Airliner passenger suite seating arrangements with shared aisle suite access

US11072427B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mark B. Dowty · Rural Hall, US
• Tracy N. Pence · King, US
• Matt Round · London, GB
• Vien McArthur Nguyen · London, GB
• Martin Hong Lun Mo · Wimbledon, GB
• Erik Eivind Sutton Nilsen · Mountlake Terrace, US
• Anthony Michael Charles · Mercer Island, US
• Brian Jeremy Conner · Seattle, US
• Harry Howard Hanson · Lake Forest Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 8, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2011/0069
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A four-suite unit positionable in an aircraft cabin to one side of a longitudinal aisle and including first and second suites positioned longitudinally-aligned and facing each other, a shared passageway positioned between foot ends of the first and second suites, third and fourth suites positioned longitudinally-aligned and to one side of the respective first and second suites, a first passageway positioned between a portion of the first suite and a portion of the third suite for accessing the third suite from the shared passageway, and a second passageway positioned between a portion of the second suite and a portion of the fourth suite for accessing the fourth suite from the shared passageway.