161 |
Reading lamp for installation in a cabin trim element of a vehicle |
US14526657 |
2014-10-29 |
US09796474B2 |
2017-10-24 |
Matthias Hartmann; Thomas Weninger |
The invention relates to a reading lamp for installation in a cabin trim element (4) of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft, comprisingan installation frame (1) having a ring element (2),a lamp housing (7) having a mating support surface (8), anda clamping ring (9)wherein the clamping ring (9) is connected to the installation frame (1) by means of tension spring elements (10), such that the lamp housing (7) is forced against the support surface (6) of the inner surface of the ring element (2) by means of the clamping ring (9) and may be moved with respect to the installation frame (1) in the manner of a ball and socket joint. |
162 |
PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT AND COMPONENTS THEREOF |
US15476785 |
2017-03-31 |
US20170203856A1 |
2017-07-20 |
Matthew Dunn; Eric Johannessen; Gannon T. Gambeski; John Terence Barker; Ronnie R. Moss; Jesse Richard Peck; Robert Linton; Jonathan Todzia; Donald LaSala; Luis Sam |
In an illustrative embodiment, an integrated speaker-light unit includes a base unit adapted to be mounted to a fixture of an aircraft, a speaker unit disposed proximate the base unit, a horn element having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end positioned proximate the speaker unit and defining a first aperture, and the distal end defining a second aperture, where a greatest measurement of the second aperture is larger than a greatest measurement of the first aperture, an LED unit disposed at least partially in the horn element, and a housing element at least partially surrounding the horn element. The greatest measurement of the second aperture may be less than 4 inches. The base unit may be mounted to a passenger service unit such that the integrated speaker-light unit is presented as a passenger reading light. |
163 |
Interior component for a vehicle with a modular passenger service unit |
US14622029 |
2015-02-13 |
US09688406B2 |
2017-06-27 |
Uwe Schneider; Patrick Rollfink; Diana Siehndel |
An interior component for an interior room of an aircraft is provided. The interior component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and a multitude of functional modules which form a passenger service unit. The second surface is arranged opposite to the first surface and comprises a recess. The multitude of functional modules are arranged one after another in the recess in the longitudinal direction of the interior component, such that a first front surface of the functional module arranged frontally in the longitudinal direction closes flush with a first front surface of the body. |
164 |
Passenger service module and passenger service system |
US13659134 |
2012-10-24 |
US09656105B2 |
2017-05-23 |
Sebastian Umlauft; Tobias Ameling; Robert Thomas |
A passenger service module including a fitting element, an individual ventilation arrangement connected to the fitting element and having at least one air nozzle, a lighting arrangement connected to the fitting element and having at least one reading lamp, and an operating element connected to the fitting element. The operating element includes a touch panel having at least one input field for individually controlling the operation of the air nozzle and/or of the reading lamp. |
165 |
Aircraft Overhead Passenger Service Unit |
US15347959 |
2016-11-10 |
US20170137129A1 |
2017-05-18 |
Andre HESSLING-VON HEIMENDAHL; Stefan BECKER |
An overhead aircraft passenger service unit, which is configured to be placed above the passenger seats within an aircraft cabin, comprises at least one cavity for housing at least one oxygen mask and at least one removable cover, which at least partially covers an opening of the cavity. The removable cover houses and/or supports at least one functional component. |
166 |
Passenger Service Unit and Related Systems |
US15291496 |
2016-10-12 |
US20170029113A1 |
2017-02-02 |
David Freund; Brendan Keavney; Caleb Flori |
A passenger service unit (PSU) for a transport vessel has a unitary chassis with a plurality of apertures extending therethrough. Each one of the apertures is independently sized to receive at least one of a plurality of different modules. Each one of the modules includes one or more PSU fixtures having components different from other ones of the plurality of modules. A representative vessel is a passenger aircraft. Representative modules include vent and passenger reading light module, speaker module, passenger oxygen supply module and display module. |
167 |
Direction-Controlled Service Apparatus |
US15257177 |
2016-09-06 |
US20170009751A1 |
2017-01-12 |
Douglas A. Brown; Kwun-Wing W. Cheung |
