position. The hooking elements include at least one hook-shaped heel to be engaged in an opening of the rest of the aircraft, and by movement of the base, under a hooking shoulder thereof, and the locking elements in the active position include pin-shaped locking members supported by the base and that can be moved between a position retracted in the base and an active position wherein the pin-shaped locking elements protrude from the base into an opening of the aircraft. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120298798 | Seating Arrangement - A 3-seat seating grouping is presented that includes a center seat configured for vertical translation from a lower position to a raised position when converted from an upright to an inclined mode. The center seat can be disposed between an aft-facing seating assembly and a fore-facing seating assembly, and be configured to overlap both when in a lie-flat position. Non-overlapping footspace can be shared between a center passenger and an aft-facing passenger. When upright, a center seat can be at the same height as a non-translating aft- or fore-facing seat, reducing loads on a seat track during aircraft take-off. Seats within the 3-seat group can be angled or aligned with respect to cabin longitudinal axis. A plurality of 3-seat groups can be combined in various orientations to span a cabin. Groups can be arranged to mirror each other to maximize seating directed to an aisle. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120305705 | SEAT WHICH CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A BED - 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. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120318918 | FLEXIBLE-USAGE TRAVEL SUITE - 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. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120325964 | SPACE EFFICIENT LAVATORY MODULE FOR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT - A space efficient lavatory module for commercial aircraft includes an aft facing concave wall recess that provides a greater distance from an upper, forward facing portion of a cabin structure, such as an aircraft passenger seat to avoid having a passenger's head impact the aft facing lavatory or enclosure wall in a sudden aircraft deceleration. The aft facing concave wall recess also provides space for mounting of a protective cushion, in order to reduce a passenger's risk of head trauma in a sudden deceleration, as well as other items, such as a video monitor, a bassinet or infant bed, without inhibiting passenger movement. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130001359 | TOILET ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE - 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. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130032668 | PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENTS - Passenger seating arrangements are detailed. At least some arrangements permit each passenger to access an aisle of a vessel without contacting an adjacent passenger. Movable footwells may be utilized to floor-level access when retracted and function as steps when extended as a seat is converted to a bed. This structure authorizes decrease in seat pitch without decrease of bed length, permitting additional seating to be included in a cabin of a vessel without diminishment of passenger comfort. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130043345 | SEATING SYSTEM AND PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - 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 ( | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130068887 | SEAT ARRANGEMENT OF A PASSENGER CABIN - A seat arrangement of a passenger cabin includes at least two seat groups. The at least two seat groups are arranged consecutively between two passenger aisles running parallel to a longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin and each have two outer seat units and just one central seat unit. The seat units are set in a seating configuration. A central seat unit of at least one of the at least two seat groups is arranged offset with respect to at least one of the outer seat units of the same seat group in the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin, as a result of which each seat unit has obstacle-free access to at least one cabin aisle. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130126671 | Unknown - There is provided an aircraft folding seat ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126672 | ROTATABLE CABIN ATTENDANT SEAT AND AIRCRAFT MONUMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH A ROTATABLE CABIN ATTENDANT SEAT - A cabin attendant seat ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130248653 | PREMIUM CLASS AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE WITH SEPARATE SEATING AREAS - A transportation passenger suite, including first and second spaced-apart end walls that define an at least partial enclosure adapted to be positioned along a longitudinal axis of a passenger cabin. A first seating assembly is positioned in the enclosure adjacent the first end wall of the passenger suite and facing in a first direction. A second seating assembly is positioned in the enclosure adjacent the second end wall of the passenger suite and faces in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction. A first table is positioned in the enclosure for use by an occupant seated in the first seating assembly, and a second table is positioned in the enclosure for use by an occupant seated in the second seating assembly. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130248654 | CANTILEVERED TRAY TABLE AND AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE INCLUDING THE SAME - A tray table assembly for a passenger seat including a table top having a cantilevered portion configured to slide horizontally between an overseat position and a position forward of a passenger seat, and a linear slide for providing horizontal motion of the table top, the linear slide configured to mount to a wall adjacent the passenger seat and support the table top in a horizontal position. A tray table assembly for an aircraft passenger suite. