Under floor remote seat cluster and integrated housing system for aircraft passenger entertainment systems and the like
First Claim
1. A remote cluster system for providing a plurality of passenger seats with passenger services within an aircraft, the aircraft having a passenger cabin with a floor supporting the plurality of passenger seats, the cluster system comprising:
- a motherboard, having;
a power input connection in communication with an aircraft electrical power source;
a signal input connection in communication with an aircraft passenger seat services unit;
a plurality of circuit board slots in communication with the power input connection and signal input connection; and
a plurality of passenger seat output connectors, each output connector communicating with at least one of said circuit board slots;
the cluster system further comprising;
a plurality of circuit boards, each removably engaged in an associated one of said circuit board slots of the motherboard; and
a plurality of passenger seat service cables communicating between a plurality of passenger seats and said passenger seat output connectors;
wherein each passenger seat communicates with a dedicated one of the circuit boards via a dedicated one of each of the output connectors and service cables.
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Abstract
A remote cluster system for providing a number of passenger seats with passenger services within an aircraft passenger cabin. The cluster includes a motherboard, having a power input connection in communication with an aircraft electrical power source; a signal input connection in communication with an aircraft passenger seat services unit; a number of circuit board slots in communication with the power input connection and signal input connection; and a number of passenger seat output connectors, each output connector communicating with at least one of the circuit board slots. A number of circuit boards are each removably engaged in an associated circuit board slot of the motherboard and passenger seat service cables communicate between the passenger seats and each passenger seat output connector. Preferably, each passenger seat has a dedicated passenger seat output connector, a dedicated passenger seat service cable and a dedicated circuit board to accommodate passenger service upgrades and simplify maintenance troubleshooting.
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34 Claims
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1. A remote cluster system for providing a plurality of passenger seats with passenger services within an aircraft, the aircraft having a passenger cabin with a floor supporting the plurality of passenger seats, the cluster system comprising:
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a motherboard, having;
a power input connection in communication with an aircraft electrical power source;
a signal input connection in communication with an aircraft passenger seat services unit;
a plurality of circuit board slots in communication with the power input connection and signal input connection; and
a plurality of passenger seat output connectors, each output connector communicating with at least one of said circuit board slots;
the cluster system further comprising;
a plurality of circuit boards, each removably engaged in an associated one of said circuit board slots of the motherboard; and
a plurality of passenger seat service cables communicating between a plurality of passenger seats and said passenger seat output connectors;
wherein each passenger seat communicates with a dedicated one of the circuit boards via a dedicated one of each of the output connectors and service cables. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A remote cluster system for providing a plurality of passenger seats with passenger services within an aircraft, the aircraft having a passenger cabin with a floor supporting the plurality of passenger seats, the cluster system comprising:
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a motherboard, having;
a power input connection in communication with an aircraft electrical power source;
a signal input connection in communication with an aircraft passenger seat services unit;
a plurality of circuit board slots in communication with the power input connection and signal input connection; and
a plurality of passenger seat output connectors, each output connector communicating with at least one of said circuit board slots;
the cluster system further comprising;
a plurality of circuit boards, each removably engaged in an associated one of said circuit board slots of the motherboard; and
a plurality of passenger seat service cables communicating between a plurality of passenger seats and said passenger seat output connectors;
at least one housing, about the motherboard and circuit boards, recessed beneath the aircraft passenger cabin floor surface adjacent the passenger seats, each housing having;
a removable top cover;
side walls; and
,a bottom wall defining an interior compartment;
wherein the aircraft cabin floor comprises;
a plurality of spaced apart transverse floor beams with a top beam flange;
a plurality of longitudinal joists supported by the transverse floor beams, each joist having a seat support track in a top joist flange thereof; and
, a plurality of floor panels mounted to at least one of the flanges;
the housing including a laterally extending cover frame mounted to the flanges. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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