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Common flight deck module for family of commercial aircraft

US6497388B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2001
Grant dateDec 24, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A common flight deck module for use with a plurality of aircraft platforms. The common flight deck module includes a discrete structure that is independent of the structure of the aircraft fuselage and may includes an avionics system and other hardware, controls and equipment. The common flight deck module is configured to “plug into” the fuselage from each of the aircraft platforms. The “plug in” modularity of the common flight deck module permits the standardization of various components and procedures to thereby make possible efficiency-based cost reductions for both aircraft manufacturers and aircraft consumers.

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