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130248655 | AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SUITE SEATING ARRANGEMENT - An aircraft passenger suite including one or more privacy walls arranged to define a seating area and a living area positioned to the side of the seating area, the seating area including a seat configured to achieve a horizontal bed position and the living area including at least one amenity for use by a passenger in the suite, the living area having a length substantially less than a length of the seating area such that the suite overlaps another suite in a longitudinal direction, and wherein an entrance to the suite is defined by a break in the one or more privacy walls. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130256456 | AIRCRAFT INTERIOR CONFIGURATION - An aircraft interior configuration includes a first passageway extending along a longitudinal axis of a fuselage of the aircraft and a second passageway extending along the longitudinal axis. A transitional region is disposed between the first passageway and the second passageway. The transitional region extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, between starboard and port sides of the aircraft. The transitional region is configurable from at least a first configuration to at least a second configuration. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130313365 | SPACE-OPTIMIZED CABIN ATTENDANT STANDING SEAT FOR AIRCRAFT - 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. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130320139 | SEAT STRUCTURE OF AIRPLANE - 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. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140014774 | CLASS DIVIDING PASSENGER SEAT BULKHEAD - 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. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140027572 | Sliding flight attendant seat - 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. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140117156 | SINGLE AISLE AIRCRAFT LAVATORY WITH OPTIMIZED USE OF FLOOR SPACE FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY - 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. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140151503 | DEVICE FOR AERIAL TRANSPORTATION AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN LITTERS - 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. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140166808 | Convertible cabin attendant seat - 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. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140175221 | Aircraft comprising a cockpit delocalized outside an upper part of the nose - The invention concerns an aircraft comprising a fuselage, a cockpit ( | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140175222 | Aircraft cockpit with an adjustable ergonomic instrument panel - The invention concerns an aircraft cockpit comprising at least one instrument panel ( | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140209741 | Aircraft monument comprising an integrated cabin attendant seat and aircraft area - 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. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140306060 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR PASSENGER SEATS AND PASSENGER SEATING SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE SEATING ARRANGEMENT FOR MEANS OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT - 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. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306061 | PASSENGER SEAT AND PASSENGER SEATING SYSTEM HAVING A FLEXIBLE SEATING ARRANGEMENT FOR MEANS OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT - 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. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140312173 | DOUBLE CABIN ATTENDANT SEAT - 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. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140319275 | COMPACT CABIN ATTENDANT SEAT STOWAGE - An aircraft monument that includes an enclosure with an enclosure interior, a compartment with a compartment interior positioned in the enclosure interior, and a stowable seat assembly disposed in the compartment. The compartment includes at least a first vertically oriented wall. The seat assembly includes a chair assembly with a back portion and a seat portion pivotably connected to the back portion along a seat pivot axis such that the seat is pivotable between closed and open positions. The chair assembly is movable between a stowed position where the seat pivot axis extends generally parallel to the first wall and the chair assembly is positioned in the compartment interior, and a deployed position where the seat pivot axis extends generally perpendicular to the first wall and the chair assembly is positioned outside of the compartment interior. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140326829 | Cabin attendant seat with additional support - A cabin attendant seat for an aircraft, a seat system comprising such a cabin attendant seat, an aircraft monument comprising such a cabin attendant seat and an aircraft comprising such an aircraft monument. The cabin attendant seat comprises a backrest element and a seat element. The cabin attendant seat is movable from a starting position into at least one end position. The cabin attendant seat further comprises an adapter element, the adapter element being arranged in the cabin attendant seat and configured to connect the cabin attendant seat, in the at least one end position, to an aircraft seat provided in the aircraft. