B64D 11/0015
Arrangements for entertainment or communications
Official title: {Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television}
B64D11/0015 (Arrangements for entertainment or communications) appears on 1,126 US grants and 1,323 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 1,126
- Published applications
- 1,323
- Assignees
- 314
- Inventors
- 2,238
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 55 | 77 |
| 2024 | 75 | 65 |
| 2025 | 69 | 56 |
| 2026 | 28 | 54 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B64D 11/00155Individual entertainment or communication system remote controls therefor, located in or connected318
- B64D 11/00151Permanently mounted seat back monitors169
- B64D 11/00153Monitors mounted on or in the seat other than the seat back141
- B64D 11/00152Seat back fixtures for removable monitors130
- B64D 11/00154Loudspeakers mounted in the seat back51
Recent patents
- System and method for controlling an aircraft seat and its environment via a wireless connection22 Sep 2026US 12,741,743 B2Airbus Atlantic
- Use of craft characteristics for management and control of media in a transport craft8 Sep 2026US 12,728,995 B2ViaSat, Inc.
- In-flight entertainment system kit and installation method thereof, passenger seat and aircraft1 Sep 2026US 12,722,783 B2Airbus (China) Enterprise Management and Services Company Limited
- Seat multi information display system14 Jul 2026US 12,679,540 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Onboard aircraft system with artificial human interface to assist passengers and/or crew members14 Jul 2026US 12,682,907 B2Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Multilingual in-flight planning system for personalized passenger experience8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307792 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Method and system for providing assistance data for at least one passenger-owned device in an aircraft8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307793 A1
- Aircraft compartment partition8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307799 A1Zim IP America Inc.
- Monument Tray Table Rotatable Shelf8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307804 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Monument tray table with slot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307806 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Passenger service and entertainment system for supplying frequency-multiplexed video, audio, and television game software signals to passenger seat terminals286US 4,866,515 ASony Corporation · 1989
- Integrated video and audio signal distribution system and method for use on commercial aircraft and other vehicles250US 5,953,429 AMatsushita Avionics Systems Corporation · 1999
- Entertainment and data management system for passenger vehicle including individual seat interactive video terminals248US 5,311,302 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1994
- Communications systems for aircraft208US 6,757,712 B1Tenzing Communications, Inc. · 2004
- Stowable video display assembly197US 5,177,616 AMatsushita Avionics Systems Corporation · 1993