Gap covering between cabin monuments, in particular for a passenger cabin of an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11104440-B2
Application number	US-201816170521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2018
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

A cabin monument arrangement for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, has at least two cabin monuments arranged next to each other, aligned substantially parallel and forming a gap. The gap includes a gap covering in the fastening region of the first lateral monument part and of the second lateral monument part in the region of the front edge portion of the respective cabin monument. In each case, a first contour-adapted rigid fastening strip is on the fastening region and a second contour-adapted, rigid fastening strip is on the second fastening region. A covering element is between the first and second fastening strips for covering the gap between the first monument part and the second monument part, the covering element formed from a flexible covering material of thin design. A corresponding covering of the gap between the cabin monuments can therefore be achieved with sufficient flexibility and material width.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cabin monument arrangement for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising at least two cabin monuments which are arranged next to each other and a first side wall of a first of the at least two cabin monuments which is oriented substantially parallel and opposed to a second side wall of a second of the at least two cabin monuments, wherein a gap is formed between the first side wall and the second side wall and comprises a gap covering comprising:
a. a respective fastening region disposed along the first side wall and along the second side wall in a region of a front edge portion of the respective cabin monument;
b. a first contour-adapted rigid fastening strip on a first fastening region and a second contour-adapted rigid fastening strip on a second fastening region;
c. a covering element arranged between the first and second fastening strips for covering the gap between the first monument part and the second monument part;
d. wherein the covering element is formed from a flexible covering material of thin design.

2. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening strip can be arranged on a respective one of the first side wall or the second side wall at least two fastening points.

3. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening strip has curved regions and rectilinear regions, which are adapted to a contour of the monument.

4. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening strip is formed as a single part.

5. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening strip is of multi-part design, and the curved strip portions and rectilinear strip portions can be joined together and are adapted to an outer contour of the respective monument.

6. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the covering material comprises strips of fabric, textile material, film or rubber.

7. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the covering material is of U-shaped or foldable design and is connected at two border regions to the fastening strips.

8. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening strip comprises aluminum, plastic, glass-fiber-reinforced plastics fiber material or carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics fiber material.

9. The cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening strip is provided with rapid installation fastening elements at a plurality of fastening points.

10. An aircraft passenger cabin, comprising a cabin monument arrangement according to claim 1 .

11. A method for installing a cabin monument arrangement for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, the cabin monument arrangement comprising at least two cabin monuments arranged next to each other and a first side wall of a first of the at least two cabin monuments which is oriented substantially parallel and opposed to a second side wall of a second of the at least two cabin monuments, wherein a gap is formed between the first side wall and the second side wall and comprises a gap covering comprising:
a respective fastening region disposed along the first side wall and along the second side wall in a region of a front edge portion of the respective cabin monument;
a first contour-adapted rigid fastening strip on a first fastening region and a second contour-adapted rigid fastening strip on a second fastening region; and
a covering element arranged between the first and second fastening strips for covering the gap between the first monument part and the second monument part,
wherein the covering element is formed from a flexible covering material of thin design;
the method comprising steps of:
a. aligning and securing a first cabin monument;
b. attaching the gap covering with a first fastening strip in a front edge region of the first cabin element;
c. aligning and securing a second cabin monument such that the respective side walls are aligned substantially parallel and form a gap;
d. attaching a second fastening strip in a front edge region of the second cabin monument; and
e. directing the covering material into a uniform alignment.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein method steps b and c proceed in a sequence c and b.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Koschinski Norman
• Jacobsen Christian

Classifications

• F16B5/0692 Primary

  joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars (tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16) · CPC title

• F16B5/02

  by means of fastening members using screw-thread ({F16B5/0004 takes precedence}; construction of screw-threaded connections F16B25/00 - F16B39/00) · CPC title

• B64D11/04 Primary

  Galleys · CPC title

• B64D2011/0046

  Modular or preassembled units for creating cabin interior structures · CPC title