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140332629 | WALL MOUNTED STOWAGE COMPARTMENT - A wall mounted stowage compartment for a passenger cabin of an aircraft includes a housing having a rearwardly facing wall mounted to a forwardly facing interior monument wall. The stowage compartment is located under an aft most passenger seat adjacent to the forwardly facing interior monument wall. The stowage compartment includes a stowage compartment drawer, and a protective breathing equipment compartment is mounted to a side wall of the aircraft cabin monument, and includes a forwardly facing edge that follows a contour of the forwardly facing wall of the aircraft cabin monument extending from a forwardly facing recess to the floor of the cabin. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140339364 | Aircraft region - An aircraft region comprising a main aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of an aircraft cabin, a door aisle extending along a transverse axis of the aircraft cabin substantially perpendicularly to the main aisle and an aircraft monument arranged in the door aisle and comprising at least one flight attendant seat facing a section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150021437 | MONOBEAM SEAT WITH HOUSING RECEPTACLE - A seat-floor assembly for a vehicle comprises a floor element and at least one monobeam seat fixed to the floor element by a beam. A seat cushion and a seat backrest fixed to the beam. The floor element comprises a stiffened panel structure, one face of which forms a top sole of at least one floor crossmember. The floor element further comprises a housing receptacle open on the top sole and fixed to the top sole and/or to the at least one floor crossmember. At least one monobeam seat is fixed to the beam. An aircraft fuselage comprises a floor with such seat-floor assemblies and reinforced by the structure of the floor elements. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150053817 | CREW REST AREA ON BOARD OF A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR AN AIRPLANE - An area on board of a vehicle, in particular of an airplane. The area has a compartment and an opening providing access to the compartment. The area includes a curtain arranged to be drawn in a closed position in which the curtain covers the opening. The curtain includes at least one magnetic curtain element provided along a lower edge of the curtain, and the area includes at least one magnetic opening element positioned along a lower edge of the opening, which at least one magnetic opening element and at least one magnetic curtain element are arranged to attract each other when the curtain is in the closed position. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150115101 | FLOOR CONNECTION ASSEMBLY OF AN AIRCRAFT SEAT - The invention relates to a floor connection assembly for the mechanical connection of an aircraft seat to a floor structure of an aircraft, comprising at least three fastening points, wherein the floor connection assembly can be fastened on at least three fastening points with in each case one fastening element to the floor structure. The floor connection assembly comprises an adapter plate, wherein the mechanical connection between the adapter plate and the fastening elements is supported about at least one axis in a substantially torque-free manner. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150129717 | Aircraft Lavatory Unit and Structure for Arranging Same - Provided are an aircraft lavatory unit and a structure for arranging the same. A space section of a uniform width extends in a straight line from a rear wall to a front wall between a first side wall and a second side wall. A toilet bowl is disposed near the end in the extending direction of the space section on a side with the rear wall. A storage box is disposed above the toilet bowl between the toilet bowl and the rear wall. A wash basin is provided on a top surface of the storage box. The width of the body frame where the second side wall is located is formed at the minimum dimensions sufficient to ensure that the space section is wide enough that a person can come and go between the doorway and the toilet bowl and sit on the toilet bowl. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150129718 | Aircraft Lavatory Unit and Structure for Arranging Same - An aircraft lavatory unit includes a second side wall having a long-space-section side wall and a wide-space-section side wall. The long-space-section side wall forms, between it and a first side wall, a long space section that extends with a uniform width. The wide-space-section side wall forms, between it and the first side wall, a wide space section that has a greater width than the long space section. A toilet bowl is arranged at an end in the extending direction of the long space section. A wash basin is arranged at one end in the width direction of the wide space section. A doorway is arranged in a front wall so as to be located closer to the other end in the width direction of the wide space section. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150136904 | SEATING ARRANGEMENT CONVERTIBLE TO A BUNK BED - A seating arrangement includes a seat with a seating surface and a top bunk disposed adjacent to the seat. The seat and the top bunk are configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the seat accommodates a user in a seated position and the top bunk is stowed. In the second configuration, the seat and the top bunk form a bunk bed configured to accommodate users in prone positions. In the first configuration, the seating surface is disposed at a first predetermined height. In addition, in the second configuration, the seating surface is disposed at a second predetermined height that is lower than the first predetermined height. