IP Library Granted Patent US 8,814,095
Granted Patent B2
US 8,814,095 · App. 13/230,397 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Ceiling panel having curtain rail in a transport cabin

Inventors: Andreas Neumann (Wakendorf, DE); Anja Zubel-Kesoglou (Hamburg, DE); Adam Walker (Daphne, AL)
Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH; Airbus Americas Engineering, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,814,095
App. No.
13/230,397
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ceiling panel is configured for attaching a curtain in a cabin of a transportation device with an attachment unit, a mounting unit, and a curtain attachment unit. The ceiling panel is configured to integrate the attachment unit, the attachment unit is configured to attach the mounting unit to the ceiling panel, the mounting unit is configured to attach the curtain attachment unit, and the curtain attachment unit is configured to support the curtain.

Claims (40)

1. A device for attaching a curtain in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising:

a first attachment unit;

a second attachment unit;

a ceiling panel that supports the first attachment unit and the second attachment unit, and the first attachment unit and the second attachment unit are integrated in the ceiling panel, the ceiling panel attached in the passenger cabin of the aircraft between two overhead stowage bins;

a first mounting unit movably attached to the first attachment unit;

a second mounting unit movably attached to the second attachment unit;

a curtain attachment unit supported by the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit, and the curtain attachment unit supports the curtain,

wherein the first mounting unit that is movably attached to the first attachment unit is movable along a first longitudinal extension of the first attachment unit and the second mounting unit is movably attached to the second attachment unit and is movable along a second longitudinal extension of the second attachment unit.

2. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first attachment unit is a rail.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a sealing unit, the sealing unit configured to:

punch through the first mounting unit;

cover the first attachment unit; and

integrate in the first attachment unit.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a plug-in system configured to attach the first mounting unit to the first attachment unit,

wherein the first attachment unit is a defined raster for the plug-in system.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first mounting unit is configured to attach the curtain attachment unit in a transverse direction to a longitudinal direction of the ceiling panel.

6. A method of attaching a curtain in a cabin of a transportation device, the method comprising:

integrating a first attachment unit in a ceiling panel;

integrating a second attachment unit in the ceiling panel;

movably attaching a first mounting unit to the first attachment unit;

movably attaching a second mounting unit to the second attachment unit;

attaching a curtain attachment unit to the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit; and

attaching the curtain to the curtain attachment unit,

wherein the first mounting unit that is movably attached to the ceiling panel is movable with respect to the first attachment unit and the second mounting unit that is movably attached to the ceiling panel is movable along a second longitudinal extension of the second attachment unit.

7. The method of claim 6 , further:

covering the first attachment unit with a sealing unit after integrating the first attachment unit in the ceiling panel;

punching the sealing unit through the first mounting unit while attaching the first mounting unit to the first attachment unit,

wherein the ceiling panel is configured for attachment in a passenger cabin of the transportation device between two overhead storage bins, and

wherein the transportation device is an aircraft.

8. An aircraft, comprising:

an aisle;

a first attachment unit;

a second attachment unit;

a ceiling panel installed above the aisle, the ceiling panel supports the first attachment unit and the second attachment unit, and the first attachment unit and the second attachment unit are integrated in the ceiling panel, the ceiling panel attached in a passenger cabin of the aircraft between two overhead storage bins;

a first mounting unit movably attached to the first attachment unit;

a second mounting unit movably attached to the second attachment unit; and

a curtain attachment unit supported by the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit, and the curtain attachment unit supports a curtain,

wherein the first mounting unit that is movably attached to the first attachment unit is movable along a first longitudinal extension of the first attachment unit and the second mounting unit that is movably attached to the second attachment unit is movable along a second longitudinal extension of the second attachment unit.

9. The aircraft of claim 8 , wherein the ceiling panel is configured to integrate the first attachment unit in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 30, 2019
From: AIRBUS AMERICAS ENGINEERING INC.
To: AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC.
Reel/Frame 048194/0977 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2011
From: NEUMANN, ANDREAS; ZUBEL-KESOGLOU, ANJA; WALKER, ADAM
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH; AIRBUS AMERICAS ENGINEERING, INC.
Reel/Frame 027456/0745 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 012 754 · Mar 12, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTEP2010052678 · Mar 3, 2010
Provisional Application 61159646 · Mar 12, 2009
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