Crew rest compartment and means of transport

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9403465-B2
Application number	US-201414231815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	Apr 4, 2013
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A crew rest compartment for a means of transport includes a first bunk and a second bunk, wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk. Each bunk includes a sleeping area for accommodating a sleeping crew member, wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction. The first bunk is aligned such that the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A means of transport comprising:
a cargo area;
a cargo container located in the cargo area, wherein a crew rest compartment is arranged in the cargo container and the cargo container is delimited by sidewalls;
the crew rest compartment comprising:
a first bunk and a second bunk, the first bunk and the second bunk each comprising a sleeping area adapted for accommodating a sleeping member of a crew;
a floor;
wherein the first bunk and the second bunk are located above the floor and the first bunk and the second bunk are both accessible from the floor;
wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction which defines a longitudinal direction of the corresponding bunk;
wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk; and
wherein the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°, the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the means of transport when the crew rest compartment is mounted in the means of transport; and
wherein the longitudinal direction of the first bunk is oblique to each of the sidewalls of the cargo container.

2. The means of transport according to claim 1 , wherein the first bunk and the second bunk have a maximal offset in a horizontal direction between 20 mm and 200 mm.

3. The means of transport according to claim 1 ,
wherein each sleeping area has a transversal direction defining a transversal direction of the corresponding bunk;
wherein the first bunk comprises a maximal elongation along the longitudinal direction not less than 2000 mm; and
wherein the first bunk comprises a maximal elongation along the transversal direction not less than 700 mm.

4. The means of transport according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third bunk, a fourth bunk, a fifth bunk, a sixth bunk, a seventh bunk, and an eighth bunk;
wherein the third bunk is located above the fourth bunk, the fifth bunk is located above the sixth bunk, and the seventh bunk is located above the eighth bunk.

5. The means of transport according to claim 4 ,
wherein a symmetry plane divides the crew rest compartment into a first portion and a second portion, the symmetry plane being spanned by the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment and by a vertical direction; and
wherein the first portion of the crew rest compartment comprises the first bunk, the second bunk, the third bunk, and the fourth bunk.

6. The means of transport according to claim 5 ,
wherein the second portion of the crew rest compartment comprises the fifth bunk, the sixth bunk, the seventh bunk, and the eighth bunk; and
wherein the fifth bunk, the sixth bunk, the seventh bunk, and the eighth bunk are arranged in mirror symmetry to the first bunk, the second bunk, the third bunk, and the fourth bunk with respect to the symmetry plane.

7. The means of transport according to claim 4 ,
wherein the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle between 9° and 27°; and
wherein a longitudinal direction of the third bunk and a transversal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle between 9° and 27°, the transversal direction of the crew rest compartment being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment.

8. The means of transport according to claim 4 ,
wherein a longitudinal direction of the fifth bunk is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment; and
wherein a longitudinal direction of the seventh bunk is substantially parallel to the transversal direction of the crew rest compartment.

9. The means of transport according to claim 4 ,
wherein the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle between 9° and 27°;
wherein a longitudinal direction of the third bunk is substantially parallel to the transversal direction of the crew rest compartment;
wherein a longitudinal direction of the fifth bunk and the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle between 9° and 27°; and
wherein a longitudinal direction of the seventh bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle between 9° and 27°.

10. The means of transport according to claim 1 , wherein the crew rest compartment is configured for being located in a lower deck of the means of transport.

11. The means of transport according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crew rest compartment comprises a first opening in a ceiling area of the crew rest compartment; and
wherein the first opening is configured for providing an access from an upper deck of the means of transport.

12. The means of transport according to claim 11 ,
wherein the crew rest compartment comprises a second opening and a third opening; and
wherein each of the second opening and the third opening are configured for providing an access to an adjacent space in the means of transport.

13. The means of transport according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crew rest compartment comprises a rectangular base area; and
wherein one side of the rectangular base area defines the longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment.

14. The means of transport according to claim 1 , further comprising a third bunk disposed at height above the floor and oriented at an oblique angle relative to the first bunk and relative to each of the sidewalls of the cargo container.

15. The means of transport according to claim 14 , wherein the first bunk is positioned adjacent to a first sidewall and the third bunk is positioned adjacent to a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls intersecting each other.

16. The means of transport according to claim 15 , wherein the third bunk is located at the same height above the floor as the first bunk.

17. The means of transport according to claim 15 , further comprising a fourth bunk positioned adjacent the second sidewall and being oriented at an oblique angle relative to the third bunk and each of the sidewalls of the cargo container.

18. The means of transport according to claim 17 , further comprising a fifth bunk positioned adjacent a third sidewall and being oriented at an oblique angle relative to the fourth bunk and each of the sidewalls of the cargo container, the third sidewall intersecting the second sidewall.

19. The means of transport according to claim 18 , wherein the first and third sidewalls are parallel to each other and are each perpendicular relative to the second sidewall.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Kircher Benedikt
• Sontag Stephan
• Edwards Paul

Classifications

• B63B22/20

  Ballast means · CPC title

• B63B29/10

  Berths; Mounting ladders therefor · CPC title

• B64D2011/0076

  for crew members, e.g. for sleeping during flight · CPC title

• B60P3/38

  Sleeping arrangements {, e.g. living or sleeping accommodation on the roof of the vehicle} · CPC title

• B63B2211/02

  Oceanography · CPC title