Business class travel suite arrangements for narrow body and wide body aircraft

US11319072B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Henshaw · Newnan, US
• Edward W. Morgan · Winston-Salem, US
• Horng-Jaan Lin · Winston-Salem, US
• Tracy N. Pence · King, US
• Benjamin T. Bailey · Clarkston, US
• Jae Hun Gu · Doraville, US
• Robert D. Wilkey · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2019
• Grant date: May 3, 2022
• Expiry date: May 1, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0606
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A travel suite arrangement for an aircraft cabin, such as a business class cabin, including at least one longitudinal aisle dividing sections, with each section including at least one four-suite unit. Each four-suite unit generally includes an angled first seat positioned directly adjacent the longitudinal aisle forward-facing, a second angled seat positioned directly adjacent the longitudinal aisle rearward-facing, a third angled seat positioned apart from the longitudinal aisle, to one side of the first seat and rearward-facing, and a fourth angled seat positioned apart from the longitudinal aisle, to one side of the second seat and forward-facing. Aisle seats are accessed directly from the aisle while outboard seats share access passageways.