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150136905 | AIRCRAFT SEATING CONFIGURATION - A passenger seating arrangement for an aircraft cabin that includes first and second adjacent columns of at least two seats that define a first longitudinally extending center axis that extends approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin. The seats in the first column face away from and form an angle with the first axis of between about 1° and about 44°, and the seats in the second column face away from and form an angle with the first axis of between about 1° and about 44°. Each seat in the first column is staggered fore of a seat in the second column. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150291282 | SEAT BELT ARRANGEMENT AND SEAT ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING SAME - A seat belt arrangement for a seat assembly of an aircraft for securing a passenger in a seat during travel. The seat belt arrangement comprises: a seat belt including at least a first belt portion to extend across a body part of the passenger seated on the seat; and a fastener member provided on the first belt portion, especially at a first end region of the first belt portion, for operation by the passenger to fasten and to release the seat belt across the body part of the passenger. A second end region of the first belt portion is anchored at a footing of the seat assembly or at a floor structure of the aircraft directly. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150298812 | AIRCRAFT SEAT CONFIGURATION AND ARRANGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention generally relates to passenger aircraft seats. The disclosure focuses on a seat unit arrangement ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150336674 | HIGH DENSITY FULL FLAT BUSINESS CLASS SEAT CABIN - Described are arrangements of seats, which include at least one column having rows of pairs of seats ( | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150360783 | BED EXTENSION - Described are arrangements of at least one column of seats for passengers of a vehicle, the column including a next-front seat unit positioned in front of a next-back seat unit, wherein each seat unit includes a seat having a chair position and a bed position, and a bed extension coupled to the next-front seat unit. The bed extension has a stowed position within the next-front seat unit and a deployed position that is located within a space between the next-front seat unit and the next-back seat unit that is not occupied by the seat in the next-back seat unit when the seat in the next-back seat unit is positioned in the bed position. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160009359 | HATCH ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160009397 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT SUPPORT | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160016667 | Seat Assembly, Seat Arrangement and Passenger Cabin for an Aircraft - A passenger cabin of an aircraft includes a seat arrangement that includes a number of seat assemblies. The seat assemblies include a seat structure having a seat backrest forming a backrest surface the and a seat cushion element forming a seat surface, and a passenger space partition, which spatially partitions a passenger space of the seat and which at least partially surrounds the seat structure and leaves open an access to the seat structure. The seat cushion element is moveable between a comfort position, in which the seat cushion element projects further into the access in order to provide a larger seat surface, and an access position in which the seat cushion element does not project as far or does not project at all into the access in order to make possible a wider access. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160052631 | BUNK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A bunk assembly is provided. The bunk assembly includes a first plurality of bunks including a first bunk and a second bunk coupled end-to-end with the first bunk. The first and second bunks each include a cutout that substantially align forming a bunk slot between the first and second bunks when coupled end-to-end. The first plurality of bunks also includes a third bunk stacked on top of the first and second bunks when positioned in the bunk slot. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160052632 | AIRCRAFT PASSENGER CABIN INTERIOR LAYOUT - An interior configuration of a corporate aircraft, comprises an entrance compartment ( | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160052633 | PASSENGER MODULE AND SEATING ARRAY FOR AN AIRCRAFT CABIN - A passenger module for a seating array for an aircraft cabin comprises: a pair of end walls generally extending in a first direction connected by at least one side wall generally extending in a second direction which is substantially orthogonal to the first direction, at least one of the walls defining an entrance to the module; at least one door assembly moveable from a stowed position in which the entrance is unobstructed by the door assembly to a deployed position in which the entrance is at least partially obstructed by the door assembly; an ottoman; and a seat assembly orientated in the second direction so as to face the ottoman. The ottoman is spaced from the seat in the second direction and the ottoman is wider in the first direction than the seat. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160059966 | SEATING ARRAY FOR AN AIRCRAFT CABIN - A seating array for an aircraft cabin comprises a plurality of passenger modules. Each module is defined by first and second end walls, includes a seat assembly and an ottoman, and has at least one door assembly moveable from a stowed position to a deployed position. The end walls extend substantially transversely to a longitudinal centerline of the aircraft cabin and are connected by at least one sidewall which defines an entrance to the module. When in the deployed position, the doorway will at least partially obstruct the entrance. The ottoman is spaced in a longitudinal direction of the array from the seat assembly. Each module is wider adjacent the seat assembly than adjacent the ottoman. The plurality of passenger modules is divided into at least two columns of modules, each column including at least two modules, the at least two columns being separated by an aisle. