Monument for a cabin of a vehicle, and fastening arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016304183-A1
Application number	US-201615099074-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 14, 2016
Priority date	Apr 15, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A monument for a cabin of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft or spacecraft, having an outer housing side and a fastening rail for fastening connection elements in a longitudinal direction of the fastening rail in order to fix the monument in position inside the cabin, wherein the fastening rail has a receiving space extending in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail, which space is designed to receive and fasten mounting feet of the connection elements to the fastening rail, and wherein the fastening rail is integrated in the outer housing side.

First claim

1 . A monument for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
an outer housing side; and a fastening rail for fastening connection elements in a longitudinal direction of the fastening rail in order to fix the monument in position inside the cabin, the fastening rail having a receiving space extending in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail, which space is designed to receive and fasten a plurality of mounting feet of the connection elements to the fastening rail, and being integrated in the outer housing side.

2 . The monument of claim 1 , wherein the fastening rail is a notch in a wall of the outer housing side.

3 . The monument of claim 1 , wherein a notch is provided in a wall of the outer housing side, into which the fastening rail is inserted.

4 . The monument of claim 3 , wherein the fastening rail is inserted into the notch such that the fastening rail and the wall are flush with the outer housing side.

5 . The monument of claim 3 , wherein the fastening rail is adhered in the notch.

6 . The monument of claim 1 , wherein the fastening rail is formed having a plurality of regularly spaced holes in the receiving space, which holes are designed to receive and fasten mounting feet of connection elements to the fastening rail.

7 . The monument of claim 1 , wherein the fastening rail has a C profile.

8 . The monument of claim 1 , wherein the fastening rail is in the form of a seat rail.

9 . The monument of claim 1 , wherein the fastening rail is produced substantially from fibre-reinforced plastics material.

10 . A fastening arrangement for fixing the position of a monument inside a cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft, the monument comprising:
an outer housing side; and a plurality of connection elements; a fastening rail for fastening the connection elements in a longitudinal direction of the fastening rail in order to fix the monument in position inside the cabin; a plurality of mounting feet; the fastening rail having a receiving space extending in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail, which space is designed to receive and fasten the mounting feet of the connection elements to the fastening rail, and being integrated in the outer housing side; a connection element having at least two mounting feet that are mounted at a distance from one another in the fastening rail of the monument; and a tension rod, mounted on the connection element, connected to a structure of the aircraft or spacecraft, the tension rod fixing the monument in a position inside the cabin by means of the connection element.

11 . The fastening arrangement of claim 10 , wherein a pivot bearing is provided in the connection element, on which bearing the tension rod is pivotally mounted.

12 . The fastening arrangement of claim 10 , wherein rod-shaped connecting struts are provided in the connection element, which struts each connect one of the mounting feet respectively of the connection element to the pivot bearing.

13 . The fastening arrangement of claim 12 , wherein two connecting struts of the connection element form an isosceles triangle together with the outer housing side.

14 . The fastening arrangement of claim 12 , wherein the connecting struts are produced from fibre-reinforced plastics material.

15 . (canceled)

16 . A monument for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
an outer housing side; and a fastening rail for fastening connection elements in a longitudinal direction of the fastening rail in order to fix the monument in position inside the cabin, the fastening rail having a receiving space extending in the longitudinal direction of the fastening rail, which space is designed to receive and fasten a plurality of mounting feet of the connection elements to the fastening rail, and being integrated in the outer housing side; wherein a notch is provided in a wall of the outer housing side, into which the fastening rail is inserted; and wherein the fastening rail is inserted into the notch such that the fastening rail and the wall are flush with the outer housing side.

17 . The monument of claim 16 , wherein the fastening rail is formed having a plurality of regularly spaced holes in the receiving space, which holes are designed to receive and fasten mounting feet of connection elements to the fastening rail; and
wherein the fastening rail has a C profile.

18 . The monument of claim 17 , wherein the fastening rail is in the form of a seat rail; and
is produced from fibre-reinforced plastics material.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Ahlen Tim Von
• Hiebing Daniel
• Fennen Ansgar Josef
• Bajorat Falk
• Lübbering Christian

Classifications

• B64D11/0696

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

• B64D2011/0046

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

• F16M13/022

  repositionable · CPC title

• B64D11/00 Primary

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

• B64C1/00 Primary

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