Aircraft Sideboard Deployable Table Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current aircraft interior designs lack enhanced functionality and flexibility in seating and storage solutions, particularly in accommodating passenger needs for workspaces and entertainment systems.
Innovation Solution
A modular sideboard system with adjustable surfaces, deployable tables, and integrated display panels that allow for increased passenger convenience, featuring a stowable table mechanism and cup holders, designed to enhance passenger comfort and accessibility within aircraft cabins.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a stowable table is provided in the aircraft interior, then workspace functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The table is nested within the sideboard structure, allowing it to be stowed inside the sideboard when not in use and deployed outward when needed. This nesting approach provides workspace functionality while maintaining a compact form factor that does not permanently occupy additional space in the aircraft interior.
Solution Approach 2:
The table is designed with movable and adjustable components, including extendable leaves and height-adjustable legs, allowing it to transform from a compact stowed position to an expanded deployed position. This dynamic design enables the table to adapt to different workspace requirements while maintaining simplicity when stowed.
2Ease of operation
If multiple display devices are integrated into the sideboard, then entertainment accessibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sideboard is designed as a multi-functional unit that integrates storage compartments, cup holders, and multiple display devices into a single structure. This universal design allows the sideboard to serve multiple purposes including storage, beverage holding, and entertainment, thereby improving accessibility without requiring separate dedicated structures for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple display devices are merged into the sideboard structure, with displays integrated into the vertical panels and transition regions. This consolidation combines entertainment functionality with the structural elements of the sideboard, improving accessibility while avoiding the need for separate mounting structures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable height surfaces are provided in the sideboard, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sideboard surfaces are designed with adjustable height capabilities through mechanical linkages and pivot points that allow vertical panels and top surfaces to be positioned at different heights. This dynamic adjustability is achieved through standardized mechanical components that can be manufactured using conventional processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The sideboard is divided into modular sections with standardized components such as vertical panels, transition regions, and top surfaces that can be manufactured separately and assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be produced using standard manufacturing processes while maintaining the overall adjustability of the system.
4Ease of operation
If a modular sideboard system with integrated features is implemented, then passenger comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sideboard is designed as a multi-functional unit that integrates storage compartments, cup holders, display devices, and adjustable surfaces into a single structure. This universal design allows the sideboard to serve multiple passenger needs including storage, beverage holding, entertainment, and workspace functionality, thereby improving overall comfort while consolidating features into one integrated system.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functional elements are nested within the sideboard structure, with storage compartments, cup holders, and display devices integrated into the vertical panels and transition regions. This nesting approach provides enhanced passenger comfort through multiple features while maintaining a compact form factor that does not permanently occupy additional space.
Data Source
AI summary
An aircraft sideboard includes a first portion with a first top surface and a first panel. The first top surface is disposed substantially horizontally at a first height and the first panel is disposed substantially vertically adjacent to the first top surface. A second portion is disposed adjacent to the first portion at a first end of the first portion. The second portion includes a second top surface and a second panel. The second top surface is disposed substantially horizontally at a second height and the second panel is disposed substantially vertically adjacent to the second top surface. A table is stowed interiorly to the first portion. The table extends from the first portion when deployed. The first top surface is immovable. The table deploys by tilting the first panel along a pivot axis defined adjacent to a bottom end thereof. The first height is greater than the second height.