Passenger interface system and assembly thereof

US9205287B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EMBRAER S.A. · BR

Inventors

• Bruno Kimura Castanha · São José dos Campos, BR
• Fernando Henrique Da Silva · São José dos Campos, BR
• Celso Aparecido Cruz Gueiros · Gravatá, BR
• Jay Beever · São José dos Campos, BR
• Oliver Turci De Camargo · Gravatá, BR
• Joshua Rea · Melbourne, US
• Rainer Zierer · Melbourne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2013/003
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Passenger interface units include individual passenger modules having co-located controls for passenger comfort and entertainment systems. The modules will include a glass panel having front and rear surfaces, a structural support panel bonded to the rear surface of the glass panel and a light-emitting unit supported by the support panel behind the rear surface of the glass panel. The rear surface of the glass panel may include an opaque printed coating layer having at least one unpainted region that is transparent to visible light emitted by the light-emitting unit thereby allowing the visible light to be transmitted through the glass panel and visible at the front surface thereof.