Hybrid support rail for receiving fixtures in a cabin of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548646-B2
Application number	US-202016901283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2020
Priority date	Jun 24, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A hybrid support rail for receiving fixtures in a cabin of a vehicle includes a support rail base, first attachment elements, second attachment elements formed so as to be complementary to the first attachment elements, and a support rail upper part. The support rail base has a lower side and an upper side. The upper side has a receiving housing extending along a main extension direction of the support rail base for sliding in first attachment elements and, on a side facing away from the lower side, a support surface having at least one recess. The receiving housing is formed so as to prevent the first attachment elements from sliding out towards the support surface. The support rail upper part has a contact surface for placement on the support surface. The contact surface has recesses through which the second attachment elements are guided for insertion in the first attachment elements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid support rail for receiving fixtures in a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
a support rail base made of a first material;
a plurality of first attachment elements;
a plurality of second attachment elements formed so as to be complementary to the first attachment elements; and
a support rail upper part made of a second material,
wherein the first material and the second material are different from one another,
wherein the support rail base has a lower side and an upper side,
wherein the upper side has a receiving housing extending along a main extension direction of the support rail base for sliding in first attachment elements and, on a side facing away from the lower side, has a support surface having at least one recess,
wherein the receiving housing is configured to prevent the first attachment elements from sliding out towards the support surface,
wherein the support rail upper part has a contact surface for placement on the support surface, and a planar chord having first and second projections on a side facing away from the contact surface,
wherein the first and second projections comprise an upper boundary surface parallel to the chord and having a central slot, wherein a plurality of openings in the central slot are defined in the upper boundary surface of the first and second projections, wherein the diameter of each opening is greater than the width of the slot, and wherein the openings are distributed in a pattern along the slot, and
wherein the contact surface has a plurality of through-holes through which the second attachment elements are configured to be guided for insertion in the first attachment elements,
wherein the contact surface has a plurality of through-holes through which the second attachment elements are configured to be guided for insertion in the first attachment elements.

2. The support rail according to either claim 1 , wherein the support rail upper part includes titanium or a titanium alloy.

3. The support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the support rail base includes an aluminium alloy.

4. The support rail according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first and second projections facing away from the contact surface which, together with the planar chord, enclose a cavity in part.

5. The support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving housing extends along a main extension axis of the support rail base and is delimited by two parallel walls extending at a constant distance from one another at least in some portions.

6. The support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the recess of the support surface is a continuous slot extending along a main extension axis of the support rail base.

7. The support rail according to claim 6 , wherein the width of the continuous slot is smaller than the distance between the parallel walls of the receiving housing.

8. The support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving housing is arranged on a web and is closed with respect to the web.

9. The support rail according to claim 8 , wherein the support rail base has a base flange extending parallel to the support surface.

10. The support rail according to claim 9 , wherein the width of the base flange is greater than the width of the support surface.

11. The support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the first attachment has a body formed so as to be complementary to the receiving housing, comprising a threaded hole open with respect to the recess of the support surface.

12. The support rail according to claim 11 , wherein the first attachment element is a cylindrical, cube-shaped or cuboid body, and the threaded hole extends centrally through the body.

13. The support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the second attachment element is a screw having an outer thread.

14. An aircraft, comprising a passenger cabin having at least one support rail according to claim 1 , wherein the support rail is in the form of a fastening rail, a seat rail or a sliding rail.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Sasse Bernd
• Tiryaki Memis
• Schramm Ottmar

Classifications

• B64D11/0696 Primary

  Means for fastening seats to floors, e.g. to floor rails · CPC title

• B60N2/01558

  with key and slot · CPC title

• B60N2/015

  Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis · CPC title

• B64C1/20

  specially adapted for freight · CPC title