Passenger cabin for a means of transport and means of transport comprising a passenger cabin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950794-B2
Application number	US-201414483579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2014
Priority date	Mar 13, 2012
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A passenger cabin for a means of transport is provided, which comprises an upper passenger deck and a lower passenger deck. The floor of the upper passenger deck comprises a lower and an upper region arranged therebeside, which are interconnected via a step or a ramp. There is an aisle in the lower region. The floor of the lower passenger deck likewise comprises a lower and an upper region arranged therebeside, between which there is a lowered aisle which is arranged so as to be laterally offset from the aisle of the upper passenger deck. The available surfaces of the upper and the lower passenger deck are mirror-symmetrically arranged. In this way, the space available can be used very effectively in order to accommodate more passengers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A passenger cabin for a means of transport, comprising:
an upper passenger deck, which comprises a first floor comprising a first, higher region laterally connecting to a first outer shell segment, a second, lower region laterally connecting to a second outer shell segment and a first aisle arranged between the first region and the second region, the second outer shell segment being opposite to the first outer shell segment;
a lower passenger deck, which is arranged below the first floor and comprises a second floor comprising a third, lower region laterally connecting to the second outer shell segment, a fourth, higher region laterally connecting to the first outer shell segment and a second aisle arranged between the third region and the fourth region, the second aisle arranged below a level of the third region and below a level of the fourth region;
wherein the first region is arranged to the side of and above the second region, the third region is arranged to the side of and below the fourth region, the first aisle is arranged so as to be laterally offset from the second aisle, and the second region of the upper passenger deck and the third region of the lower passenger deck are arranged so as to lie one above the other, and the first region of the upper passenger deck and the fourth region of the lower passenger deck are arranged so as to lie one above the other.

2. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein the upper passenger deck comprises a first arrangement of seats over the first region.

3. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein the upper passenger deck comprises a second arrangement of seats over the second region.

4. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein the lower passenger deck comprises a third arrangement of seats over the third region.

5. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein the lower passenger deck comprises a fourth arrangement of seats over the fourth region.

6. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein the first aisle is arranged in the same plane as the second region.

7. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is connected to the second region via one or more steps extending in the longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin, an inclined plane or a curved surface.

8. The passenger cabin according to claim 2 , wherein the first arrangement of seats comprises a plurality of rows of three seats each of which are arranged behind one another.

9. The passenger cabin according to claim 3 , wherein the second arrangement of seats comprises a plurality of bench seats arranged behind one another.

10. The passenger cabin according to claim 1 , wherein a seat configuration of the upper passenger deck is mirror-symmetric to a seat configuration of the lower passenger deck.

11. A means of transport, comprising:
a passenger cabin including:
an upper passenger deck, which includes a first floor having a first region laterally connecting to a first outer shell segment, a second region laterally connecting to a second outer shell segment and a first aisle arranged between the first region and the second region, the second outer shell segment being opposite to the first outer shell segment;
a lower passenger deck, which is arranged below the first floor and includes a second floor having a third region laterally connecting to the second outer shell segment, a fourth region laterally connecting to the first outer shell segment and a second aisle arranged between the third region and the fourth region, the second aisle arranged below a level of the third region and below a level of the fourth region;

wherein the first region is arranged to the side of and above the second region, the third region is arranged to the side of and below the fourth region, the first aisle is arranged so as to be laterally offset from the second aisle, and the second region of the upper passenger deck and the third region of the lower passenger deck are arranged so as to lie one above the other, and the first region of the upper passenger deck and the fourth region of the lower passenger deck are arranged so as to lie one above the other.

12. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the means of transport is an aircraft.

13. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the means of transport is a short-haul or medium-haul aircraft having a fuselage diameter of at most 4.5 meters.

14. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the upper passenger deck comprises a first arrangement of seats over the first region.

15. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the upper passenger deck comprises a second arrangement of seats over the second region.

16. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the lower passenger deck comprises a third arrangement of seats over the third region.

17. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the lower passenger deck comprises a fourth arrangement of seats over the fourth region.

18. The means of transport according to claim 11 , wherein the first aisle is arranged in the same plane as the second region.

19. The means of transport according to claim 15 , wherein the second arrangement of seats comprises a plurality of bench seats arranged behind one another.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Wuggetzer Ingo
• Bruns Christian
• Mayer Tobias

Classifications

• B64C2001/0027

  arranged one above the other · CPC title

• B64D11/00

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

• B64C1/00

  Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like · CPC title

• E04D13/0409 Primary

  Drainage outlets, e.g. gullies · CPC title

• E04D2013/0436

  with sealing means · CPC title