PASSENGER COMPARTMENT

• US 20070034742A1
• Filed: 07/28/2006
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Doebertin, Oliver, Jaeger, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 7,721,990 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/118.600
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00 Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0601 Arrangement of seats for non-standard seating layouts, e.g. seats staggered horizontally or vertically, arranged in an angled or fishbone layout, or facing in other directions than the direction of flight
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0604 including a bed, e.g. cocoon type passenger seat modules
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0606 with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like class dividers B64D11/0023
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0641 Seats convertible into beds
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/40 Weight reduction

Abstract

The field relates to a compartment of an aircraft. The compartment is delimited by a section of the outer wall of the cabin, as well as by two identical foldable partition segments that delimit the compartment from adjacent compartments. So that a compartment passenger'"'"'s compliance with the requirement to fasten the seat belt may nonetheless be verified during the flight, the partition segments are arranged such that between them access openings to the compartment are created.

Claims

1. A compartment for installation in the cabin space of a commercial aircraft, comprising:

a first angled partition segment;

a second angled partition segment; and

an outer wall section of the cabin of the commercial aircraft,

wherein the first partition segment and the second partition have the same shape and are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the cabin space, at a distance from each other, defining a space for an opening for an access door to the compartment.

2. The compartment of claim 1, wherein both the first partition segment and the second partition segment comprise several straight partition sections that are arranged at such an angle in relation to each other that a first niche section is formed in the partition segments, the first niche section accommodating a seat and couch combination.

3. The compartment of claim 2, wherein the geometry of the compartment is such that the seat and couch combination is capable of forming a substantially horizontal bed.

4. The compartment of claim 2, wherein both the first partition segment and the second partition segment comprise:

a first partition section that extends spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the outer wall section of the cabin, the first partition section forming a first side partition of the first niche section;

a second partition section forming a rear partition of the first niche section; and

a third partition section having an angled portion, the third partition section forming a second side partition of the first niche section, the second side partition arranged opposite the first side partition of the first niche section and closing the compartment off to the outer wall section of the cabin.

5. The compartment of claim 4, wherein the first partition section is pivotably connected to the second partition section and the second partition section is pivotably connected to the third partition section.

6. The compartment of claim 4, wherein the first side partition and the second side partition, when viewed in horizontal projection, are observed to be angled divergent from each other, starting from the rear partition of the first niche section.

7. The compartment of claim 5, wherein the third partition section together with the outer wall section of the cabin forms in the compartment a second niche section, opposite of the first niche section.

8. The compartment of claim 1, wherein the first partition segment forms a front partition of the compartment, separating the compartment from a first adjacent compartment, and the second partition segment forms a rear partition of the compartment, thus separating the compartment from a second adjacent compartment.

9. The compartment of claim 1, wherein a floor of the cabin space of the commercial aircraft comprises seat rails and the seat and couch combination and the first and second partition segments are fixed by the seat rails to the floor of the cabin space.

10. The compartment of claim 4, wherein at least the first partition section is of a sufficient height such that a person of average stature is unable to view the compartment by looking over the first partition section.

11. The compartment of claim 8, wherein the first partition section is at least 180 cm in height.

12. The compartment of claim 4, wherein a median or a bisecting line of the first side partition and of the second side partition is arranged at an angle in a range of 15°

-23°

in relation to the outer wall section of the cabin.

13. The compartment of claim 1, wherein the first partition segment and the second partition segment are made from a laminated material.

14. A compartment arrangement, comprising at least two nested compartments according to claim 1, such that the first niche section is arranged adjacent to the second niche section, and is separated by the third partition section.