# US 12,759,707 B2 · Device for fastening cabin components to an aircraft structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,707 B2 - Document ID: US12759707B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/841,400 - Filed: 2023-02-24 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-28 - Assignees: Lufthansa Technik AG - Applicants: Lufthansa Technik AG - Inventors: Bernd Pieper; Dennis Eichholz; Kristof Stoppe; Volker Bonde - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759707B2 ## CPC - B64D 11/003: {Stowage devices for passengers' personal luggage} - B64C 1/18: Floors - B64D 2011/0046: {Modular or preassembled units for creating cabin interior structures} - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS ## Abstract An apparatus fastens cabin components in a region of side walls, which belong to an aircraft structure and extend in a vertical direction in relation to a horizontal cabin floor. The apparatus includes a substructure, which includes: at least two supports, which are vertically arrangable on a side wall, of the sidewalls of the aircraft structure, are spaced apart in a horizontal direction, are designed in each case for fastening at at least two vertically spaced-apart defined points of attachment of the aircraft structure in the region of the side wall, and at least one panel, which connects the supports in the horizontal direction and is designed for connecting to the supports, each connected by the panel, at two vertically spaced-apart points of connection. Both the at least two supports and the at least one panel are designed in order for cabin components to be fastened thereon. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for fastening cabin components in a region of side walls, which belong to an aircraft structure and extend in a vertical direction in relation to a horizontal cabin floor, the apparatus comprising a substructure comprising: at least two supports, which are vertically arrangeable on a side wall, of the sidewalls of the aircraft structure, are spaced apart in a horizontal direction, are designed in each case for fastening at at least two vertically spaced-apart defined points of attachment of the aircraft structure in the region of the side wall, wherein the at least two vertically spaced-apart defined points of attachment are located on a same support of the at least two supports, and at least one panel, which connects the supports in the horizontal direction and is designed for connecting to the supports, each connected by the panel, at two vertically spaced-apart points of connection, wherein both the at least two supports and the at least one panel are designed in order for cabin components to be fastened thereon, and wherein each of the supports is provided with a pattern of holes for receiving a fastening, wherein the pattern of holes corresponds to a rectangular grid. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein in a state of being fastened on the aircraft structure, the supports are designed for connecting to the panel in a region remote from the cabin floor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the supports has a fastener configured for fastening on a seat rail, which runs on the cabin floor, and/or a fastener configured for fastening at a point of attachment for the lower bracket for overhead stowage bins. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the supports has a shape adapted to the shaping of the side wall of the aircraft structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the supports has a C-shaped cross section which is open in the direction of the side wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pattern of holes are for cabin components and/or the at least one panel to be fastened thereon. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one panel is designed in the form of a sandwich panel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supports comprise at least three vertical supports, wherein the points of connection of the at least one panel are designed such that spacings between two respectively adjacent supports connected thereto are equal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the aircraft structure comprising the horizontal cabin floor and the side walls which extend in the vertical direction in relation thereto, wherein the points of attachment are provided in the region of the side wall, and wherein the substructure is attached at the aircraft points of attachment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least some of the points of attachment are formed by a seat rail, which runs on the cabin floor, and/or points of attachment for the lower bracket for overhead stowage bins. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the aircraft structure is an aircraft structure of a passenger aircraft and the apparatus is arranged in a passenger cabin. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the supports has a curvature adapted to the side wall. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein, for each of the supports, the C-shaped cross section which is open in the direction of the side wall is designed for partially accommodating frame members which run on the side wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein, for each of the supports, the pattern of holes extends over all the flanges or webs of the profile of the support. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the at least two vertically spaced-apart defined points of attachment of the aircraft structure are vertically spaced apart from the two vertically spaced-apart points of connection. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pattern of holes is configured to provide more holes than all fastening points for cabin components and/or panels of the aircraft structure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of the supports comprises a first side opposite a second side and a third side between the first side and the second side, and wherein the first side comprises a plurality of holes.