Passenger service module and passenger service system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9656105-B2
Application number	US-201213659134-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2012
Priority date	Oct 25, 2011
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

A passenger service module including a fitting element, an individual ventilation arrangement connected to the fitting element and having at least one air nozzle, a lighting arrangement connected to the fitting element and having at least one reading lamp, and an operating element connected to the fitting element. The operating element includes a touch panel having at least one input field for individually controlling the operation of the air nozzle and/or of the reading lamp.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A passenger service module comprising:
a fitting element,
an individual ventilation arrangement connected to the fitting element and comprising a plurality of air nozzle,
a lighting arrangement connected to the fitting element and comprising at least one reading lamp, and
an operating element connected to the fitting element, the operating element comprising a touch panel having at least one input field for individually controlling the operation of at least one of the air nozzle and the reading lamp,
wherein the fitting element comprises an individual air duct section configured to supply air to the at least one air nozzle, and a carrier section configured to connect the fitting element to at least one of the individual ventilation arrangement, the lighting arrangement and the operating element, and
wherein a first end of the individual air duct section of the fitting element is connectable to a first end of a flexible individual air connecting line and a second end of the flexible individual air connecting line is connectable to the individual air supply line,
wherein the flexible individual connecting line is formed by a flexible hose, and
wherein a length of the individual air duct section is greater than a width of the individual air duct section, wherein the length is along a direction of the air flow through the individual air duct section.

2. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the individual ventilation arrangement and the lighting arrangement is arranged in a housing connected to the fitting element, the housing comprising a cover plate which closes the housing in a region of a surface of the housing facing the fitting element.

3. The passenger service module according to claim 2 , wherein a second end of the individual air duct section of the fitting element is connected to the individual ventilation arrangement by a flexible connecting element, the flexible connecting element connecting the second end of the individual air duct section of the fitting element to an opening formed in the cover plate of the housing accommodating at least one of the individual ventilation arrangement and the lighting arrangement.

4. The passenger service module according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one second connecting element configured to connect the fitting element to at least one of the operating element, the housing accommodating the individual ventilation arrangement, and the lighting arrangement connected to the fitting element on a first side of the carrier section.

5. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , further comprising an electronics module connected to the fitting element and including electronic components configured to control at least one of the individual ventilation arrangement, the lighting arrangement and the operating element, the electronics module being connected to the fitting element on a second side of the carrier section opposite to a first side of the fitting element.

6. The passenger service module according to claim 5 , further comprising a receiver device of a contactless power supply system, wherein the receiver device is electrically connected to the electronics module and is secured to the fitting element.

7. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , further comprising a securing element which is configured for securing the fitting element in a fitted position, the securing element being connected to the fitting element proximate to a first end of the carrier section.

8. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , wherein the operating element comprises a touch panel holder which is connected to the fitting element in the region of a second end face of the carrier section that is opposite the first end face.

9. A passenger service system comprising:
the passenger service module according to claim 1 , and
an interior fitment panel, the passenger service module and the interior fitment panel being so arranged relative to one another that the touch panel of the operating element of the passenger service module is operable by way of a touch panel surface section of the interior fitment panel.

10. The passenger service system according to claim 9 , wherein there is formed in the interior fitment panel at least one cut-out in which the air nozzle of the individual ventilation arrangement or the housing of the passenger service module accommodating at least one of the individual ventilation arrangement and the lighting arrangement is arranged.

11. The passenger service system according to claim 9 , further comprising an individual air supply line which is connected by way of the flexible individual air connecting line of the passenger service module to the second end of the individual air duct section of the fitting element.

12. The passenger service system according to claim 8 , wherein the fitting element is secured by way of the securing element to a channel configured to accommodate components of an emergency oxygen supply system.

13. An aircraft comprising the passenger service module according to claim 1 .

14. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , wherein the individual air supply line extends through the aircraft passenger cabin substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft passenger cabin.

15. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , wherein the individual air supply line supplies individual air to a plurality of passenger service modules arranged one behind another in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the aircraft passenger cabin.

16. The passenger service module according to claim 1 , the flexible individual air connecting line is disposed between the individual air duct section and the individual air supply line.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Umlauft Sebastian
• Ameling Tobias
• Thomas Robert

Classifications

• B64D2011/0053

  Cabin passenger reading lights · CPC title

• B64D13/06

  the air being conditioned (pressurising B64D13/02) · CPC title

• B64D2013/003

  Cabin ventilation nozzles · CPC title

• A62B7/00 Primary

  Respiratory apparatus (for medical purposes A61M16/00) · CPC title

• Y02T50/46

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic