Air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorJens Lohmar
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Abstract
An air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft includes a supply air line with a supply air line connector, at least one air outlet with an air outlet connector, a riser line, which is connectable to the supply air line connector and the air outlet connector, and a trim element to be arranged on a primary structure of the aircraft inside the cabin. The riser line is flexible, wherein the trim element has an outer side which can be oriented relative to the primary structure and on which there is at least one retainer for retaining the riser line, and the at least one retainer is designed to be interlockingly connected to the riser line by being pressed against the latter, such that the riser line is fixed.
Claims14
An air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft, comprising:
- a supply air line with a supply air line connector;
- at least one air outlet with an air outlet connector;
- a riser line, which is connectable to the supply air line connector and the air outlet connector;
- a trim element to be arranged on a primary structure of the aircraft inside the cabin, the trim element comprising an inner side configured to be oriented toward the cabin of the aircraft and an outer side configured to be oriented toward the primary structure;
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- at least one retainer provided on the outer side of the trim element;
- wherein the riser line is flexible,
- wherein the at least one retainer is configured to be interlockingly connected to the riser line by being pressed against it, such that the riser line is fixed in place with respect to the trim element;
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- wherein the retainer is an active retainer which is configured, by application of a voltage, to assume an open state in which the riser line is no longer fixed.
A method for fitting an air distribution system in a cabin of an aircraft, comprising:
- installing a supply air line having a supply air line connector;
- installing at least one air outlet having an air outlet connector;
- connecting a flexible riser line to the air outlet connector and the supply air line connector;
- attaching a trim element to a primary structure of the aircraft within the cabin, wherein the riser line is fixed interlockingly to an outer side of the trim element facing the primary structure by at least one retainer provided on the outer side of the trim element, wherein the at least one retainer comprises an active retainer which is configured to assume an open state in response to application of a voltage;
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- applying the voltage to the active retainer to selectively detach the retainer from the riser line.
An air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft, comprising:
- a supply air line with a supply air line connector;
- at least one air outlet with an air outlet connector;
- a riser line, which is connectable to the supply air line connector and the air outlet connector;
- and
- a trim element to be arranged on a primary structure of the aircraft inside the cabin,
- wherein the riser line is flexible;
- wherein the trim element has an outer side which can be oriented relative to the primary structure and on which there is at least one retainer for retaining the riser line;
- wherein the at least one retainer is configured to be interlockingly connected to the riser line by being pressed against it, such that the riser line is fixed;
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- wherein the retainer is an active retainer which is configured, by application of a voltage, to assume an open state in which the riser line is no longer fixed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.