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Granted Patent B2
US 9,580,176 · App. 14/278,118 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Aircraft region

Inventors: Bernd Ehlers (Hamburg, DE); Martin Metten (Hamburg, DE); Stefan Behrens (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
B64D11/06B64D11/00B64D11/0629B64D11/0691B64D2011/0092
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Patent No.
US 9,580,176
App. No.
14/278,118
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft region comprising a main aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of an aircraft cabin, a door aisle extending along a transverse axis of the aircraft cabin substantially perpendicularly to the main aisle and an aircraft monument arranged in the door aisle and comprising at least one flight attendant seat facing a section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle.

Claims (30)

1. An aircraft region comprising:

a main aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of an aircraft cabin,

a door aisle extending along a transverse axis of the aircraft cabin substantially perpendicularly to the main aisle and

an aircraft monument arranged in the door aisle and comprising a first pair of opposing side walls and a second pair of opposing side walls and at least one flight attendant seat mounted on an outer face of one of the first pair of side walls having a width wider than a width of the at least one flight attendant seat and the at least one flight attendant seat facing a section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle, wherein the door aisle separates two passenger seat sections of the aircraft cabin,

wherein the aircraft monument comprises at least one storage compartment formed by the first and second pairs of side walls and shaped and dimensioned to receive at least one of a galley standard unit and a trolley,

wherein the storage compartment is accessible from two mutually opposite sides of the aircraft monument and closable, correspondingly, in the region of these two mutually opposite sides of the aircraft monument by means of corresponding doors.

2. An aircraft region comprising:

a main aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of an aircraft cabin,

a door aisle extending along a transverse axis of the aircraft cabin substantially perpendicularly to the main aisle, and

an aircraft monument arranged in the door aisle in a crossing region of the door aisle with the main aisle and comprising a first pair of opposing side walls and a second pair of opposing side walls and at least one flight attendant seat mounted on an outer face of one of the first pair of side walls having a width wider than a width of the at least one flight attendant seat and the at least one flight attendant seat facing a section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle, wherein the door aisle separates two passenger seat sections of the aircraft cabin wherein the aircraft monument comprises at least one storage compartment formed by the first and second pairs of side walls and shaped and dimensioned to receive at least one of a galley standard unit and a trolley, wherein the storage compartment is accessible from two mutually opposite sides of the aircraft monument and closable, correspondingly, in the region of these two mutually opposite sides of the aircraft monument by means of corresponding doors.

3. The aircraft region according to claim 2 , wherein the aircraft monument is arranged substantially centrally in the door aisle.

4. The aircraft region according to claim 2 , wherein the aircraft monument comprises a first flight attendant seat facing a first section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle, and a second flight attendant seat facing a second section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle, the first and the second section of the main aisle being separated from one another by the door aisle.

5. The aircraft monument according to claim 1 , wherein the aircraft monument is also adapted to receive a folded wheelchair, the wheelchair when folded having a shape and dimension receivable within the shape and dimension of the storage compartment.

6. The aircraft region according to claim 1 , wherein the storage compartment accommodates pieces of equipment.

7. The aircraft region according to claim 6 , wherein the pieces of equipment accommodated in the storage compartment are at least one fire extinguisher, at least one first aid kit, at least one blanket and at least one oxygen bottle.

8. The aircraft region according to claim 2 , wherein the aircraft monument comprises a vending machine.

9. The aircraft region according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage compartment is integrated into a support column of the aircraft monument carrying the at least one flight attendant seat.

10. The aircraft region according to claim 8 , wherein the vending machine is integrated into a support column of the aircraft monument carrying the at least one flight attendant seat.

11. The aircraft region according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one compartment is integrated into the support column of the aircraft monument carrying the at least one flight attendant seat in such a manner that the storage compartment is accessible via a surface region of the support column facing the door aisle.

12. The aircraft region according to claim 10 , wherein the vending machine is integrated into the support column of the aircraft monument carrying the at least one flight attendant seat in such a manner that the vending machine is accessible via a surface region of the support column facing the door aisle.

13. The aircraft region according to claim 2 , wherein the aircraft monument comprises at least one display screen.

14. The aircraft region according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one display screen is integrated into a support column of the aircraft monument carrying the at least one flight attendant seat.

15. The aircraft region according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one display screen is integrated into the support column of the aircraft monument carrying the at least one flight attendant seat in such a manner that the display screen faces a section of the main aisle adjoining the door aisle.

16. The aircraft region according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one flight attendant seat is arranged substantially centrally with respect to the section of the main aisle.

17. An aircraft region comprising:

a main aisle extending along a longitudinal axis of an aircraft cabin,

a door aisle extending along a transverse axis of the aircraft cabin substantially perpendicularly to the main aisle, and separating a first section of the main aisle and a first section of passenger seats from a second section of the main aisle and a second section of passenger seats,

an aircraft monument arranged in the door aisle in a crossing region of the door aisle with the main aisle and comprising a first pair of opposing side walls and a second pair of opposing side walls and at least one first flight attendant seat mounted on an outer face of one of the first pair of side walls having a width wider than a width of the at least one flight attendant seat and the at least one flight attendant seat facing the first section of passenger seats and at least one second flight attendant seat facing the second section of passenger seats,

the aircraft monument comprising at least one storage compartment formed by the first and second pairs of side walls and positioned between the at least one first flight attendant seat and the at least one second flight attendant seat, with an opening of said at least one storage compartment extending to a floor of the aircraft cabin and said at least one storage compartment shaped and dimensioned to receive at least one of a galley standard unit and a trolley,

wherein the storage compartment is accessible from two mutually opposite sides of the aircraft monument and closable, correspondingly, in the region of these two mutually opposite sides of the aircraft monument by means of corresponding doors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2014
From: METTEN, MARTIN; EHLERS, BERND; BEHRENS, STEFAN
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 033351/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 008 289 · May 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140339364A1 · Nov 20, 2014