MONUMENT COMPLEX FOR AN AIRCRAFT REAR AREA

• US 20120273614A1
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Ehlers, Bernd, Herzog, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,925,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/118.5
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 1/1423 Passenger doors
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/02 Toilet fittings of general application A47K
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/04 Galleys
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2011/0046 Modular or preassembled units for creating cabin interior structures

Abstract

A monument complex is provided for a rear area of a passenger cabin. The rear contour of the monument complex is adapted to the contour of the bulkhead so that an additional wash basin can be installed without there being any loss of space in the passenger cabin.

Claims

1. An aircraft comprising a monument complex mounted in a rear area of a cabin of the aircraft, the monument complex comprising:

a system component;

a rear contour configured as a non-planar wall that is at least in part adapted to a curved contour of the rear area of the cabin, the rear contour further defining a space; and

an entrance region arranged in front of the system component with respect to a flight direction, and

wherein the system component is at least in part arranged in the space.

2. The aircraft of claim 1, wherein the system component comprises at least one of a wash basin and a floor cupboard with systems engineering equipment contained therein.

3. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the rear contour of the cabin is predetermined by a bulkhead.

4. The aircraft of claim 1, further comprising a second system component,

wherein the second system component is a lavatory.

5. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the rear contour is a three-dimensionally curved surface.

6. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the monument complex further comprises two on-board lavatory modules.

7. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the monument complex further comprises a galley module.

8. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the monument complex and components installed therein project at least in part into the space.

9. The aircraft of claim 1, further comprising:

a first door to a first sub-area of the monument complex; and

a second door to a second sub-area of the monument complex,

wherein the first door encompasses an angle other than approximately 180 degrees relative to the second door.

10. The aircraft of claim 6, further comprising:

a dividing wall configured to separate the two on-board lavatory modules from each other,

wherein the dividing wall is arranged in an approximate middle of the monument complex.

11. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the rear contour is a continuous wall.

12. The aircraft of claim 1,

wherein the monument complex comprises two sub-modules that during installation in the cabin are inserted separately from each other into the cabin.

13. The aircraft claim 1,

wherein the cabin is a passenger cabin.