Aircraft cabin area comprising a door aisle and an aircraft monument arrangement, aircraft comprising such an aircraft cabin area, and method of operating said aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018072425-A1
Application number	US-201715689797-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	Sep 15, 2016
Publication date	Mar 15, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An aircraft cabin area comprises a door aisle extending between two opposite aircraft doors and an aircraft monument arrangement. The door aisle has a door section adjacent each aircraft door. The monument arrangement comprises a first monument facing the door aisle in a monument section of the door aisle with an access side of the first monument. The monument section extends between the two opposite door sections. The monument arrangement further comprises at least one first trolley parking place for accommodating at least one trolley. The first trolley parking place is provided in the region of the door aisle monument section adjacent the first monument access side to enlarge a base area of the first monument when a trolley is parked therein. Further, at least one second trolley parking place for accommodating at least one trolley is provided in the region of at least one of the door sections.

First claim

1 . An aircraft cabin area, comprising:
a door aisle extending between two opposite aircraft doors, the door aisle having a door section next to each of the two aircraft doors, and an aircraft monument arrangement, comprising:
a first aircraft monument facing the door aisle in a monument section of the door aisle with an access side of the first aircraft monument, the monument section of the door aisle extending between the two opposite door sections of the door aisle, and
at least one first trolley parking place for accommodating at least one trolley, said at least one first trolley parking place provided in the region of the monument section of the door aisle adjacent the access side of the first aircraft monument so as to enlarge a base area of the first aircraft monument when a trolley is parked therein,
wherein at least one second trolley parking place for accommodating at least one trolley is provided in the region of at least one of said door sections of the door aisle.

2 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second trolley parking places is adapted to accommodate a half-size trolley.

3 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one trolley fastening device configured to detachably fasten a trolley parked in the first or second trolley parking place.

4 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one trolley fastening device is configured to detachably fasten a half-sized trolley.

5 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one trolley fastening device configured to detachably fasten a trolley parked in the first trolley parking place comprises a first holding element pivotally attached to the first aircraft monument so as to be movable between an operating position in which a free end of the first holding element is pivoted away from the first aircraft monument and the first holding element is positioned to abut a side wall of a trolley when the trolley is accommodated in the first trolley parking place and a rest position in which the first holding element is pivoted to abut at least a section of a side, in particular the access side, of the first aircraft monument.

6 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one trolley fastening device configured to detachably fasten a trolley parked in the first trolley parking place further comprises a second holding element pivotally attached to the first holding element so as to be movable between an operating position in which the second holding element is positioned to abut a top of a trolley when the trolley is parked in the first trolley parking place and a rest position in which the second holding element extends at least substantially in parallel to at least a section of a surface of first holding element.

7 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the first and second holding elements comprises means for releasably engaging a trolley accommodated in the first trolley parking place so as to temporarily fix the trolley in place within the first trolley parking place, and wherein.

8 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 5 , wherein said means for releasably engaging a trolley accommodated in the first trolley parking place are adapted to engage at least one of the top or at least one of the side walls of the trolley when accommodated in the first trolley parking place.

9 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one trolley fastening device for detachably fastening a trolley parked in the first trolley parking place furthermore comprises at least one latching mechanism for latching at least one of the first and second holding elements in at least one of the operating and rest positions.

10 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , wherein the aircraft monument arrangement further comprises a second aircraft monument arranged in parallel with the first aircraft monument so as to face the access side of the first aircraft monument and spaced apart from the first aircraft monument by at least the width of the monument section of the door aisle.

11 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and the second aircraft monuments is at least one of a galley or accommodates at least one galley module.

12 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , further comprising two main aisles extending in parallel to the longitudinal extension of the aircraft cabin, wherein the monument section of the door aisle extends between the crossing sections of the door aisle with each of the two main aisles and, optionally, wherein the door aisle separates two passenger seat sections of the aircraft cabin.

13 . The aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second trolley parking place for accommodating at least one trolley, which is provided in the region of at least one of said door sections of the door aisle, is located in the region of a cabin assistant space of the door aisle, in which a cabin crew member can assist passengers during boarding and de-boarding of the aircraft.

14 . An aircraft having an aircraft cabin area according to claim 1 .

15 . A method for operating an aircraft according to claim 14 , in which at least one trolley suitable for holding supply goods for the passengers in the aircraft cabin is parked in the at least one first trolley parking place of the aircraft monument arrangement during at least one of the takeoff and the landing of the aircraft.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one trolley is parked in the at least one second trolley parking place of the aircraft cabin area when the aircraft is flying at cruising altitude.

17 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the trolley is a half-size trolley.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Weifenbach Joerg

Classifications

• B64D11/0007

  Devices specially adapted for food or beverage distribution services · CPC title

• B64D11/04 Primary

  Galleys · CPC title

• B64C1/14 Primary

  Windows; Doors; Hatch covers or access panels; Surrounding frame structures; Canopies; Windscreens {accessories therefor, e.g. pressure sensors, water deflectors, hinges, seals, handles, latches, windscreen wipers}(fairings movable in conjunction with undercarriage elements B64C25/16; bomb doors B64D1/06) · CPC title

• B64C1/00

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

• Y02T50/40

  Weight reduction · CPC title