Cover for a transition from a lining to a monument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12534202-B2
Application number	US-202418661207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2024
Priority date	May 12, 2023
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

An interior aircraft section having a cover for a gap between a lining and a monument. The cover comprises a basic body, at least one mounting end configured to be fixedly mounted to the monument, and a connector configured to fixedly mount the basic body to the lining. The connector is arranged in an area of the basic body overlapping the lining. Also, an aircraft having such interior aircraft section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An interior aircraft section comprising:
a lining having an exterior surface facing a primary aircraft structure and an interior surface facing an interior space of the interior aircraft section; a monument comprising at least one section arranged adjacent to the lining and forming a gap between the monument and the lining; and a cover, wherein the cover comprises:
a basic body;
at least one mounting end fixedly mounted to a surface of the monument facing a same space as the interior surface of the lining; and
a connector fixedly mounting the basic body to the interior surface of the lining,
wherein the connector is arranged in an area of the basic body overlapping the lining.

2 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the at least one mounting end comprises a plurality of mounting ends spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction of the basic body, or
wherein the at least one mounting end comprises a plurality of mounting ends spaced apart from one another along a cross-sectional direction of the basic body, or wherein the at least one mounting end extends along the longitudinal direction of the basic body, or any combination thereof.

3 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the cover further comprises:
a seal configured to flexibly close a space between the basic body and the lining.

4 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the cover further comprises:
at least one light source arranged in a space between the basic body and the lining, or the monument, or both.

5 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the cover further comprises:
a monument connector configured to fixedly mount the basic body to the monument.

6 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one insert disposed in the monument and configured to receive one of the at least one mounting end of the cover.

7 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the lining has a side edge cut adjacent to the monument.

8 . An aircraft comprising:
the interior aircraft section of claim 1 .

9 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the interior surface of the lining is a visible surface of the lining from a passenger cabin of an aircraft.

10 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the cover forms an outer corner between the interior surface of the lining and an interior surface of the monument and covering the gap between the monument and the lining.

11 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the at least one mounting end comprises a plurality of mounting ends spaced apart from one another along a cross-sectional direction of the basic body.

12 . The interior aircraft section of claim 11 , wherein the at least one mounting end comprises a plurality of mounting ends spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction of the basic body.

13 . The interior aircraft section of claim 1 , wherein the interior space is a passenger cabin of an aircraft.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Humfeldt Dirk
• Kircher Benedikt
• Hoffmeister Thomas
• Fritsche Dirk

Classifications

• B64C1/066 Primary

  Interior liners · CPC title

• B64D11/00 Primary

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

• B64D2011/0046

  Modular or preassembled units for creating cabin interior structures · CPC title

• B64D11/04

  Galleys · CPC title

• B64C1/00 Primary

  Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like · CPC title