Modular Cabin Element with Adjustable Privacy Blind
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing passenger cabin separation systems are inflexible, heavy, and require significant storage space, making them inefficient for creating variable travel classes and emergency areas in aircraft.
Innovation Solution
A modular cabin element with an adjustable privacy blind that can be attached to seat guide rails via quick-release fasteners, allowing for flexible positioning and size adjustment, serving as a variable partition wall replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed-position curtain systems or rigid partitions are used to delimit zones in passenger cabins, then separation and privacy are achieved, but flexibility and adaptability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The partition system employs dynamic elements including roller blinds that can be extended or retracted, and modular cabin elements that can be repositioned along guide rails. This allows the separation system to adapt its configuration based on operational needs while maintaining effective separation when deployed.
Solution Approach 2:
The cabin separation system is divided into modular components including individual cabin elements, roller blinds, and guide rail sections. These segmented components can be independently positioned, adjusted, or stored, providing flexibility while maintaining separation effectiveness when assembled.
2Strength
If heavy rigid partitions with honeycomb structure are used to create class divisions, then structural rigidity and separation are achieved, but weight increases and storage space is required
Solution Approach 1:
The partition system replaces heavy rigid honeycomb structures with lightweight roller blinds and thin partition elements that provide sufficient separation and privacy without the excessive weight of traditional rigid partitions.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of permanently fixed rigid partitions, the system uses dynamically deployable elements that can be positioned only when needed, reducing the overall weight of the cabin while maintaining separation capability on demand.
3Reliability
If fixed-position curtain rails and partitions are installed to separate cabin areas, then zone delimitation is achieved, but adaptability to different configurations is lost and storage space is required
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rails and modular cabin elements are designed to serve multiple functions: they can accommodate different numbers and positions of partitions, support various blind configurations, and adapt to different cabin layouts, making the separation system universally applicable to various operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static fixed partitions to dynamic reconfigurable elements that can be moved, adjusted, and repositioned along the guide rails, enabling the cabin to be reconfigured for different travel classes or operational needs while maintaining reliable separation when deployed.
4Reliability
If traditional curtain systems guided on fixed rails are used for crew rest compartments, then privacy is achieved, but flexibility in positioning and significant storage space is required
Solution Approach 1:
The roller blinds are designed to nest within the modular cabin elements or along the guide rails when not in use, significantly reducing the storage space required compared to traditional curtain systems that require dedicated storage compartments.
Solution Approach 2:
The privacy system uses dynamically deployable roller blinds that can be extended only when privacy is needed, eliminating the need for large fixed storage spaces while maintaining reliable privacy protection when deployed.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device for creating an individually delimited zone (25) of a passenger cabin (1) in a means of transportation for at least one passenger seat (2). The device comprises a modular cabin element (10) which is attached to fixed guide rails (12) of the passenger seat (2) by way of quick release fasteners (11) so that the position of the element can be varied. Said cabin element (10) is allocated a pull-out, fixable sliding screen (17d) forming a flexible partition element, which extends from the underside of the hat rack (19) or the PSU panel (20) or the contour of the ceiling and in the lateral area in addition to the sidewall lining (31) of the passenger cabin (1) up to the modular cabin element (10), and by means of which an individually delimited zone (25) can be created.