Stowage mechanisms for display devices of aircraft passenger compartment suites

US11365008B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mark B. Dowty · Rural Hall, US
• Dennis M. Heuer · Kernersville, US
• Lyle T. Davis · Mill Brook, US
• Robert J. Henshaw · Newnan, US
• Robert D. Wilkey · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a first side with a first display device, a second side with a second display device, and a privacy divider separating the first side and the second side. The first display device may be configured to actuate between a first deployed position and a first stowed position via a first stowage mechanism. The second display device may be configured to actuate between a second deployed position and a second stowed position via a second stowage mechanism. The privacy divider may include one or more panels configured to actuate between a panel deployed position and a panel stowed position. The privacy divider may be open when at least one of the first display device is in the first stowed position, the second display device is in the second stowed position, or the one or more panels are in the panel stowed position.