Space efficient cabin segment for a vehicle as well as a passenger cabin having a plurality of seats and such a cabin segment

US11174028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Heidtmann · Hamburg, DE
• Tobias Dahms · Lüneburg, DE
• Roland Lange · Nottensdorf, DE
• Markus Wirth · Hamburg, DE
• Jörg Weifenbach · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2011/0046
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cabin segment for a vehicle includes a first lateral segment module having a first main extension axis, a second lateral segment module having a second main extension axis, and an aisle arranged in the cabin segment. The main extension axes parallel to each other, and the first and second lateral segment modules are distanced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the main extension axes and enclose the aisle, which runs parallel to the main extension axes. At least one of the first lateral segment module and the second lateral segment module includes a lavatory accessible through a lavatory opening positioned outside the aisle. The first lateral segment module includes at least one receiving space to receive serving trolleys. The at least one receiving space has a receiving opening facing into the aisle.