A direction controlled service apparatus may include a mounting assembly, a housing assembly configured to operably connect to the mounting assembly, the housing assembly being movable with respect to the mounting assembly, and a plurality of actuators connected between the mounting assembly and the housing assembly, each actuator of the plurality of actuators being configured to contract upon a current being applied to the actuator to rotate the housing assembly with respect to the mounting assembly. |
168 |
Supply module for passenger transport vehicles |
US13524537 |
2012-06-15 |
US09499270B2 |
2016-11-22 |
Christian Riedel; Wolfgang Fischer |
A supply module is provided for a passenger transport vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a first supply unit for supplying passengers with a first supply medium in a first supply area and a second supply unit for supplying passengers with a second supply medium in a second supply area. Furthermore, the supply module includes, but is not limited to a control unit which is configured to activate the first supply unit in a first subregion of the first supply area and to activate the second supply unit in a second subregion of the second supply area, based on a predeterminable seating configuration. |
169 |
Passenger service unit and related systems |
US14464893 |
2014-08-21 |
US09487296B2 |
2016-11-08 |
David Freund; Brendan Keavney; Caleb Flori |
A passenger service unit (PSU) for a transport vessel has a unitary chassis with a plurality of apertures extending therethrough. Each one of the apertures is independently sized to receive at least one of a plurality of different modules. Each one of the modules includes one or more PSU fixtures having components different from other ones of the plurality of modules. A representative vessel is a passenger aircraft. Representative modules include vent and passenger reading light module, speaker module, passenger oxygen supply module and display module. |
170 |
Modular passenger service units and assemblies thereof |
US14455452 |
2014-08-08 |
US09481462B2 |
2016-11-01 |
Amauri Paulino; Sergio Luiz Abdalla Gomide; Gustavo Selofite de Arruda; Nilmar César Ferreira; Luciano dos Santos Ribeiro; Demétrio Andrade de Campos; Sergio Augusto Meireles Filho; Frederico Lara de Oliveira; Douglas Gonçalves de Albuquerque; Helio Albino; André Duarte Stein; Paul Priestman; Daniel Macinnes; Luciano Ricardo Magalhães da Silva; Ricardo Rosa Macêdo |
Elongate passenger service unit (PSU) assemblies are comprised of a plurality of modular passenger service units, and a plurality of variable-length modular spacer units. The modular spacer units are positioned between the modular passenger service units in an end-to-end manner so as to provide a desired lengthwise array of the passenger service units along the PSU assembly. Transport category vehicles, e.g., aircraft, may thus be provided with inboard and outboard PSU assemblies. The passenger seats may be arranged in a latitudinally side-by-side arrangement and/or may be arranged in a longitudinally staggered arrangement. By providing variable length modular spacer units, therefore, the individual passenger service units may be arranged directly overhead of each passenger seat. |
171 |
Direction controlled service apparatus |
US13863360 |
2013-04-15 |
US09457907B2 |
2016-10-04 |
Douglas A. Brown; Kwun-Wing W. Cheung |
A direction controlled service apparatus may include a mounting assembly, a housing assembly configured to operably connect to the mounting assembly, the housing assembly being movable with respect to the mounting assembly, and a plurality of actuators connected between the mounting assembly and the housing assembly, each actuator of the plurality of actuators being configured to contract upon a current being applied to the actuator to rotate the housing assembly with respect to the mounting assembly. |
172 |
INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LED LIGHT UNIT AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING AN INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LED LIGHT UNIT |
US15080649 |
2016-03-25 |
US20160280373A1 |
2016-09-29 |
Christian Schoen; Stefan Voelkel |
An interior aircraft LED light unit includes at least one LED and a lens cover arranged over the at least one LED, the lens cover having a proximal side facing towards the at least one LED and a distal side forming an outside portion of the interior aircraft LED light unit, with the lens cover being made from a lens cover material exhibiting material-specific light transfer properties. The lens cover comprises a pattern of dots on the distal side, with each of the pattern of dots locally altering the material-specific light transfer properties of the lens cover. |
173 |
SEAT BACK ILLUMINATION MODULE |
US14638316 |
2015-03-04 |
US20160257247A1 |
2016-09-08 |
Kevin Munday |
