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US 12,384,542 · App. 18/424,044 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Moving object

Inventors: Michihito Okado (Wako, JP); Victor Alcahud Guim (Wako, JP); Takao Kanki (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B64D11/0601B64D11/0638
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,384,542
App. No.
18/424,044
Filed
Jan 26, 2024
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3642
USPC
244/118.6
Abstract

A moving object includes a passenger cabin. The passenger cabin is defined by a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall is formed with a doorway through which passengers can enter and exit the passenger cabin. The moving object further includes a first seat disposed between a center line LA and the second side wall so as to face forward, the center line extending in a region between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a second seat disposed between the center line and the second side wall and disposed rearward of the first seat so as to face rearward. At least a part of the first seat and at least a part of the second seat overlap the doorway in a side view.

Claims (55)

1. A moving object comprising a passenger cabin, wherein

the passenger cabin is defined by a first side wall positioned on one side with respect to a center line of the moving object and a second side wall positioned on another side with respect to the center line, the center line extending in a front-rear direction,

a doorway through which a passenger enters and exits the passenger cabin is formed in the first side wall,

wherein the moving object further comprises:

a first seat positioned between the center line and the second side wall and disposed to face forward; and

a second seat positioned between the center line and the second side wall, and rearward of the first seat, the second seat being disposed to face rearward, and

wherein at least a part of the first seat and at least a part of the second seat overlap the doorway in a side view so that the doorway is in a blind spot of a first passenger facing forward in the first seat and a second passenger facing rearward in the second seat.

2. The moving object according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third seat disposed between the center line and the first side wall, and on a front side of the doorway; and

a fourth seat disposed between the center line and the first side wall, and on a rear side of the doorway,

wherein

the third seat faces obliquely rearward in a top view, and the fourth seat faces obliquely forward in the top view.

3. The moving object according to claim 2 , wherein

one of the third seat and the fourth seat is inclined toward the first side wall in the top view, and

another of the third seat and the fourth seat is inclined toward the second side wall in the top view.

4. The moving object according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a partition disposed at least one of between the first seat and the third seat or between the second seat and the fourth seat.

5. The moving object according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a doorway door provided at the doorway,

wherein at least one of a third table used by a passenger seated on the third seat or a fourth table used by a passenger seated on the fourth seat is accommodated in the doorway door so as to be extractable.

6. The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of a first table used by a passenger seated on the first seat or a second table used by a passenger seated on the second seat is attached to the second side wall.

7. The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein

the moving object is an aircraft.

8. The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein

the passenger cabin includes an aisle extending along the center line,

the moving object further comprises a cockpit disposed forward of the passenger cabin and communicating with the passenger cabin via a communication passage, and

a position of the aisle in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction is different from a position of the communication passage in the widthwise direction.

9. A moving object comprising a passenger cabin, wherein

the passenger cabin is defined by a first side wall positioned on one side with respect to a center line of the moving object and a second side wall positioned on another side with respect to the center line, the center line extending in a front-rear direction,

the passenger cabin includes an aisle extending along the center line,

a doorway through which a passenger enters and exits the passenger cabin is formed in the first side wall,

the moving object further comprises:

a first seat positioned between the center line and the second side wall and disposed to face forward;

a second seat positioned between the center line and the second side wall, and rearward of the first seat, the second seat being disposed to face rearward; and

a cockpit disposed forward of the passenger cabin and communicating with the passenger cabin via a communication passage,

at least a part of the first seat and at least a part of the second seat overlap the doorway in a side view, and

a position of the aisle in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction is different from a position of the communication passage in the widthwise direction.

10. The moving object according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a third seat disposed between the center line and the first side wall, and on a front side of the doorway; and

a fourth seat disposed between the center line and the first side wall, and on a rear side of the doorway,

wherein

the third seat faces obliquely rearward in a top view, and the fourth seat faces obliquely forward in the top view.

11. The moving object according to claim 10 , wherein

one of the third seat and the fourth seat is inclined toward the first side wall in the top view, and

another of the third seat and the fourth seat is inclined toward the second side wall in the top view.

12. The moving object according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a partition disposed at least one of between the first seat and the third seat or between the second seat and the fourth seat.

13. The moving object according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a doorway door provided at the doorway,

wherein at least one of a third table used by a passenger seated on the third seat or a fourth table used by a passenger seated on the fourth seat is accommodated in the doorway door so as to be extractable.

14. The moving object according to claim 9 , wherein

at least one of a first table used by a passenger seated on the first seat or a second table used by a passenger seated on the second seat is attached to the second side wall.

15. The moving object according to claim 9 , wherein

the moving object is an aircraft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: OKADO, MICHIHITO; ALCAHUD GUIM, VICTOR; KANKI, TAKAO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066272/0358 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-014320 · Feb 2, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240262507A1 · Aug 8, 2024
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