Flight attendant seat and method for fitting a flight attendant seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11807368-B2
Application number	US-202017112613-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A flight attendant seat comprising a frame that can be mounted on a carrier fixture or integrated into the carrier fixture, and at least one seat arrangement integrated into the frame. The frame comprises a lower section, an upper section and a central section taking up the at least one seat arrangement, at least partially. The lower section is formed bent at least in a region adjoining the central section. A method is provided for fitting a flight attendant seat.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a carrier fixture having an opening, wherein the carrier fixture is a monument wall or a partition wall, and
a folding flight attendant seat comprising:
a frame integrated into the opening of the carrier fixture, and
at least one seat arrangement integrated into the frame,
wherein the frame comprises a lower section, an upper section, and a central section taking up the at least one seat arrangement at least partially,
wherein the lower section is formed bent at least in a region adjoining the central section and forms the curved part of a U-shape, the lower section forming a support for the flight attendant seat configured to conduct a load into the carrier fixture via the lower section, and
wherein the central section forms at least a portion of the substantially straight sides of the U-shape.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the lower section is formed bent over its entire length.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the lower section has a straight central region which connects bent regions of the lower section to one another, and
wherein bent regions of the lower section extend in total over more than a quarter of a length of the lower section, and wherein the central region of the lower section occupies at most three quarters of the length of the lower section.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the bent regions of the lower frame section each have a radius of curvature of about 50 to about 150 mm.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the upper section and the lower section of the frame are formed differently, or
wherein the upper section of the frame is formed bent at least in a region adjoining the central section of the frame.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the upper section and the lower section of the frame are formed in mirror symmetry relative to a transverse axis of the frame.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the frame has a surrounding flange section.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is constructed from several congruous frame elements.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the frame elements have a substantially L-shaped cross section.

10. The system according to any one of claim 1 , which comprises two seat arrangements integrated into the frame adjacent to one another.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the frame of the folding flight attendant seat surrounds a through opening formed in the carrier fixture.

12. An aircraft with the system according to claim 1 .

13. A method for fitting a folding flight attendant seat in a carrier fixture, the carrier fixture being a monument wall or a partition wall, comprising:
integrating a frame into an opening of the carrier fixture, wherein the frame comprises a lower section, an upper section and a central section, wherein the lower section is formed bent at least in a region adjoining the central section, and forms the curved part of a U-shape, the lower section forming a support for the folding flight attendant seat configured to conduct a load into the carrier fixture via the lower section, and wherein the central section forms at least a portion of the substantially straight sides of the U-shape, and
integration of at least one seat arrangement into the frame, in that the seat arrangement is inserted at least partially into the central section of the frame.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
inserting a first frame element into the opening from a first side of the carrier fixture;
inserting a second frame element congruous with the first frame element into the opening from a second side of the carrier fixture opposite to the first side; and
fixing the frame elements to one another.

15. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
forming the lower section of the frame with a straight central region, which connects bent regions of the lower section to one another and runs substantially parallel to a floor of an aircraft cabin in a fitted state of the folding flight attendant seat in the aircraft cabin.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
forming the bent regions of the lower section to extend in total over more than a quarter of a length of the lower section, and
forming the central region of the lower section to occupy at most three quarters of the length of the lower section.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Koehler Andreas
• Bielik Peter
• Jedraszczyk Jan-Ole
• Giszas Heiner
• Boerjesson Marcus

Classifications

• B64D11/0691 Primary

  specially adapted for cabin crew · CPC title

• B60N2/3047

  the cushion being hinged at the back-rest · CPC title

• B64D11/06

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

• B64D11/064

  Adjustable inclination or position of seats · CPC title

• B64D11/0698

  Seats suspended from aircraft walls · CPC title