Cabin for a floating installation with lines which contribute to reinforcement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9409632-B2
Application number	US-201314402927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	May 23, 2012
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a cabin ( 70 ) for a floating installation, in particular for a ship ( 60 ), having a room unit ( 1 ) which is bounded at least by a ceiling ( 10 ) and walls ( 20 ), and lines ( 30 ) which supply the room unit ( 1 ), in particular with air, water, data, power, illumination, etc. Provision is made according to the invention for the lines ( 30 ) to extend in the room unit ( 1 ) in such a way that the lines ( 30 ) simultaneously act as reinforcing means for the room unit ( 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cabin for a floating installation comprising: a room unit delimited at least by a ceiling, a floor, a metallic frame profile fastened to the floor, walls formed from a multiplicity of wall elements fastened to one another and held in the frame profile, and conduits for providing a supply of air, water, data, electricity, and/or lighting to the room unit, the conduits running in the room unit such that the conduits simultaneously act as stiffening members for the room unit, the conduits extend through a metallic receiving body that is fastened to the ceiling and/or to the wall and/or to a floor, the receiving body has mutually separate chambers in which the conduits extend, each of the chambers having a space in which the conduits are situated, and the space being filled with a material for preventing movements of the conduits within the chamber.

2. The cabin of claim 1 , wherein the conduits are integrated in the room unit such that the conduits are accessible from an interior of the room unit.

3. The cabin claim 1 , wherein the conduits are arranged in an edge region between the ceiling and the wall and/or in an edge region between the wall and a floor of the room unit.

4. The cabin of claim 1 , further comprising a cover element that covers the conduits with respect to an interior of the room unit.

5. The cabin of claim 4 , wherein the cover element is removable.

6. The cabin of claim 1 , wherein the ceiling is formed from a multiplicity of ceiling elements that are fastened to one another.

7. A ship comprising a plurality of cabins in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the cabins are arranged one on top of the other and/or adjacent to one another.

8. A cabin for a floating installation comprising: a room unit delimited at least by a ceiling, walls, conduits for providing a supply of air, water, data, electricity, and/or lighting to the room unit, the conduits running in the room unit such that the conduits simultaneously act as stiffening members for the room unit, and at least one cover element that covers the conduit with respect to an interior of the room unit, the cover element having at least one of a lighting element, a sensor, a loudspeaker, a display, a plug socket, network connection, a sprinkler element, a camera, and an air outlet/inlet opening.

9. The cabin of claim 8 , wherein the conduits extend through a receiving body that is fastened to the ceiling and/or to the wall and/or to a floor,
the receiving body being metallic.

10. The cabin of claim 9 , wherein the receiving body has mutually separate chambers in which the conduits extend.

11. The cabin of claim 10 , wherein the receiving body has at least one fastening receptacle on which the wall and/or the ceiling is arranged.

12. The cabin of claim 11 , wherein the fastening receptacle has a U-shaped profile.

13. The cabin of claim 10 , wherein the chamber has a space in which the conduits are situated the space being filled with a material for preventing movements of the conduits within the chamber.

14. A cabin for a floating installation comprising: a room unit delimited at least by a ceiling, walls connected perpendicularly to the ceiling at corners and conduits extending along the corners of the room unit, each of the conduits having a ceiling panel supported against the ceiling, a wall panel supported against one of the walls and a diagonal panel extending diagonally between the ceiling and the wall of the corner along which the conduit extends, each of the conduits defining an elongated chamber of substantially triangular cross-section for providing a supply of air, water, data, electricity, and/or lighting to the room unit, and the conduits simultaneously acting as stiffening members for the room unit, wherein the ceiling and the walls are formed from a multiplicity of ceiling elements and wall elements, each of the ceiling elements being fastened to the ceiling element adjacent thereto by way of a tongue and groove connection, and/or each of the wall elements being fastened to the wall element adjacent thereto by way of a tongue and groove connection.

15. The cabin of claim 14 , further comprising a metallic frame profile fastened to the floor of the room unit, wherein the wall elements are held in the frame profile.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Koestner Matthias

Classifications

• B63J2/04

  of living spaces · CPC title

• B63B2231/02

  Metallic materials · CPC title

• B63B11/00

  Interior subdivision of hulls (bulkhead space construction B63B3/56) · CPC title

• B63B45/06

  the devices being intended to illuminate vessels' decks or interior · CPC title

• B63B29/02 Primary

  Cabins or other living spaces; Construction or arrangement thereof · CPC title