Securing system, retaining device and portable mounting adapter for passenger appliances in an aircraft

• US 10,252,803 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG (Deutsche Lufthansa AG)
• Original Assignee: Lufthansa Technik AG (Deutsche Lufthansa AG)
• Inventors: Muirhead, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Larson, Justin
• Application Number:
  US14/432,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20150329209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,021 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0015 Back-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0098 using electric or electronic means, e.g. alarms, codes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0015 Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00152 Seat back fixtures for removable monitors, e.g. tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/06 Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0624 Arrangements of electrical connectors, e.g. for earphone, internet or electric supply
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0017 Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops

Abstract

The invention concerns a securing system for passenger appliances in an aircraft, the securing system comprising a retaining device which can be mounted on or in an aircraft seat. The retaining device comprises a connection device, the connection device being displaceable between a park position and a use position. The securing system has a portable mounting adapter, the mounting adapter having a connection arrangement, and the connection device and the connection arrangement being detachably and mechanically connectable to each other in load-bearing manner. The mounting adapter is arranged to be connected to the passenger appliance in load-bearing manner.

Claims

1. A fastening system for passenger devices in an airplane, comprising:

a holding apparatus,

wherein the holding apparatus is configured to be mounted in or on an airplane seat, and

wherein the holding apparatus comprises;

a connecting apparatus,

wherein the connecting apparatus is displaceable between a park position and a use position;

a portable carrier adapter,

wherein the portable carrier adapter has a connecting device,

wherein when the connecting apparatus is in the use position, the connecting apparatus and the connecting device are releasably connectable to one another in a mechanically load-bearing manner,

wherein when the connecting apparatus is in the park position, the connecting apparatus and the connecting device are not connectable,

wherein the portable carrier adapter is equipped to be connected to a passenger device in a mechanically load-bearing manner; and

an NFC reader; and

a releasable locking device,

wherein the releasable locking device releasably locks the connecting apparatus and the connecting device together.

2. The fastening system according to claim 1,

wherein when the holding apparatus is mounted in or on the airplane seat and the connecting apparatus is in the park position, the connecting apparatus is recessed in the airplane seat.

3. The fastening system according to claim 1,

wherein the carrier adapter is:

(i) rotatable with respect to the holding apparatus about a first axis,

(ii) tiltable about a second axis, or

(iii) rotatable with respect to the holding apparatus about the first axis and tiltable about the second axis,

when the connecting apparatus and the connecting device are connected to one another in the mechanically load-bearing manner in the use position.

4. The fastening system according to claim 1,

wherein the releasable locking device locks the connecting apparatus and the connecting device together via a mechanical connection between the connecting device and the connecting apparatus, and

wherein the releasable locking device releases exclusively by an extraction tool.

5. The fastening system according to claim 1,

wherein the holding apparatus further comprises:

an RFID reader.

6. The fastening system according to claim 1,

wherein the holding apparatus is configured to be arranged on an armrest of the airplane seat,

wherein the fastening system comprises a holding arm, and

wherein the holding arm is connected at one end to the airplane seat and on whose other end the holding apparatus is mounted.

7. The fastening system according to claim 1,

wherein the releasable locking device locks the connecting apparatus and the connecting device together via a mechanical connection between the connecting device and the connecting apparatus, and

wherein the releasable locking device releases in an electronically controlled manner.

8. The fastening system according to claim 7,

wherein the holding apparatus further comprises

an RFID reader, and

wherein the mechanical connection between the connecting device and the connecting apparatus releases in an electronically controlled manner by way of:

(i) the RFID reader,

(ii) the NFC reader, or

(iii) the RFID reader and the NFC reader.

9. A holding apparatus for a passenger device in an airplane,

wherein the holding apparatus is configured to be mounted in or on an airplane seat, and

wherein the holding apparatus comprises:

a connecting apparatus,

wherein the connecting apparatus is displaceable between a park position and a use position,

wherein when the connecting apparatus is in the use position, the connecting apparatus is configured to releasably connect to a connecting device of a portable carrier adapter such that the connecting apparatus and the connecting device releasably connect to one another in a mechanically load-bearing manner,

wherein when the connecting apparatus is in the park position, the connecting apparatus and the connecting device are not connectable, and

wherein the portable carrier adapter is equipped to be connected to the passenger device in a load-bearing manner;

an NFC reader; and

a releasable locking device,

wherein the releasable locking device releasably locks the connecting apparatus and the connecting device together.

10. The holding apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein when the connecting apparatus is in the park position, the connecting apparatus is recessed.

11. The holding apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the connecting apparatus has a protrusion on one end.

12. The holding apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the holding apparatus is configured to be arranged on an armrest of the airplane seat.

13. The holding apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the holding apparatus is configured to be arranged on a rear side of an airplane seat.

14. A portable carrier adapter for a passenger device in an airplane, comprising:

a connecting device,

wherein the portable carrier adapter is equipped to be connected to a passenger device in a mechanically load-bearing manner,

wherein the connecting device is configured to releasably connect to a connecting apparatus of a holding apparatus such that the connecting device and the connecting apparatus releasably connect to one another in a mechanically load-bearing manner, when the connecting apparatus is in a use position,

wherein the holding apparatus is equipped for connection in or on an airplane seat, and

wherein the holding device comprises an NFC reader,

wherein the connecting apparatus is displaceable between a park position and the use position,

wherein when the connecting apparatus is in the park position, the connecting apparatus and the connecting device are not connectable; and

wherein the holding device comprises a releasable locking device,

wherein the releasable locking device releasably locks the connecting apparatus and the connecting device together.

15. The portable carrier adapter according to claim 14, further comprising:

an adhesive,

wherein the adhesive is configured to connect to one side of a mobile passenger device.

16. The portable carrier adapter according to claim 14, further comprising:

a connecting element,

wherein the connecting element is configured to connect to a housing shell for a mobile passenger device.

17. The portable carrier adapter according to claim 14, further comprising:

a shell,

wherein the shell is configured to accommodate a mobile passenger device in the shell.

18. The portable carrier adapter according to claim 14,

wherein the portable carrier adapter comprises a roll-up area for at least one cable.