Rail mounting arrangement for a vehicle, such as an aircraft, and a vehicle equipped with said arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12286232-B2
Application number	US-202318329658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2023
Priority date	Jun 20, 2022
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

A mounting member configured to support a cabin component to be mounted to a mounting rail. The rail mounting arrangement comprises a disengagement locking mechanism that prevents a removal of the mounting member along a transversal direction of the mounting rail, while still allowing movement along the longitudinal direction. The rail mounting arrangement includes a securing mechanism that is configured to secure the mounting member at the desired location along the mounting rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rail mounting arrangement for a vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
a mounting member configured to support a cabin component, an inner locking groove formed on the mounting member;
a mounting rail that extends in a longitudinal direction and that has a mounting profile portion that is configured for mounting the mounting member, an outer locking groove formed on the mounting profile portion, the outer locking groove cooperating with the inner locking groove to form a disengagement locking channel;
wherein the rail mounting arrangement includes a disengagement locking mechanism that is partially provided on the mounting member and on the mounting profile portion, respectively, wherein the disengagement locking mechanism includes a disengagement locking member comprising a disengagement locking pin that, when inserted within the disengagement locking channel, prevents removal of the mounting member in a transversal direction of the mounting rail, and that, when removed from the disengagement locking channel, allows removal of the mounting member from the mounting rail,
wherein the rail mounting arrangement includes a securing mechanism that is partially provided on the mounting member and on the mounting profile portion, respectively, wherein the securing mechanism includes a first vertical locking portion that is arranged on the mounting member so as to face the mounting profile portion and a second vertical locking portion that is arranged on the mounting profile portion so as to face the mounting member,
wherein the first vertical locking portion and the second vertical locking portion are matched such that, when the securing mechanism is in a locked state, the first and second vertical locking portions engage each other in a form-fitting manner such that a movement of the mounting member relative to the mounting rail along the longitudinal direction is blocked.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the cabin component comprises a seat.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting profile portion includes at least one outer lateral side portion that faces outward towards the mounting member, and the disengagement locking mechanism is partially provided on the at least one outer lateral side portion.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member includes at least one inner lateral side portion that faces inward towards the mounting profile portion, and the disengagement locking mechanism is partially provided on the at least one inner lateral side portion.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer locking groove is arranged on the at least one outer lateral side portion and the inner locking groove is arranged on the at least one inner lateral side portion.

6. The arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the mounting profile portion includes a top side portion that faces upward towards the mounting member and extends in a horizontal direction, and the securing mechanism is partially provided on the top side portion.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member includes a bottom side portion that faces downward towards the mounting profile portion and extends in a horizontal direction, and the securing mechanism is partially provided on the bottom side portion.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the securing mechanism includes a plurality or securing recesses that are formed on the mounting rail and are recessed into the mounting profile portion and includes at least one securing protrusion that protrudes from the mounting member in vertical direction towards the mounting rail and, when the securing mechanism is in a secured state, into the securing recesses.

9. The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the securing recesses and the securing protrusions are both formed as matching toothed portions that, when the securing mechanism is in the secured state, mesh with each other.

10. The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the securing mechanism comprises a securing member that is insertable between the mounting member and the mounting profile portion and comprises a toothed portion that, when the securing member is inserted and the securing mechanism is in the secured state, meshes with the toothed portion of the mounting profile portion.

11. The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the securing mechanism includes a rotatable securing bolt that is rotatable about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal direction and includes a toothed portion that, when the securing mechanism is in the secured state, meshes with the toothed portion of the mounting profile portion.

12. The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of securing recesses is formed as a series of securing holes that are drilled in a vertical direction into the mounting profile portion, and the at least one securing protrusion is formed as a securing pin that extends in the vertical direction and, when the securing mechanism is in the secured state, is received a securing hole.

13. The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the securing protrusion is movable along the vertical direction between an unsecured state and the secured state via a toolless moving mechanism.

14. The arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mounting rail comprises a support portion made from a fiber reinforced plastic material or a metal material and the mounting profile portion is made from a metal material that is different from the metal material of the support portion,
wherein the mounting profile portion is attached to the support portion.

15. The arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the mounting profile portion is attached to the support portion by rivets that are aligned in a transversal direction of the mounting rail.

16. The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the disengagement locking mechanism is configured such that, when the disengagement locking member is installed, the securing mechanism is forced into the secured state and movement of the mounting member is blocked.

17. An aircraft including a floor portion and an arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a cabin component is removably attached to the floor portion via the arrangement.

18. An aircraft cabin including a floor portion and an arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a cabin component is removably attached to the floor portion via the arrangement.

19. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the disengagement locking channel has a length extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mounting rail.

20. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the disengagement locking pin is insertable into the disengagement locking channel in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mounting rail.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Benthien Hermann
• Poppe Andreas

Classifications

• B60N2/0875

  in a vertical direction · 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

• B60N2/01516

  with locking mechanisms · CPC title

• F16B1/02

  Means for securing elements of mechanisms after operation (means for bringing members to rest F16D) · CPC title

• B64C1/18

  Floors · CPC title