Device for mounting a vehicle attendant seat in a cabin of a vehicle, cabin arrangement in a vehicle, and vehicle with at least one cabin arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9511867-B2
Application number	US-201414493952-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	Sep 23, 2013
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A device for mounting a vehicle attendant seat in a cabin of a vehicle is provided. The device includes a retaining body, a receiving device arranged on the retaining body for mounting the vehicle attendant seat, a pivoting mechanism arranged on the retaining body, a first locking device and an elongated rail on which the pivoting mechanism is slidably held and connectable to a wall surface in the cabin of the vehicle. External contours of the retaining body span a plane; the receiving device is arranged on a surface of the retaining body, which surface extends parallel to the plane, and is designed to mechanically connect the vehicle attendant seat to the retaining body. The vehicle attendant seat may be stowed, slid into an indentation in the vehicle, and for use may be pulled from the indentation, may be pivoted and may be locked.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for mounting a vehicle attendant seat in a cabin of a vehicle, comprising:
a retaining body with a top edge, a bottom edge and a pivoting edge,
a receiving device for a vehicle attendant seat, which receiving device is arranged on the retaining body,
at least one pivoting mechanism affixed to the pivoting edge of the retaining body,
at least one first locking device, and
at least one elongated rail on which the at least one pivoting mechanism is slidably held, and the at least one elongated rail is connectable to a wall surface in the cabin of the vehicle,
wherein external contours of the retaining body span a plane, and the receiving device is arranged on a surface of the retaining body that extends parallel to the plane, and the receiving device mechanically connects the vehicle attendant seat to the retaining body, and
wherein the at least one pivoting mechanism is configured to pivot the retaining body between an alignment parallel to the at least one elongated rail to an alignment perpendicular to the at least one elongated rail.

2. The device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one first locking device is arranged on the retaining body so as to be spaced apart from the at least one pivoting mechanism.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one elongated rail is at least one telescopic rail.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pivoting mechanism is attached to the retaining body by way of a telescopic arrangement.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the retaining body is configured to be variable in width.

6. The device of claim 1 ,
further comprising an electrical connector device that is arranged on the retaining body.

7. The device of claim 6 ,
wherein the electrical connector device is arranged in a region near the bottom edge of the retaining body.

8. The device of claim 6 ,
wherein at least one of the at least one pivoting mechanism and the at least one elongated rail comprise sliding contacts in order to connect the electrical connector device to a vehicle-fixed component.

9. The device of claim 6 ,
further comprising at least one electrical line that extends from the electrical connector device to the pivoting edge.

10. The device of claim 9 ,
wherein the at least one electrical line is guided by way of the at least one pivoting mechanism in order to be routed by way of the at least one elongated rail to a vehicle-fixed component.

11. A cabin arrangement in a vehicle, comprising:
a floor area,
a vehicle attendant seat,
a stowage compartment,
at least one cabin configuration component, arranged on the floor area, with a first wall, and
a device including a retaining body with a top edge, a bottom edge and a pivoting edge, a receiving device arranged on the retaining body, at least one pivoting mechanism affixed to the pivoting edge of the retaining body, at least one first locking device, and at least one elongated rail on which the at least one pivoting mechanism is slidably held,
wherein external contours of the retaining body span a plane, and the receiving device is arranged on a surface of the retaining body that extends parallel to the plane,
wherein the at least one elongated rail of the device is arranged on the first wall of the cabin configuration component, and the vehicle attendant seat is arranged on the receiving device of the retaining body, and
wherein with the vehicle attendant seat arranged on the receiving device, the retaining body is pullable from the stowage compartment completely and is pivotable to an alignment that is perpendicular to the at least one elongated rail.

12. The cabin arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the stowage compartment has an interior surface, and the at least one elongated rail is affixed to the interior surface.

13. The cabin arrangement of claim 11 ,
wherein the at least one cabin configuration component is selected from a group of cabin configuration components, with the group comprising:
a toilet module,
a galley module,
a stowage module,
a rest compartment module,
a stair access,
a partition wall to a cockpit,
a shared space,
a prayer room,
a smokers' module,
an electronics module,
a service module,
a wash room,
a change room,
a wardrobe space,
a bar module,
a reception module, and
combinations thereof.

14. A vehicle, comprising:
a cabin,
at least one cabin arrangement including a floor area, a vehicle attendant seat, at least one cabin configuration component arranged on the floor area with a first wall, and a device having a retaining body with a top edge, a bottom edge and a pivoting edge, a receiving device arranged on the retaining body, at least one pivoting mechanism affixed to the pivoting edge of the retaining body, and at least one elongated rail on which the at least one pivoting mechanism is slidably held,
wherein external contours of the retaining body span a plane, and the receiving device is arranged on a surface of the retaining body that extends parallel to the plane,
wherein the at least one elongated rail of the device is arranged on the first wall of the cabin configuration component, and the vehicle attendant seat is arranged on the receiving device of the retaining body, and
wherein the at least one pivoting mechanism is configured to pivot the retaining body between an alignment parallel to the at least one elongated rail to an alignment perpendicular to the at least one elongated rail.

15. The cabin arrangement of claim 12 , wherein with the retaining body pivoted parallel to the at least one elongated rail, the retaining body with the vehicle attendant seat arranged on the receiving device is slidable into the stowage compartment completely.

16. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the device further comprises at least one first locking device and the at least one first locking device is arranged on the retaining body so as to be spaced apart from the at least one pivoting mechanism.

17. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Schliwa Ralf
• Lange Roland
• Jedraszczyk Jan-Ole

Classifications

• B64D11/0691 Primary

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