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Oxygen supply and distribution system for a passenger aircraft

US7784462B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Vogt · Regensburg, DE
Walter Deutscher · Dassendorf, DE
Hans-Juergen Heinrich · Ennepetal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 3, 2004
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Aircraft passengers who require a therapeutic oxygen supply independently of the prevailing cabin pressure, as distinguished from an emergency oxygen supply that depends on an inadequate cabin pressure, can breath therapeutic oxygen and/or emergency oxygen depending on the situation, through the same therapeutic oxygen masks. For this purpose a control accessible to the crew is used to connect a therapeutic oxygen supply to the emergency oxygen distribution system of the aircraft, whereby the source of oxygen is used either partially for therapeutic purposes or fully for emergency purposes.

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