Aircraft passenger suite seating arrangement

US9169020B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Russell J. Kroll · Atlanta, US
• Suzuko Hisata · Atlanta, US
• Francis Xavier L. Garing · Atlanta, US
• Alexander Nicholas Pozzi · Winston-Salem, US
• Glenn A. Johnson · Rural Hall, US
• Robert J. Henshaw · Newnan, US
• JaeHun Gu · Atlanta, US
• Benjamin D. Stephens · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0601
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft passenger suite including one or more privacy walls arranged to define a seating area and a living area positioned to the side of the seating area, the seating area including a seat configured to achieve a horizontal bed position and the living area including at least one amenity for use by a passenger in the suite, the living area having a length substantially less than a length of the seating area such that the suite overlaps another suite in a longitudinal direction, and wherein an entrance to the suite is defined by a break in the one or more privacy walls.