Aircraft area having a textile display, aircraft passenger seat having a textile display, and aircraft including an aircraft area

US11560240B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE
• AIRBUS (S.A.S.) · FR

Inventors

• Frank Quatmann · Seevetal, DE
• Nicolas Jourdan · Grenoble, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2380/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft area having a textile display, aircraft passenger seat having a textile display, and aircraft including an aircraft area. An aircraft area includes an interior component, a textile display on the interior component and including at least one textile fiber capable of changing a color at at least one section of the textile fiber, and a controller operatively coupled to the textile display and configured to change color of the at least one section of the textile fiber, such that the textile display displays information. An aircraft passenger seat includes a back rest, seat pan, and textile display integrated into a seat cover covering the backrest and/or the seat pan. The textile display includes at least one textile fiber capable of changing a color at at least one section of the textile fiber. An aircraft may include one or more aircraft areas and/or one or more aircraft passenger seats.