FLOOR ELEMENT WITH ILLUMINATION

• US 20100193633A1
• Filed: 02/03/2010
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Budinger, Tilo, Vogel, Carsten
• Granted Patent: US 8,393,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/118.5
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/18 Floors
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2045/007 Indicators or signs in the cabin, e.g. exit signs or seat numbering
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/02 Arrangements or adaptations of signal or lighting devices

Abstract

The invention pertains to a floor element for a door area of an aircraft that comprises a floor segment and an illuminating device. The illuminating device is integrated into the floor segment. In addition, the illuminating device can be connected to a central control device of the aircraft such that the coordination and supervision of evacuation measures can be simplified.

Claims

1. A floor element for a door area of an aircraft, with the floor element comprising:

a floor segment to be mounted in the door area; and

an illuminating device with a light source;

wherein the illuminating device is integrated into the floor segment and realized such that it produces a visual boundary between the outside area of the aircraft and an inside area of the aircraft.

2. The floor element of claim 1,

wherein the light source of the illuminating device is realized in the form of a panel light.

3. The floor element of claim 1,

wherein the illuminating device comprises a light source in the form of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED).

4. The floor element of claim 1,

wherein the illuminating device comprises a cover of a hard-wearing and at least partially transparent material.

5. The floor element of claim 1,

wherein the illuminating device comprises a light source in the form of a light-emitting diode that is arranged in a lateral region of the illuminating device;

and

wherein the illuminating device further comprises a diffusor that is designed for distributing the light generated by the light-emitting diode in a largely uniform fashion.

6. The floor element of claim 1, further comprising:

a housing that encloses the illuminating device;

wherein the housing comprises a cooling element for cooling the light source.

7. The floor element of claim 1,

wherein the floor element is realized in the form of a door sill.

8. The floor element of claim 1, further comprising:

a first interface for connecting the illuminating device to a control unit of the aircraft.

9. The floor element of claim 1,

wherein the illuminating device comprises at least one first light source and one second light source that is separated from the first light source;

wherein the first light source is realized such that it produces a visual boundary between an outside area of the aircraft and an inside area of the aircraft; and

wherein the second light source is realized in the form of an emergency illumination for marking an emergency exit.

10. The floor element of claim 9,

wherein the second light source comprises a second interface for being connected to an emergency illumination power supply.

11. An aircraft comprising:

a door area; and

a floor element for the door area, the floor element comprising;

a floor segment to be mounted in the door area;

an illuminating device with a light source;

wherein the illuminating device is integrated into the floor segment and realized such that it produces a visual boundary between an outside area of the aircraft and an inside area of the aircraft.

12. The aircraft of claim 11 realized in the form of a passenger aircraft.