Aircraft passenger compartment with an accessibility door

US11299274B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Lyle T. Davis · Mill Brook, US
• Michael R. G. Warwick · Pleasant Garden, US
• Anthony H Disher, III · Winston-Salem, US
• John C. Jesmok, II · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G7/1036
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft passenger compartment may include an accessibility door, a privacy shell, a privacy shell base, and an aircraft seat. The accessibility door may be coupled to the privacy shell via at least one actuation assembly. The accessibility door may be configured to actuate between an open position and a closed position via the at least one actuation assembly. The privacy shell may be coupled to the privacy shell base. At least a portion of the privacy shell may be configured to conform to at least a portion of the aircraft seat. The privacy shell base may be configured to support the accessibility door at a height above a floor of an aircraft cabin including the aircraft passenger compartment. The height may be selected to allow access to the aircraft seat over the privacy shell base when the accessibility door is in the open position.