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US 12,497,172 · App. 18/457,103 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Cabin monument and aircraft

Inventors: Sven-Olaf Berkhahn (Hamburg, DE); Sarico Schultz (Hamburg, DE); Michael Lüdtke (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
B64D11/0015B64D11/0023B64D2011/0038
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Patent No.
US 12,497,172
App. No.
18/457,103
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cabin monument having a monument body and a transparent film which is connected to the monument body. The transparent film has a large number of light-emitting elements. Further provided is an aircraft having at least one such cabin monument and a control device.

Claims (15)

1 . A cabin monument comprising:

a monument body which has a continuously transparent region and which is disposed inside of a fuselage of an aircraft; and

a transparent film which is connected to the monument body, and which at least partially overlaps the transparent region of the monument body;

wherein the transparent film comprises a large number of light-emitting elements.

2 . The cabin monument as claimed in claim 1 , wherein light-emitting elements are in the form of light-emitting diodes.

3 . The cabin monument as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transparent film is applied to a surface of the monument body.

4 . The cabin monument as claimed in claim 1 , further having a transparent protective coating.

5 . The cabin monument as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting elements are arranged in such a manner that light is emitted through the transparent region.

6 . The cabin monument as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cabin monument comprises a seat component or a cabin partition wall.

7 . An aircraft comprising:

at least one cabin monument as claimed in claim 1 ; and

a control device which is configured to control the large number of light-emitting elements of the at least one cabin monument.

8 . The aircraft as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the control device is configured to control the light-emitting elements of the at least one cabin monument in accordance with an operating state of the aircraft.

9 . The aircraft as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the operating state of the aircraft includes a take-off operation or a landing operation during which the light-emitting elements are controlled in such a manner that light is emitted.

10 . The aircraft as claimed in claim 7 , having at least two cabin monuments, wherein the control device is constructed to control the light-emitting elements of the at least two cabin monuments in accordance with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2024
From: BERKHAHN, SVEN-OLAF; SCHULTZ, SARICO; LÜDTKE, MICHAEL
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 069481/0310 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 22192739 · Aug 30, 2022 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240067342A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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