Mounting system for mounting an object in a space of a transportation means and transportation means with a space and at least one such mounting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9522734-B2
Application number	US-201414464033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2014
Priority date	Aug 21, 2013
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A mounting system for objects in a transportation system includes a profile rail, at least one locking device with a base body that is bringable in surface contact with a supporting surface of the profile rail and at least one locking body which is interlockable with the profile rail, as well as an actuating device with an actuating element that extends parallel to the profile rail and a clamping body that is connected to the actuating element. The clamping body is realized in such a way that it exerts a compressive force, which results in the locking body being interlocked, upon a component of the locking device during a motion of the actuating element in a first direction parallel to the profile rail and releases the interlock during a motion of the actuating element in a second, opposite direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mounting system for an object in a transportation means, comprising:
a profile rail with a supporting surface, at least one interior facing away from the supporting surface and at least one opening extending from the supporting surface into the at least one interior,
at least one locking device with a base body that is bringable in surface contact with the supporting surface and which is to be connected to the object, and at least one locking body extending from the at least one interior of the profile rail to the base body through an opening and is interlocked with the profile rail in order to lock the base body; and
an actuating device with an actuating element that at least in certain areas extends parallel to the profile rail and at least one clamping body movable relative to the profile rail and connected to the actuating element,
wherein the at least one clamping body is configured to exert a compressive force, which results in the locking body being interlocked, upon a component of the locking device during a motion of the actuating element in a first direction parallel to the profile rail and to release the interlock during a motion of the actuating element in a second, opposite direction, and
wherein the clamping body comprises a rotatably supported cam.

2. The mounting system of claim 1 , wherein the actuating element comprises a toothed rail that respectively engages into a toothed wheel connected to the at least one clamping body.

3. A mounting system for an object in a transportation system, comprising:
a profile rail with a supporting surface, at least one interior facing away from the supporting surface and at least one opening extending from the supporting surface into the at least one interior,
at least one locking device with a base body that is bringable in surface contact with the supporting surface and which is to be connected to the object, and at least one locking body extending from the at least one interior of the profile rail to the base body through an opening and is interlocked with the profile rail in order to lock the base body; and
an actuating device with an actuating element that at least in certain areas extends parallel to the profile rail and at least one clamping body movable relative to the profile rail and connected to the actuating element,
wherein the at least one clamping body is configured to exert a compressive force, which results in the locking body being interlocked, upon a component of the locking device during a motion of the actuating element in a first direction parallel to the profile rail and to release the interlock during a motion of the actuating element in a second, opposite direction, and
wherein the clamping body is rotatably supported on an axle arranged in an interior of the profile rail.

4. The mounting system of claim 1 , wherein the actuating element is movably supported in an interior of the profile rail.

5. The mounting system of claim 1 , further comprising several locking devices that are lined up along the profile rail in a predefined grid and connected to the actuating element.

6. The mounting system of claim 1 , further comprising a drive unit connected to the actuating element and configured for selectively moving the actuating element in the first and the second directions.

7. The mounting system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one locking body is rigidly arranged on the base body and the at least one locking device is configured for pressing the base body or the at least one locking body against a surface in an interior of the profile rail that lies opposite of the supporting surface.

8. The mounting system of claim 1 , further comprising a gripping head movably supported relative to the profile rail and arranged between the at least one clamping body and the component of the locking device in order to be acted upon with the compressive force by the clamping body and to transmit the compressive force to the locking device.

9. The mounting system of claim 8 , further comprising a mushroom head in contact with the at least one clamping body and transmitting the compressive force of the at least one clamping body to the gripping head by a spring arranged between the gripping head and the mushroom head.

10. A transportation means, comprising a space, at least one object to be mounted therein and at least one mounting system, the mounting system comprising:
a profile rail with a supporting surface, at least one interior facing away from the supporting surface and at least one opening extending from the supporting surface into the at least one interior;
at least one locking device with a base body that is bringable in surface contact with the supporting surface and which is to be connected to the object, and at least one locking body extending from the at least one interior of the profile rail to the base body through an opening and is interlocked with the profile rail in order to lock the base body;
an actuating device with an actuating element that at least in certain areas extends parallel to the profile rail and at least one clamping body movable relative to the profile rail and connected to the actuating element;
a gripping head movably supported relative to the profile rail and arranged between the at least one clamping body and a component of the locking device in order to be acted upon with a compressive force by the clamping body and to transmit the compressive force to the locking device; and
a mushroom head in contact with the at least one clamping body and transmitting the compressive force of the at least one clamping body to the gripping head by a spring arranged between the gripping head and the mushroom head,
wherein the at least one clamping body is configured to exert the compressive force, which results in the locking body being interlocked, upon the component of the locking device during a motion of the actuating element in a first direction parallel to the profile rail and to release the interlock during a motion of the actuating element in a second, opposite direction.

11. The transportation means of claim 10 , wherein the at least one object is selected from a group of elements, with said group consisting of:
passenger seats,
partition walls, and
cabin monuments.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Mazidi Seraj
• Quatmann Frank

Classifications

• B64D11/0023 Primary

  Movable or removable cabin dividers, e.g. for class separation · CPC title

• F16M13/022

  repositionable · CPC title

• Y02T50/46

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60P7/0815

  Attachment rails or trellis · CPC title

• B64D11/0696 Primary

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