Combined divan aircraft seat for aircraft passenger compartment suites

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11230382-B2
Application number	US-202016782536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2020
Priority date	Feb 5, 2020
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

An aircraft passenger compartment suite may include at least one single passenger compartment including at least one single aircraft seat. The at least one single aircraft seat may be configured to seat a single passenger. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a combined divan passenger compartment with a combined divan aircraft seat. The combined divan aircraft seat may be configured to seat at least one passenger. The combined divan aircraft seat may have a width greater than a width of the at least one single aircraft seat. The combined divan passenger compartment may include a stowage compartment configured to stow large passenger amenities in a substantially vertical orientation. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a privacy divider separating the combined divan passenger compartment and the at least one single passenger compartment.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An aircraft passenger compartment suite in an aircraft cabin of a passenger aircraft, comprising:
at least one single passenger compartment including at least one single aircraft seat, the at least one single aircraft seat configured to seat a single passenger;
a combined divan passenger compartment including a combined divan aircraft seat, the combined divan aircraft seat configured to seat at least one passenger, the combined divan aircraft seat having a width greater than a width of the at least one single aircraft seat, the combined divan aircraft seat configured to actuate between a combined divan upright position and a combined divan lie-flat position;
a privacy divider separating the combined divan passenger compartment and the at least one single passenger compartment; and
a privacy shell including at least one privacy shell element, the at least one privacy shell element configured to conform to a portion of the combined divan aircraft seat, a first section of the at least one privacy shell element configured to engage with an adjacent section of an adjacent privacy shell element of an adjacent aircraft passenger compartment suite,
the aircraft passenger compartment suite being positioned within the passenger aircraft between a first aisle and a second aisle, the first aisle and the second aisle being configured in a longitudinal orientation along a longitudinal direction of the aircraft cabin, the first aisle being parallel to the second aisle, the at least one single passenger compartment being accessible from the first aisle and the second aisle, the combined divan passenger compartment being accessible from the first aisle.

2. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan aircraft seat in the combined divan passenger compartment facing forward within the aircraft cabin, the at least one single aircraft seat in the at least one single passenger compartment facing rearward within the aircraft cabin.

3. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan aircraft seat in the combined divan passenger compartment facing rearward within the aircraft cabin, the at least one single aircraft seat in the at least one single passenger compartment facing forward within the aircraft cabin.

4. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan aircraft seat in the combined divan passenger compartment and the at least one single aircraft seat in the at least one single passenger compartment facing outward from the privacy divider.

5. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan aircraft seat including a primary section and an auxiliary section, the primary section configured to actuate between the combined divan upright position and the combined divan lie-flat position.

6. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan aircraft seat in the combined divan passenger compartment and the at least one single aircraft seat in the at least one single passenger compartment facing inward toward the privacy divider.

7. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 6 , a portion of the combined divan aircraft seat configured to be positioned underneath the privacy divider when the combined divan aircraft seat is in the combined divan lie-flat position.

8. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan passenger compartment further comprising:
a stowage compartment configured to stow passenger amenities in a substantially vertical orientation, the stowage compartment proximate to the combined divan aircraft seat,
the stowage compartment of the combined divan passenger compartment preventing access from the second aisle.

9. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 8 , the stowage compartment including a door.

10. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 1 , the combined divan passenger compartment further comprising:
an ottoman proximate to the combined divan aircraft seat.

11. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 10 , the combined divan aircraft seat and the ottoman configured to form a bed surface when the combined divan aircraft seat is in the combined divan lie-flat position and the ottoman is in an ottoman lie-flat position.

12. The aircraft passenger compartment suite of claim 10 , the ottoman positioned underneath a monument of the privacy divider.

13. An aircraft passenger compartment suite in an aircraft cabin of a passenger aircraft, comprising:
a combined divan passenger compartment, comprising:
a combined divan passenger compartment including a combined divan aircraft seat, the combined divan aircraft seat configured to seat at least one passenger, the combined divan aircraft seat having a width greater than a width of a single aircraft seat, the combined divan aircraft seat configured to actuate between a combined divan upright position and a combined divan lie-flat position; and
a stowage compartment configured to stow passenger amenities in a substantially vertical orientation, the stowage compartment proximate to the combined divan aircraft seat,

the aircraft passenger compartment suite being positioned within a passenger aircraft between a first aisle and a second aisle, the first aisle and the second aisle being configured in a longitudinal orientation along a longitudinal direction of the aircraft cabin, the first aisle being parallel to the second aisle, the at least one single passenger compartment being accessible from the first aisle and the second aisle, the combined divan passenger compartment being accessible from the first aisle, the stowage compartment of the combined divan passenger compartment preventing access from the second aisle.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Dowty Mark B
• Henshaw Robert J
• Hisata Suzuko
• Wilkey Robert D
• Johnson Glenn A

Classifications

• B64D11/0606 Primary

  with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like (class dividers B64D11/0023) · CPC title

• B64D11/003

  Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage · CPC title

• B64D2011/0069

  Rest berths, beds or the like · CPC title

• B64D2011/0046

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

• B64D11/06 Primary

  Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats (crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04) · CPC title