PASSENGER READING LIGHT INTEGRATED IN PSU/EMERGENCY OXYGEN DEVICE

• US 20130340749A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zodiac Aerotechnics
• Original Assignee: Wolfgang Rittner
• Inventors: RITTNER, WOLFGANG, Meckes, Rudiger, Hoffmann, Frederik
• Application Number:
  US13/530,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20130340749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/202.13
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 25/005 for high altitude
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 7/14 for high-altitude aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00 Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2231/025 Oxygen masks; Mask storages seats combined with storage means, said storage means being specially adapted for emergency equipment B64D11/0629; Features related to mask deployment

Abstract

The invention relates to a passenger service unit for passenger of an aircraft, comprising an emergency oxygen device comprising an oxygen source, a control unit and means for delivering oxygen from the oxygen source to a passenger, an emergency energy storage unit connected to the emergency oxygen device for providing energy to start and/or control oxygen supply in case of an emergency situation, wherein a light source connected to the emergency energy storage unit and an emergency light control unit adapted to activate said light source at the time the emergency oxygen device has been activated.

Claims

1. Passenger service unit for passenger of an aircraft, comprising

an emergency oxygen device comprising an oxygen source, a control unit and means for delivering oxygen from the oxygen source to a passenger,

an emergency energy storage unit connected to the emergency oxygen device for providing energy to start and/or control oxygen supply in case of an emergency situation

characterized by a light source connected to the emergency energy storage unit and an emergency light control unit adapted to activate said light source at the time the emergency oxygen device has been activated.

2. Passenger service unit according to claim 1,

characterized in that the light source is adapted to be used as a reading light during non-emergency situations and is connected to a manual switch for activating said light source manually.

3. Passenger service unit according to claim 1,

characterized by a connecting terminal for connecting said light source to an onboard energy supply system of the aircraft.

4. Passenger service unit according to claim 1,

characterized by an energy harvesting element, in particular a photovoltaic element, a Peltier element or a mechano-electrical energy converter for converting vibrations of the passenger service unit into electrical energy, connected to the emergency energy storage unit for charging said emergency energy storage unit.

5. Passenger service unit according to claim 1,

characterized in that the emergency oxygen device further comprises an oxygen mask connected to said oxygen source via an oxygen tube, wherein said oxygen mask is stored within said passenger service unit behind a releasable cover lid,

said cover lid being fixed in a closed position during non-emergency situation and is adapted to be released from said closed position to provide access to the oxygen mask in an emergency situation,

wherein said emergency light control unit is adapted to activate said light source upon release of said cover lid.

6. Passenger service unit according to claim 5,

characterized in that the light source is arranged behind said cover lid.

7. Passenger service unit according to claim 1,

characterized in that the activated light source produces a light beam having a limited cross-sectional area and wherein an oxygen mask is arranged in a storage space and connected to the oxygen mask via a tube in such a position to hang down in a path after being released from the storage space in an emergency situation wherein said path is at least partially, preferably completely illuminated by the light beam of said light source.