Customizable service space

US8519824B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Richard L. Rankin · Lake Stevens, US
• Nino Senoadi · Bothell, US
• Karen Cavalier Bradshaw · Lynnwood, US
• Erik Ivar Wiman · Lake Stevens, US
• Robert J. Bengtsson · Mukilteo, US
• Buddy L. Sharpe · Mill Creek, US
• Mark E. Wentland · Lynnwood, US
• Shawn A. Claflin · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A modular environment for a vehicle. The modular environment may include a configurable service space with a mounting system within the vehicle that has a number of modules configured to releaseably engage the mounting system. The module environment also may include a service space control system able to electronically communicate with and identify at least one of the modules. The modular environment may also include an arch framework that supports a number of fixed modules and a number of configurable modules. A further embodiment is shown of a method for using a service space control system that controls a modular environment for a vehicle having a configurable service, and including a mounting system configured to releaseably engage a number of modules in a service space. The service space control system electronically communicates with and can identify at least one of the modules and limit its use to only authorized users.