A seat back illumination module is provided having a housing defined by an interior and a partially open front face. A switch member with a first position and a second position at least partially protrudes from the front face of the housing and is engaged thereto. An illumination assembly is defined by an output end and has an illumination source. At least a part of the illumination assembly is mounted to the switch member, and the output end is proximal to a section of the switch member that protrudes from the front face of the housing. An electrical switch is connected to the illumination source and operated by movement of the switch member between the first position and the second position to selectively power the illumination source. |
174 |
PANEL FOR MOUNTING A PASSENGER SUPPLY UNIT AND A PASSENGER SUPPLY UNIT |
US14988389 |
2016-01-05 |
US20160193484A1 |
2016-07-07 |
Christian RIEDEL |
A panel for covering a supply channel in a passenger cabin of a vehicle including a mounting surface facing the passenger cabin while the panel covers the supply channel. The panel is elongated in a longitudinal direction and adapted for mounting passenger supply units. The mounting surface includes spaced openings arranged along a longitudinal direction of the panel, wherein each opening includes a connector assembly for a passenger supply unit. The panel includes a mount securing passenger supply units. The mounting surface comprises extended areas for providing support in opposing lateral directions to passenger supply units mounted to the panel. |
175 |
Lighting apparatus and vehicle |
US14450429 |
2014-08-04 |
US09365156B2 |
2016-06-14 |
Martin Bachhuber; Frank Schmid |
A lighting apparatus, in particular a reading lamp, is provided. The apparatus can be recessed in a trim of a passenger cab of a vehicle, which can be a land vehicle, an aircraft, or a watercraft. The apparatus has a first light-emitting device that is pivotably mounted to a recess-mounting frame, so that a light-emitting direction of the first light-emitting device with respect to the recess-mounting frame is changeable. To simplify the design of the apparatus, a second light-emitting device is mounted to a visible side of the recess-mounting frame. The second light-emitting device at least partially surrounds the first light-emitting device and is fitted to the recess-mounting frame, so that the light-emitting direction of the second light-emitting device is invariable. |
176 |
Passenger service system with improved air guidance |
US13868692 |
2013-04-23 |
US09340287B2 |
2016-05-17 |
Sebastian Umlauft; Robert Thomas |
A passenger service system includes an individual ventilation arrangement and/or a lighting arrangement, wherein at least one air nozzle of the individual ventilation arrangement and/or at least one reading lamp of the lighting arrangement is/are disposed in the region of a service surface of the passenger service system. The service surface of the passenger service system includes a substantially flat portion as well as a buckled portion, which is curved convexly relative to the substantially flat portion and extends along a longitudinal axis (LP) of the passenger service system. |
177 |
Lighting device of an aircraft, system, passenger service unit, method of operating a lighting device |
US13893625 |
2013-05-14 |
US09296333B2 |
2016-03-29 |
Wolfgang Rittner; Mark Niedostatek; Rüdiger Meckes; Günter Boomgarden |
Described are lighting devices of passenger aircraft. Also described are methods of operating the devices as well as lighting systems and passenger service units. |
178 |
AUDIO COMMAND INTENT DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US14321562 |
2014-07-01 |
US20160004501A1 |
2016-01-07 |
Satyanarayan Kar; Stephen Mead; Anupam Mazumdar |
Methods and apparatus are provided for generating aircraft cabin control commands from verbal speech onboard an aircraft. An audio command supplied to an audio input device is processed. Each word of the processed audio command is compared to words stored in a vocabulary map to determine a word type of each word. Each determined word type is processed to determine if an intent of the audio command is discernable. If the intent is discernable, an aircraft cabin control command is generated based on the discerned intent. If a partial intent is discernable, feedback is generated. |
179 |
PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR FOR USE IN AVIATION |
US14732464 |
2015-06-05 |
US20150358002A1 |
2015-12-10 |
Rolf Peter Startin; Matthew Stuart Bell |
A pulse width modulator for use in avionics is described. This comprises an input operable to receive a direct current input and an output switch controlled to provide a pulse train having a duty cycle, whereby the output switch is configured such that each pulse within the pulse train has at least one of a sloping rising or falling edge. |
180 |
Passenger interface system and assembly thereof |
US14259929 |
2014-04-23 |
US09205287B2 |
2015-12-08 |
Bruno Kimura Castanha; Fernando Henrique Da Silva; Celso Aparecido Cruz Gueiros; Jay Beever; Oliver Turci De Camargo; Joshua Rea; Rainer Zierer |
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. |