IP Library Granted Patent US 7,931,047
Granted Patent B2
US 7,931,047 · App. 11/813,341 · Granted Apr 26, 2011

Arrangement of line connections for installations in an aircraft passenger cabin

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Patent No.
US 7,931,047
App. No.
11/813,341
Granted
Apr 26, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an arrangement of line connections for installations in an aircraft passenger cabin. The arrangement comprises a line connection element for accommodating several line connections; wherein the line connection element has a fixed position in the floor grid; wherein the line connections are adaptable to system lines of aircraft systems; and wherein the installations are adaptable by way of flexible inlet lines on the line connection element.

Claims (22)

1. An arrangement of at least one installation and at least two line connection ports in an aircraft passenger cabin, wherein

an installation has several line connections;

wherein the line connection ports are transition devices between aircraft systems below a floor grid of the aircraft passenger cabin and the at least one installation;

wherein the line connection ports have fixed positions in the floor grid;

wherein each of the line connection ports has several line connections;

wherein the line connection ports are configured to be connected to system lines of the aircraft systems; and

wherein one of the line connection ports is configured to be connected to the several line connections of the installation by way of flexible inlet lines,

the at least one installation being movable relative to the line connection ports.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the several line connections of a line connection port correspond to the design of an installation as a galley.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the several line connections of a line connection port correspond to the design of an installation as a toilet.

4. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the several line connections of a line connection port are designed such that, if they are not used, they can be closed off in the line connection port.

5. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the installation comprises an installation space, within which installation space the flexible inlet lines can be adapted to position changes of the location of the installation space by means of adjustable lengths of the lines in a longitudinal direction.

6. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the inlet lines are corrugated flexible hoses.

7. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the inlet lines are flexible lines or hoses.

8. The arrangement of claim 1 ,

wherein the inlet lines are pipes that can be slid one into another.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2007
From: GONNSEN, JOHANNES; FOKKEN, MARKUS; DUPONT, MICHAEL; HARRIEHAUSEN, MICHAEL; LEHMANN, LARS; SCHEEL, MARC; REPP, STEFAN
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 019623/0447 →