Passenger service unit especially for a passenger aircraft cabin
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus GmbH
InventorsMarkus Schumacher, Andrew Muin
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Abstract
In a passenger service unit, particularly in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comfort and service elements such as a reading lamp, a flight attendant call button, a loudspeaker, an air nozzle, an oxygen mask and generator, optical display elements, are integrated into a service column. Feeder lines between a main supply line and the passenger service columns are flexible to facilitate the mounting or placement of the columns as a complement to a passenger seat. The column is positioned in the lateral area of a seat to which the column is allocated.
Claims11
A combination for an aircraft passenger cabin (C) including a cabin floor (F), said combination comprising passenger seats adapted to be arranged in a row on said cabin floor and a passenger service unit for each of said passenger seats, each said passenger service unit comprising a separate modular column housing, an armrest secured to said separate modular column housing and comfort and service elements selected from the group consisting of a reading lamp, flight attendant call button, loudspeaker, air nozzle, oxygen mask, oxygen generator, optical display and a keyboard, installed in at least one of said separate modular column housing and said armrest, said separate modular column housing having a configuration complementing any one of said passenger seats, said combination further comprising an armrest mounting centrally positioned on each modular column housing, said armrest mounting securing said armrest to its respective modular column housing, a main supply line (25) adapted for installation in said aircraft passenger cabin, said main supply line including power supply lines, information supply lines and air supply lines for said comfort and service elements, a feeder line (23) connecting said comfort and service elements to said main supply line, and a column mounting (12, 21) for securing said separate column housing to said cabin floor independently of said passenger seats arranged in a row, said feeder line (23) passing through said column mounting into a respective column housing.
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