# US 2019/0168877 A1 · Passenger compartment

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- Number: US 2019/0168877 A1
- Document ID: US20190168877A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/267,372
- Filed: 2019-02-04
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2011-03-28
- Inventors: SARKIS AGAJANIAN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168877A1

## CPC

- B64D 11/00: Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
- B64C 1/062: {specially adapted to absorb crash loads}
- B64C 1/069: {Joining arrangements therefor}
- B64D 25/00: Emergency apparatus or devices, not otherwise provided for
- B64D 25/12: Ejectable capsules
- B64C 2211/00: Modular constructions of airplanes or helicopters
- 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

A passenger module that may be connected to an aircraft for transport, and may be detached and attach different module for carriage to a different destination. In alternative embodiments involving different aircrafts such as fixed wing and helicopter aircraft, a module may be adapted to have a transparent exterior so that passengers may have a broad range of unobstructed view of the outside surroundings. The module may have a range of free movements while still connected to the aircraft for such purposes as sightseeing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A detachable passenger module for an aircraft comprising:
a seating area wherein seats can be placed within the said seating area;
exterior walls, a floor, and a ceiling wherein the exterior walls and the ceiling fully encloses the entire seating area separate from a fuselage of the aircraft;
at least a portion of the exterior walls and the ceiling are continuously transparent, and the continuously transparent portion of the exterior walls and the ceiling allowing a substantially unobstructed view of the outside surroundings from within the passenger module;
at least one connector wherein the connector extends from the passenger module and the at least one connector may be detachably fastened to the aircraft;
a rotating mechanism, separate from the flight controls, which actuates rotation of the entire passenger module while fastened to the aircraft;
a tilting mechanism which actuates the tiling of the entire passenger module away aircraft which the passenger module is fastened to the aircraft;
a set of wheels connected to the passenger module may be used as landing gear of the passenger module; and
crash bars affixed to the front of the passenger module.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The exterior walls and the ceiling of claim 1 comprises photochromic materials.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The crash bars of claim 1 wherein the crash bars may be extend and unfold in to a stable configuration in front of the passenger module from a compact configuration from a housing of the crash bars connected to the passenger module

### Claim 4

An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage;
flight controls which control the flight of the aircraft;
a passenger module wherein said passenger module is detachable from the fuselage of the aircraft;
at least one connector wherein said connector is detachably connected the passenger module to the fuselage;
the passenger module having a fully enclosed seating area,
a controller that controls the rotation and tilting of the passenger module and not the flight of the aircraft; and
a rotating mechanism that actuates rotation of the entire passenger module around a central axis connected to the aircraft.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The aircraft of claim 4 comprising further a tilting mechanism which actuates tilting of the passenger module wherein said passenger module is angled away from the aircraft on one end of the passenger module.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The aircraft of claim 4 comprising further a lowering mechanism wherein said passenger module is lowered relative to the fixed point on the fuselage and said lowering mechanism is controlled by the controller and not by the flight controls.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The passenger module of claim 4 comprising a parachute.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The passenger module of claim 4 comprising transparent exterior walls and a transparent ceiling.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The passenger module of claim 4 comprising a galley.

### Claim 10 (depends on 4)

The aircraft of claim 4 comprising a set of landing gear on the aircraft and a set of landing gear on the passenger module.

### Claim 11 (depends on 4)

The aircraft of claim 4 having a module with wheels which may be used as landing gear for the aircraft.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The wheels of claim 11 which may be supplemental to a set of landing gear on the aircraft.

### Claim 13 (depends on 4)

The passenger module of claim 4 comprising extendable crash bars that extend and unfold to a front portion of the passenger module.