Aircraft suite including main cabin compartment and lower lobe rest compartment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10909397-B2
Application number	US-201816127109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2018
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

An aircraft suite may include a passenger compartment disposed on a main deck of an aircraft. The passenger compartment may be partitioned from a main passenger cabin of the main deck by at least one bulkhead. The passenger compartment may include an aircraft seat and a hatch set within an opening in a floor of the passenger compartment. The aircraft suite may include a lower lobe rest compartment integrated in a cargo deck below the main deck. The lower lobe rest compartment may be proximate to the passenger compartment. The lower lobe rest compartment may include a passenger rest compartment and a device proximate to the hatch. The device may be configured to assist a passenger to at least one of descend into the lower lobe rest compartment from the passenger compartment, or ascend into the passenger compartment from the lower lobe rest compartment, via the hatch.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An aircraft suite, comprising:
a passenger compartment disposed on a main deck of an aircraft, the passenger compartment partitioned from a main passenger cabin of the main deck by at least one bulkhead, the passenger compartment comprising:
an aircraft seat; and
a hatch set within an opening in a floor of the passenger compartment; and

a lower lobe rest compartment integrated in a cargo deck below the main deck, the lower lobe rest compartment proximate to the passenger compartment, the lower lobe rest compartment comprising:
a passenger rest compartment; and
a device proximate to the hatch, the device configured to assist a passenger to at least one of:
descend into the lower lobe rest compartment from the passenger compartment via the hatch; or
ascend into the passenger compartment from the lower lobe rest compartment via the hatch.

2. The aircraft suite in claim 1 , the aircraft seat capable of accommodating a passenger in an upright position, a reclined position, and a lay-flat position.

3. The aircraft suite in claim 2 , the hatch rotatable when the aircraft seat is in the upright position or the reclined position.

4. The aircraft suite in claim 2 , at least a portion of the hatch concealed by the aircraft seat when the aircraft seat is in the lay-flat position.

5. The aircraft suite in claim 1 , the lower lobe rest compartment further comprising a workspace, the workspace comprising a table and a chair.

6. The aircraft suite in claim 1 , the passenger rest compartment comprising one or more displays.

7. The aircraft suite in claim 6 , the one or more displays comprising one or more virtual windows.

8. The aircraft suite in claim 1 , the passenger compartment further comprising an additional aircraft seat, the lower lobe rest compartment comprising an additional passenger rest compartment.

9. An aircraft suite, comprising:
a passenger compartment disposed on a main deck of an aircraft, the passenger compartment partitioned from a main passenger cabin of the main deck by at least one bulkhead, the passenger compartment comprising:
a first aircraft seat and an additional aircraft seat; and
a hatch set within an opening in a floor of the passenger compartment; and

a lower lobe rest compartment integrated in a cargo deck below the main deck, the lower lobe rest compartment proximate to the passenger compartment, the lower lobe rest compartment comprising:
a first passenger rest compartment and an additional passenger rest compartment; and
a device proximate to the hatch, the device configured to assist one or more of a first passenger or an additional passenger to at least one of:
descend into the lower lobe rest compartment from the passenger compartment via the hatch; or
ascend into the passenger compartment from the lower lobe rest compartment via the hatch.

10. The aircraft suite in claim 9 , the lower lobe rest compartment further comprising a first workspace and an additional workspace, each of the first workspace and the additional workspace comprising a table and a chair.

11. The aircraft suite in claim 9 , the first aircraft seat and the additional aircraft seat partitioned by at least one bulkhead.

Assignees

• Rockwell Collins Inc
• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Behr Nicolas
• Brauer R Klaus
• Skelly Trevor

Classifications

• H04N23/611

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/54

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/69

  Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming · CPC title

• B64D11/00 Primary

  Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for · CPC title