Air-conditioning duct structure of aircraft, aircraft, and method of manufacturing aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548647-B2
Application number	US-201916718882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2019
Priority date	Jan 18, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

An air-conditioning duct structure of an aircraft includes an air-conditioning duct that is provided on each of a starboard side and a port side and guides conditioned air to a vicinity of a ceiling of a cabin in the aircraft. The air-conditioning duct includes a blowout portion and a blowout upstream portion. The blowout portion blows out the conditioned air to the cabin from an outboard side of the ceiling to an inboard side of the ceiling and toward a lower part than the ceiling, and the blowout upstream portion communicates with an upstream side of the blowout portion. In addition, the blowout portion or the blowout upstream portion is curved to cause a terminal end side of the blowout portion to be inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air-conditioning duct structure of an aircraft, the air-conditioning duct structure comprising:
an air-conditioning duct that is provided on each of a starboard side and a port side of a pressurized compartment of the aircraft and is configured to guide conditioned air to a vicinity of a ceiling of the pressurized compartment of the aircraft, wherein
the air-conditioning duct on each of the starboard side and the port side includes a blowout portion and a blowout upstream portion, the blowout portion blowing out the conditioned air to the pressurized compartment from an outboard side of the ceiling to an inboard side of the ceiling and toward a space below the ceiling, and the blowout upstream portion communicating with an upstream side of the blowout portion,
for each of the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion or the blowout upstream portion is curved to cause a terminal end side of the blowout portion to be inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction,
a jet flow from the blowout portion on the starboard side merges with a jet flow from the blowout portion on the port side to form a merged flow at a center part between the blowout portion of the starboard side and the blowout portion of the port side, and the merged flow blows downward while being diffused,
the jet flow from the blowout portion on the starboard side and the jet flow from the blowout portion on the port side are directed downward at an equal angle relative to the horizontal direction, and blow out at substantially equal speeds,
the ceiling is exposed between a baggage storage portion on the starboard side and a baggage storage portion on the port side in a right-left direction, the baggage storage portion on the starboard side and the baggage storage portion on the port side being located above seats of the pressurized compartment,
the blowout portion on the starboard side opens above the baggage storage portion on the starboard side,
the blowout portion on the port side opens above the baggage storage portion on the port side,
a terminal end part of the blowout portion on the starboard side is disposed near a right end of the ceiling and at a boundary between the baggage storage portion on the starboard side and the ceiling,
the blowout portion on the starboard side opens at the terminal end part of the blowout portion on the starboard side from the outboard side to the inboard side,
a terminal end part of the blowout portion on the port side is disposed near a left end of the ceiling and at a boundary between the baggage storage portion on the port side and the ceiling, and
the blowout portion on the port side opens at the terminal end part of the blowout portion on the port side from the outboard side to the inboard side.

2. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the air-conditioning duct extends between an inner wall of a cabin and a skin and between the baggage storage portion and the skin to the blowout portion.

3. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the blowout portion on the starboard side and the blowout portion on the port side are configured in symmetrical shapes.

4. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 3 , wherein a position of a passage between seats on the starboard side and seats on the port side in the pressurized compartment corresponds to a center part of the pressurized compartment in a right-left direction.

5. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion has a flow path cross-sectional area that is made larger than a flow path cross-sectional area of the blowout upstream portion.

6. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion has the flow path cross-sectional area that is made larger in an axis direction of the aircraft than the flow path cross-sectional area of the blowout upstream portion.

7. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 6 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion comprises a flow rectifier disposed perpendicular to a flow of the conditioned air and that rectifies flow of the conditioned air at a position where the flow path cross-sectional area is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of the blowout upstream portion.

8. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 6 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion comprises a widened portion and a flat portion, the widened portion being gradually expanded in the axis direction of the aircraft relative to the blowout upstream portion, and the flat portion communicating with a downstream side of the widened portion and having a flat cross-section.

9. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 8 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side,
the blowout portion comprises a flow rectifier disposed perpendicular to a flow of the conditioned air and that rectifies flow of the conditioned air at a position where the flow path cross-sectional area is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of the blowout upstream portion, and
the flow rectifier is provided in the flat portion.

10. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion comprises a flow rectifier disposed perpendicular to a flow of the conditioned air and that rectifies flow of the conditioned air at a position where the flow path cross-sectional area is larger than the flow path cross-sectional area of the blowout upstream portion.

11. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 10 , wherein the flow rectifier is made of a punched metal.

12. The air-conditioning duct structure of the aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein for both the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion is continuous along an axis direction of the aircraft, and receives the conditioned air from the blowout upstream portion configured to guide the conditioned air to a vicinity of the ceiling to blow out the conditioned air.

13. An aircraft, comprising:
the air-conditioning duct structure according to claim 1 ; and
the pressurized compartment.

14. An air-conditioning duct structure of an aircraft, comprising:
an air-conditioning duct that is provided on each of a starboard side and a port side of a pressurized compartment of the aircraft and is configured to guide conditioned air to a vicinity of a ceiling of the pressurized compartment of the aircraft, wherein
the air-conditioning duct on each of the starboard side and the port side includes a blowout portion and a blowout upstream portion, the blowout portion blowing out the conditioned air to the pressurized compartment from an outboard side of the ceiling to an inboard side of the ceiling and toward a space below the ceiling, and the blowout upstream portion communicating with an upstream side of the blowout portion,
for each of the starboard side and the port side, the blowout portion or the blowout upstream portion is curved to cause a terminal end side of the blowout portion to be inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction,
a jet flow from the blowout portion on the starboard side merges with a jet flow from the blowout portion on the port sid

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp

Inventors

• Hirotsu Satoshi
• Ishimaru Takashi
• Shimura Yuichiro
• Tanaka Yasunari
• Kondo Fumio

Classifications

• B64D2013/0625

  comprising means for distribution effusion of conditioned air in the cabin · CPC title

• B64D11/003

  Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage · CPC title

• F24F13/02

  Ducting arrangements · CPC title

• Y02T50/50

  On board measures aiming to increase energy efficiency · CPC title

• F24F13/072 Primary

  of elongated shape, e.g. between ceiling panels · CPC title