Crew rest compartment and means of transport

US9403465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Benedikt Kircher · Hamburg, DE
• Stephan Sontag · Revenahe, DE
• Paul Edwards · Bristol, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2011/0076
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A crew rest compartment for a means of transport includes a first bunk and a second bunk, wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk. Each bunk includes a sleeping area for accommodating a sleeping crew member, wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction. The first bunk is aligned such that the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°.