Rail system for seat assembly in an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsKlaus Hanna, Daniele Bruno, Rainer Kriewall
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Abstract
A rail system, in particular for assembling or fastening seats in an aircraft, includes an assembly rail, in particular a seat rail for assembling or fastening a seat, a first panel, in particular a first floor panel for arrangement next to and substantially in parallel with the assembly rail, and at least one cover element which is movable between a first position in or on the first panel and a second position for covering the assembly rail, wherein an upper surface of the at least one cover element in the second position is located substantially in a plane with a surface of the first panel.
Claims16
A rail system comprising:
- an assembly rail;
- a first panel;
- and
- at least one cover element which is movable between a first position, in which the at least one cover element is received in a recess in the first panel or is arranged on the first panel, and a second position for covering the assembly rail,
- wherein an upper surface of the at least one cover element in the first position and in the second position is located substantially in a plane with an upper surface of the first panel.
An aircraft having a fuselage structure which comprises at least one deck which has a rail system comprising:
- an assembly rail;
- a first panel;
- and
- at least one cover element which is movable between a first position, in which the at least one cover element is received in a recess of the first panel or is arranged on the first panel, and a second position for covering the assembly rail,
- wherein an upper surface of the at least one cover element in the first position and in the second position is located substantially in a plane with an upper surface of the first panel.
A rail system comprising:
- an assembly rail;
- a first panel;
- and
- at least one cover element which is movable between a first position, in which the at least one cover element is received in a recess in the first panel or is arranged on the first panel, and a second position for covering the assembly rail,
- wherein an upper surface of the at least one cover element in the second position is located substantially in a plane with a surface of the first panel,
- wherein the first panel comprises a levelling device for levelling the surface of the first panel or for filling a recess in the first panel when the at least one cover element is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.