Modular communication fixture for installation on board of a passenger conveyance

US7262957B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Doebertin · Hamburg, DE
• Hermann Schotte · Buxtehude, DE
• Regine Fischer · Ilshofen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2007
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A modular communication fixture is installed in a passenger aircraft adjacent to an entrance and exit area adjoining a passenger boarding door. The fixture includes a housing, at least one access door that is selectively movable to an open position and a closed position relative to the housing, an information and communication terminal arrangement that is installed at least partly in the housing and that includes a control section, and a seat that is adapted to support a person seated thereon and that is arranged movable into and out of the housing. In the open position, the at least one access door permits access to the control section and the seat, and extends into the entrance and exit area. In the closed position, the at least one access door prohibits access to the control section and the seat, and does not obstruct the entrance and exit area.