Installation system for a cabin of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11505334-B2
Application number	US-202016835550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	Apr 11, 2019
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

An installation system for a cabin of a vehicle includes at least one built-in component for installation in the cabin, multiple base elements for arrangement on a structurally fixed component of the vehicle and multiple holding devices that can be connected to the at least one built-in component. The holding devices each include a clamping unit with receiving space defined by at least two clamping members, wherein the receiving space can be moved between an open and a closed state through movement of at least one of the clamping members in the direction of the other clamping member in each case and wherein the clamping unit is configured to move the at least one clamping member by pressing the clamping unit onto a base element when the receiving space is in the open state and thereby closing the receiving space including the base element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An installation system for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
at least one built-in component for installation in the cabin;
multiple base elements for arrangement on a structurally fixed component of the vehicle; and
multiple holding devices configured to be connected to the at least one built-in component,
wherein the holding devices each comprises a clamping unit with receiving space defined by at least two clamping members, wherein the receiving space is configured to be moved between an open and a closed state through movement of at least one of the clamping members in the direction of the other clamping member in each case, and
wherein the clamping unit is configured to move the at least one clamping member by pressing the clamping unit onto a base element when the receiving space is in the open state and thereby closing the receiving space including the base element,
wherein the at least one clamping member is pivotably mounted and coupled to a spring unit,
wherein the at least one clamping member is configured to be moved into a first pivot position and a second pivot position opposite the first pivot position, and
wherein a mechanism formed from the spring unit and the at least one clamping member has a dead centre between the first pivot position and the second pivot position, so that the spring unit displaces the at least one clamping member into the first or second pivot position, depending on a position of the at least one clamping member relative to the dead centre.

2. The installation system according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping unit comprises a sensor configured to detect the closed state of the clamping unit.

3. The installation system according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping members are configured to latch with one another in the closed state of the receiving space.

4. The installation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one clamping member comprises a closing lever projecting into the receiving space when said receiving space is in the open state, and
the closing lever is configured to be pressed out of the receiving space when the clamping unit is pressed by the base element and thereby move the at least one clamping member to close the clamping unit.

5. The installation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one clamping member is pivotably mounted about a pivot axle, and
the pivot axle is spaced apart from two ends opposite one another of the at least one clamping member.

6. The installation system according to claim 1 , wherein the base element is an elongate, or bar component.

7. The installation system according to claim 1 , wherein the built-in component comprises an overhead storage compartment.

8. A cabin of a vehicle comprising:
a floor;
two walls opposite one another;
a ceiling region lying above the floor; and
an installation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base elements are arranged on the floor, the walls and/or the ceiling region.

9. The cabin according to claim 8 ,
wherein the base elements are arranged on the ceiling region and support modules, and
the support modules comprise further base elements and support overhead storage compartments.

10. A vehicle comprising a cabin according to claim 8 .

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Hegenbart Matthias
• Horn Alexander
• Hinrichs Marcus
• Otto Thorsten
• Roth Ingo
• Wietzke Andreas

Classifications

• B64D11/00 Primary

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

• B64D11/003 Primary

  Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage · CPC title

• B64F5/50

  Handling or transporting aircraft components · CPC title

• B64F5/10 Primary

  Manufacturing or assembling aircraft, e.g. jigs therefor · CPC title

• B64C1/06

  Frames; Stringers; Longerons {; Fuselage sections} · CPC title