Smart passenger service unit

US10506339B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Dunn · Stony Brook, US
• Eric Johannessen · Holbrook, US
• Gannon T. Gambeski · Holbrook, US
• John Terence Barker · Overland Park, US
• Ronnie R. Moss · Langley, US
• Jesse Richard Peck · Seattle, US
• Robert Linton · Edmonds, US
• Jonathan Todzia · Farmingville, US
• Donald LaSala · Seaford, US
• Luis Sam · South Setauket, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In an illustrative embodiment, an integrated speaker-light unit includes a base unit adapted to be mounted to a fixture of an aircraft, a speaker unit disposed proximate the base unit, a horn element having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end positioned proximate the speaker unit and defining a first aperture, and the distal end defining a second aperture, where a greatest measurement of the second aperture is larger than a greatest measurement of the first aperture, an LED unit disposed at least partially in the horn element, and a housing element at least partially surrounding the horn element. The greatest measurement of the second aperture may be less than 4 inches. The base unit may be mounted to a passenger service unit such that the integrated speaker-light unit is presented as a passenger reading light.