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160083093 | PASSENGER PERSONAL UNITS - A plurality of personal units for aircraft passengers is provided. Each personal unit is arranged to define a longitudinal axis. The personal units are arranged to form first and second columns along a floor to define respective first and second column axes, the personal units in each column being arranged side-by-side in a longitudinally offset relationship at an acute angle to the respective column axis. Each personal unit is arranged to define a personal space for accommodating a person in a seated position and accommodating the person in a recumbent position. At least some of the personal units are arranged such that a portion of the personal space of the respective personal unit is arranged in a stacked relationship, in a direction perpendicular to the floor, with respect to a portion of the personal space of a personal unit in the respective other column. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160083094 | AIRCRAFT SEAT - An aircraft seat with a seat zone comprising a seat surface and a backrest and extending in a viewing direction frontward from the backrest over the seat surface along a longitudinal seat axis, and with a console, which is arranged laterally of the seat zone and in the interior space of which a foot space is implemented that is open counter to the viewing direction toward the rear side of the backrest and extends with a frontward insert direction along a longitudinal foot space axis, wherein the seat zone and the foot space are arranged at an angle to each other. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160083098 | AIRCRAFT AND SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLIES FOR VIBRATION ISOLATION OF FLOOR MOUNTED COMPONENTS - Aircraft, vibration isolation assemblies, and methods of assembling vibration isolation assemblies are provided. An aircraft includes a fuselage, a mounted component disposed within the fuselage, and a vibration isolation assembly disposed within the fuselage and mounting the mounted component to the fuselage. The vibration isolation assembly includes a mounting track, an inner member, a support fitting, and an elastomer. The mounting track defines a cavity and an opening. The inner member has a post and a flange, where the flange is disposed in the cavity. The support fitting is secured to the post and the mounted component. The elastomer is disposed between the flange and the mounting track within the cavity. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160096626 | AIRCRAFT SEATING NETWORK INTERFACE - A networked suite of aircraft-seat devices is disclosed, wherein the devices receive both power and network communications via the same terminal. The devices may be connected by a two-wire connection and may be configured in a daisy chain. Various aircraft seat devices, such as actuators, may be directly connected to the network or connected via control modules connected to the network. One device on the network may be designated as a master device for controlling network configuration. A method of automatically addressing network devices includes measuring a first quiescent current through the network, enabling an addressing current in unaddressed devices, and measuring the change in current at each device after enabling the addressing currents to determine the last device in the chain. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160122022 | AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT FIXING SYSTEMS AND ARRANGEMENTS - An aircraft passenger seating system comprises an array of floor panels ( | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160137301 | PASSENGER CONTROL CENTER - A passenger control center for an airplane comprising: a pair of seats; a dome enclosing the pair of seats; a base supporting the dome and the pair of seats; a solar panel on a top surface of the dome; a back panel for the dome, where the back panel stores a parachute; a hinge along a rear edge of the base; and a beacon warning indicator in the center of the solar panel. The passenger control center serves as means to survive an accident or emergency on an aircraft. The passenger control center is preferably ejectable and thus provides a means for safe escape and survival of an air disaster | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160144963 | DEVICE INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE COMFORT OF PASSENGERS OF A MEANS OF TRANSPORT WITHOUT CHANGING THE PASSENGER CARRYING CAPACITY OF SAME - Disclosed is a two-level modular passenger seating structure mounted in the compartment of a transport device, between a floor and a ceiling. The modular structure consists in a rigid structure defined by—two parallel vertical side walls extending parallel to the longitudinal axis,—a rear structure,—a lower structure resting on the floor of the compartment and attached to same, and—an upper structure rigidly connected to the ceiling of the compartment, and lower cells and upper cells between the walls and structures. The lower and upper cells are open to one of the side walls. Passengers access the lower cells of the lower level from the side of one vertical side wall of the rigid structure and at a first level of the compartment, and passengers access the upper cells of the upper lever from the opposite side, at a relatively raised level. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160167784 | PARTITION WALL FOR A VEHICLE CABIN, A MONUMENT ARRANGEMENT IN A CABIN OF A TRANSPORTATION MEANS, AND A TRANSPORTATION MEANS WITH A CABIN ALONG WITH AT LEAST ONE SUCH PARTITION WALL ARRANGED THEREIN | 06-16-2016 |
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