Aircraft monument floor mounting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10696403-B2
Application number	US-201715648165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2016
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A system for mounting an aircraft monument partition to an aircraft cabin surface such as a floor may include a mounting structure fitted within and attached to a floor-abutting edge of the monument partition, the mounting structure including a mounting opening. A securement apparatus for securing the monument partition to cabin surface via the mounting structure may include a threaded fastener for extending through the mounting opening of the mounting structure and through a corresponding opening in a track mounted to the cabin surface, and a bridging washer for mating with the mounting opening; where, to secure the monument partition to the floor of the cabin area, the threaded fastener is provided through the mounting opening of the mounting structure and threaded to a mating fixture on a bottom side of the track.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for adjustably mounting a partition of an aircraft monument to a cabin surface, the system comprising:
a mounting structure fitted within and attached to an edge of the partition abutting the cabin surface, the mounting structure comprising a mounting aperture; and
a securement apparatus for securing the partition to the cabin surface via the mounting structure, the securement apparatus comprising
a threaded fastener for extending through the mounting aperture of the mounting structure and through a corresponding opening in a track mounted to the cabin surface,
a head member for applying rotational force to the threaded fastener, a bridging washer for mating with the mounting aperture, and
a threaded sleeve;

wherein, to secure the partition to the cabin surface, the threaded fastener is provided first through the bridging washer, next through the threaded sleeve, and then through the mounting aperture of the mounting structure, wherein, beneath the mounting aperture of the mounting structure, the threaded fastener is threaded to a mating fixture on a bottom side of the track, wherein, upon securing,
the bridging washer is pressed against the mounting aperture, and
the head member is secured to an upper side of the bridging washer to fixedly retain the partition to the track;
and wherein, to adjust a vertical distance between the monument partition and the cabin surface, the threaded sleeve is configured for rotating relative to an internal sleeve fixed to the mounting structure.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the head member is separable from the threaded fastener.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mating fixture on the bottom side of the track is a nut.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mounting structure comprises a cover frame configured to releasably accept a cover.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the mounting structure includes a vertical opening of approximately a height of the threaded fastener and disposed above the mounting aperture, such that the threaded fastener may be positioned within the mounting structure.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the cover is configured to mask at least a portion of the vertical opening.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a seal configured to releasably seal to a seal mating structure provided along a bottom edge of the partition.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the seal covers at least a portion of a vertical opening in the mounting structure above the mounting aperture, wherein the vertical opening is approximately a height of the threaded fastener.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein rotation of the threaded sleeve relative to the internal sleeve causes adjustment of a clamping or friction force between the mounting structure relative to the track.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mounting structure further comprises a second securement apparatus.

11. A method for adjustably mounting a partition of an aircraft monument to a cabin surface, the method comprising:
providing a mounting structure fitted within and attached to an edge of the partition abutting the cabin surface, the mounting structure comprising a mounting aperture; and
providing a securement apparatus for securing the partition to the cabin surface via the mounting structure, the securement apparatus comprising
a threaded fastener for extending through the mounting aperture of the mounting structure and through a corresponding opening in a track mounted to the cabin surface,
a head member for applying rotational force to the threaded fastener, a bridging washer for mating with the mounting aperture, and
a threaded sleeve;

wherein, to secure the partition to the cabin surface, the threaded fastener is provided first through the bridging washer, next through the threaded sleeve, and then through the mounting aperture of the mounting structure, wherein, beneath the mounting aperture of the mounting structure, the threaded fastener is threaded to a mating fixture on a bottom side of the track, wherein, upon securing,
the bridging washer is pressed against the mounting aperture, and
the head member is secured to an upper side of the bridging washer to fixedly retain the partition to the track;
and wherein, to adjust a vertical distance between the monument partition and the cabin surface, the threaded sleeve is configured for rotating relative to an internal sleeve fixed to the mounting structure.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising placing a floor seal between a base of the monument partition and the cabin surface.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the securement apparatus further comprises a spacer insert having a threaded sleeve and an internal sleeve, wherein:
the threaded sleeve is configured to be fitted inside the internal sleeve by a threaded connection; and
the method further comprises rotating the threaded sleeve relative to the internal sleeve, thereby adjusting a vertical distance between the monument partition and the cabin surface.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the mounting structure further comprises a cover frame, the method further comprising, after retightening the threaded fastener, attaching a cover to the cover frame.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the head member is fixed to the threaded fastener.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising positioning a seal along a bottom edge of the partition, wherein the seal is configured to seal to a seal mating structure provided along the bottom edge of the partition.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the seal covers at least a portion of a vertical opening in the mounting structure above the mounting aperture, wherein the vertical opening is approximately a height of the threaded fastener.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Payne Elizabeth M
• Davidson Merv

Classifications

• E05C3/004

  about an axis perpendicular to the surface on which the fastener is mounted · CPC title

• B64D2013/0629

  with subsystems for cooling food, catering or special loads · CPC title

• B64D13/06

  the air being conditioned (pressurising B64D13/02) · CPC title

• B64D11/04 Primary

  Galleys · CPC title

• B64D9/003 Primary

  Devices for retaining pallets or freight containers · CPC title