Aircraft cabin arrangement for complex lighting scenarios

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701423-B2
Application number	US-201514619705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2015
Priority date	Feb 14, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

An aircraft cabin arrangement for a passenger aircraft, extending along a cabin axis which runs centrally through the aircraft cabin arrangement, having a ceiling trim arrangement provided in the upwardly pointing part of the outer wall of the aircraft cabin arrangement and is arranged above the cabin axis, wherein the ceiling trim arrangement comprises a central ceiling panel element and lateral ceiling panel elements which have a panel element, wherein the central ceiling panel element is arranged vertically above the cabin axis, wherein the lateral ceiling panel elements adjoin the central ceiling panel element on both sides in the lateral direction perpendicularly with respect to the cabin axis, wherein one or more of the central ceiling panel element and the lateral ceiling panel elements has a flat lighting device which is embodied in a flat fashion such that it extends over a surface section of the ceiling panel element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft cabin arrangement for complex lighting scenarios in a passenger aircraft, comprising
a ceiling trim arrangement in an upwardly pointing part of an outer wall of the aircraft cabin arrangement and arranged above a cabin axis, which runs centrally through the aircraft cabin arrangement,
wherein the aircraft cabin arrangement extends linearly along the cabin axis,
wherein the ceiling trim arrangement comprises a central ceiling element and lateral ceiling elements which each have a panel element,
wherein the central ceiling element is arranged vertically above the cabin axis,
wherein the lateral ceiling elements adjoin the central ceiling element on both sides in the lateral direction perpendicularly with respect to the cabin axis,
wherein at least one of or both of the central ceiling element and the lateral ceiling elements has a flat lighting device which is embodied in a flat fashion such that it extends over a surface section of the panel element,
wherein the flat lighting device has a multiplicity of lighting sources which are arranged in recesses in the panel element,
wherein the panel element has a translucent section,
wherein a multiplicity of lighting sources are arranged distributed over the surface section on the far side of the panel element from the interior of the aircraft cabin arrangement,
wherein the translucent section is coated with an opaque material in regions at a distance from the lighting sources.

2. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral ceiling elements have a flat lighting device.

3. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein only the central ceiling element has a flat lighting device.

4. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the flat lighting device has one or more passage openings in the panel element, and
wherein a monitor is provided on the far side of the panel element from the interior of the aircraft cabin arrangement.

5. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a mask element is arranged between one of the lighting sources and the translucent section and causes a contour on a light beam emitted by the lighting source, which can be seen when the light beam is projected onto a surface transverse to the direction of the light beam.

6. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a mask element is arranged in front of one of the lighting sources and causes a contour on a light beam emitted by the lighting source, which can be seen when the light beam is projected onto a surface transverse to the direction of the light beam.

7. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the flat lighting device has flat organic light-emitting diodes.

8. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the panel element has a recess with which a translucent projection surface is aligned, which projection surface runs parallel to or in the plane of the panel element,
wherein a projector which is aligned with the projection surface is provided at a distance from the projection surface, on the far side of the panel element from the interior of the aircraft cabin arrangement.

9. An aircraft cabin arrangement for complex lighting scenarios in a passenger aircraft, comprising
a ceiling trim arrangement in the upwardly pointing part of the outer wall of the aircraft cabin arrangement and is arranged above a cabin axis, which runs centrally through the aircraft cabin arrangement,
wherein the aircraft cabin arrangement extends linearly along the cabin axis,
wherein the ceiling trim arrangement comprises a central ceiling element and lateral ceiling elements which each have at least one panel element,
wherein the central ceiling element is arranged vertically above the cabin axis,
wherein the lateral ceiling elements adjoin the central ceiling element on both sides in the lateral direction perpendicularly with respect to the cabin axis,
wherein at least one of or both of the central ceiling element and the lateral ceiling elements has a flat lighting device which is embodied in a flat fashion such that it extends over a surface section of the panel element,
wherein the panel element has a translucent section,
wherein a multiplicity of lighting sources are arranged distributed over the surface section on the far side of the panel element from the interior of the aircraft cabin arrangement, and
wherein the translucent section is coated with an opaque material in regions at a distance from the lighting sources.

10. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein a mask element is arranged between one of the lighting sources and the translucent section and causes a contour on a light beam emitted by the lighting source, which can be seen when the light beam is projected onto a surface transverse to the direction of the light beam.

11. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the flat lighting device has flat organic light-emitting diodes.

12. An aircraft cabin arrangement for complex lighting scenarios in a passenger aircraft, comprising
a ceiling trim arrangement in the upwardly pointing part of the outer wall of the aircraft cabin arrangement and is arranged above a cabin axis, which runs centrally through the aircraft cabin arrangement,
wherein the aircraft cabin arrangement extends linearly along the cabin axis,
wherein the ceiling trim arrangement comprises a central ceiling element and lateral ceiling elements which each have at least one panel element,
wherein the central ceiling element is arranged vertically above the cabin axis,
wherein the lateral ceiling elements adjoin the central ceiling element on both sides in the lateral direction perpendicularly with respect to the cabin axis,
wherein at least one of or both of the central ceiling element and the lateral ceiling elements has a flat lighting device which is embodied in a flat fashion such that it extends over a surface section of the panel element,
wherein the panel element has a recess with which a translucent projection surface is aligned, which projection surface runs parallel to or in the plane of the panel element,
wherein a projector which is aligned with the projection surface is provided at a distance from the projection surface on the far side of the panel element from the interior of the aircraft cabin arrangement.

13. The aircraft cabin arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein the flat lighting device has flat organic light-emitting diodes.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Kircher Benedikt
• Edwards Paul
• Karrenbrock Hans-Tillmann

Classifications

• B64C1/066 Primary

  Interior liners · CPC title

• B60Q3/43

  General lighting · CPC title

• F21V21/02

  Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases (F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06) · CPC title

• B60Q3/745

  using lighting panels or mats, e.g. electro-luminescent panels, LED mats · CPC title

• B64D11/00

  Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for · CPC title