IP Library Granted Patent US 11,214,176
Granted Patent B2
US 11,214,176 · App. 16/377,694 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Rail covering for a sliding seat rail between two passenger seats in a cabin of a vehicle

Inventor: Claus-Peter Gross (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
B60N2/0725B64D11/0696
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Patent No.
US 11,214,176
App. No.
16/377,694
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rail covering for a sliding seat rail between two passenger seats in a cabin of a vehicle has a first and a second elongate covering element. The first and second covering elements are formed complementary with respect to each other, allowing the first covering element to telescopically engage with a lower side of the second covering element. The first covering element has, at least in regions on a lower side, a first guide which displaceably holds the first covering element on the sliding seat rail along the main direction of extent thereof. The second covering element has an open end arranged on the end side and, at an end arranged oppositely on the end side on a lower side, has a second guide which displaceably holds the second covering element on the sliding seat rail along the main direction of extent thereof.

Claims (27)

1. A rail covering for a sliding seat rail between two passenger seats in a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:

a first elongate covering element, and

a second elongate covering element,

the first covering element and the second covering element being formed in a complementary manner with respect to each other, such that the first covering element engages telescopically with a lower side of the second covering element,

the first covering element having, at least in regions on a lower side, a first guide means which holds the first covering element on the sliding seat rail so as to be displaceable along a main direction of extent of the sliding seat rail, and

the second covering element having an open end arranged on an end side and, at an end arranged oppositely on the end side on the lower side, having a second guide means which holds the second covering element on the sliding seat rail so as to be displaceable along the main direction of extent of the sliding seat rail.

2. The rail covering according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second guide means comprise two spaced-apart projections which are arranged along a longitudinal axis of a relevant covering element.

3. The rail covering according to claim 2 , wherein a distance of the projections from each other is variable, and wherein the projections have a bulge at least in regions transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis.

4. The rail covering according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering element has a first bell-shaped or hood-shaped profile cross section which is formed perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of said first covering element.

5. The rail covering according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second covering element has a second bell-shaped or hood-shaped profile cross section which is formed perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of said second covering element, and

wherein longitudinal edges of the second profile cross section each have an inwardly directed fold which forms a gap for an insertion of the first covering element.

6. The rail covering according to claim 1 , wherein the second guide means has an extent along the lower side of the second covering element, along a longitudinal axis thereof, said extent corresponding to at least one tenth of an extent of the second covering element along the longitudinal axis thereof.

7. The rail covering according to claim 6 , wherein the extent of the second guide means corresponds at most to a quarter of the extent of the second covering element along the longitudinal axis thereof.

8. The rail covering according to claim 1 , wherein the first guide means has an extent along the lower side of the first covering element along a longitudinal axis thereof, said extent substantially corresponding to the extent of the lower side of the first covering element along the longitudinal axis thereof.

9. The rail covering according to claim 1 , wherein the first covering element and the second covering element each have a flange, which faces away from the lower side, for the fastening to a fitted element.

10. The rail covering according to claim 9 , wherein the flange of the second covering element is arranged above the second guide means.

11. A passenger seat system for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of passenger seat devices each having a seat frame, and

a rail system with at least two spaced-apart sliding seat rails running parallel to one another,

the seat frame having two pairs of spaced-apart seat legs each connected to a fastening element,

the fastening elements being in engagement with the sliding seat rails, and

the sliding seat rail between two passenger seat devices arranged one behind the other being covered with a rail covering according to claim 1 .

12. A vehicle comprising:

a cabin,

a cabin floor, and

a passenger seat system according to claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2019
From: GROSS, CLAUS-PETER
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 048825/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018108296.7 · Apr 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190308526A1 · Oct 10, 2019
Cited By (1)
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