Smart passenger service unit

US10715911B2 · 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: Dec 31, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an overhead passenger service unit (PSU) for a vehicle, comprising: a mounting mechanism for mounting the PSU above at least one vehicle seat; a dynamic seat row marker that provides an indication of a seat position and a status portion indicating a status of a passenger or trip aspect that is readily viewable from a vehicle aisle and is changeable during a trip; and a programmable active display that is readily viewable from a passenger seat and provides trip changeable information about the trip to the passenger.