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US 12,752,905 B2Granted
Configurable aircraft aisle flooring system
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsTrenton Keil, Jeremy Greene, Robert Bair, Jeffrey Johannsmeyer
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Abstract
A configurable aircraft aisle flooring system which includes a flat floor configuration and a drop-down aisle configuration. The flat floor configuration provides floor panels positioned to span across a trough of an aircraft aisle to form a level surface between upper sections of an aircraft aisle. The drop-down aisle configuration provides floor panels positioned below the upper section of the aircraft aisle to have a drop-down step between the upper sections of the aircraft aisle.
Claims17
A configurable aircraft aisle flooring system, the system comprising:
- a configurable floor for an aircraft aisle having a flat floor configuration and a drop-down aisle configuration, wherein the configurable floor comprises:
- a trough disposed between a first upper surface and a second upper surface, wherein the first and second upper surfaces are elevated above the trough and the first and second upper surfaces extend outboard from opposing sides of the trough;
- a first mounting strip disposed along an inboard edge of the first upper surface and a second mounting strip disposed opposite the first mounting strip along an inboard edge of the second upper surface;
- a plurality of floor panels each configured to fasten to the first and second mounting strips for spanning across the trough between the first and second upper surfaces for providing the flat floor configuration;
- and
- a drop-down floor configured to attach to the trough when the floor panels are removed to provide the drop-down aisle configuration,
- wherein the drop-down aisle configuration comprises a bottom floor disposed in between a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel extending upwards at a front edge of the bottom floor and the rear panel extending upwards from a back edge of the bottom floor.
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An aisle flooring system for an aircraft, comprising:
- a configurable floor for an aircraft aisle wherein the configurable floor comprises:
- a flat floor configuration comprising a plurality of floor panels configured to extend above a trough positioned in between a first upper surface and a second upper surface, wherein the first and second upper surfaces are elevated above the trough and the first and second upper surfaces extend outboard from opposing sides of the trough;
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- a drop-down aisle configuration comprising a bottom floor disposed in between a front panel extending upwards at a front edge of the bottom floor and a rear panel extending upwards from a back edge of the bottom floor, and the bottom floor is configured to attach to the trough in between the first and second upper surfaces;
- wherein either the flat floor configuration or the drop-down aisle configuration is disposed in the aircraft.
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A configurable aircraft aisle flooring system, the system comprising:
- a configurable aircraft floor configured to provide a flat floor in a first configuration or a drop-down aisle in a second configuration, wherein the configurable aircraft floor comprises:
- a pair of outboard sections positioned at an upper elevation along outboard sides of an aircraft fuselage;
- an inboard section positioned at a lower elevation between the pair of outboard sections;
- a first mounting strip disposed along an upper edge of a first outboard section of the pair;
- a second mounting strip disposed along an upper edge of a second outboard section of the pair, opposite the first outboard section,
- wherein a plurality of support members are configured to mechanically couple to corresponding mounting strips on the pair of outboard sections, and a plurality of floor panels are configured to be secured to the plurality of support members for forming the flat floor above the inboard section and level with the upper elevation;
- a mounting rail disposed above the inboard section,
- wherein the inboard section is configured to receive the drop-down aisle that mounts to the mounting rail for forming the drop-down aisle at the lower elevation;
- a middle elevation having floor panels which are elevated above the lower elevation but beneath the upper elevation;
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- a ramped floor having angled floor panels configured to provide a ramp connecting the floor panels of the upper elevation with floor panels at the middle elevation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.