The Boeing Company

Steven Ellis Rhynard

Joe Files

Adam Arthur Logue

Shawn M Pare

Jeffrey Allen Cartwright

Andrew Francis Szerlag

Kenneth M Reynolds

G Frank Sexton

Daniel Paul Warren

Ryan A Street

Craig T Brockett

Ashley G Badger

Gregory Jonathon Smith

Thomas Leonard LeBlanc

Jason W Mullins

Randall Vincent Fraker

Daniel Nunes

Andrew P Keleher

Sean M Finerty

Lance Smithson

Meiling Chi

John Charles Rand

Long Hoang Duong

Jason Empleo

Nathan Lee Near

Hakeem Haj-Musa

Paul James Saum Addis

Thomas Leonard Leblanc

Kenneth Merkley Reynolds

A panel assembly for an overhead support structure of a vehicle. The panel assembly includes a panel movable relative to the overhead support structure between a stowed position and an open position. One or more actuators release the panel from the stowed position. The actuators include first and second bodies arranged together and configured to move relative to each other and with the first body movable relative to the overhead support structure between first and second positions. The first position orients the second body at a first angular position relative to the overhead support structure that engages a catch on the second body with a latch pin. The second position orients the second body at a different second angular position relative to the overhead support structure to release the catch from the latch pin and thereby release the panel from the stowed position.

Panel assembly for a vehicle

An aircraft includes a flight deck including a flight deck door configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, a first monument, second monument, and a secondary barrier door moveably secured between the first monument and the second monument. The secondary barrier door is configured to fold into a stowed position in which a path to the flight deck is open, and unfold into a deployed position in which the path to the flight deck is closed.

Bi-fold barrier system and method for a flight deck of an aircraft

A connector to support wiring and space the wiring away from a housing. The connector includes a saddle that receives the wiring. A clip is attached to the saddle and attaches to the housing. The saddle and the clip are sized to secure the wiring to the housing. The size of the saddle and the clip spaces the wiring away from the housing to prevent the wiring from contacting the housing and potentially being damaged.

Connector to attach wiring to a housing

A vertical intercostal for an aircraft vehicle having a vehicle cabin and an over-monument fairing arranged in a non-flex zone area of the vehicle cabin. The intercostal includes a frame member that includes an upper frame attachment region, a lower frame attachment region, and an intermediate frame attachment region to provide lateral structural support for the over-monument fairing to the airframe of the aircraft.

Vertical intercostal structure for lateral support in aircraft interior

A bulkhead assembly for an aircraft passenger cabin having a floor and a secondary support member includes upper and lower bulkhead panels and a bulkhead coupling member. The upper bulkhead panel defines an elongated tower portion that protrudes through a slot opening in an overhead closeout panel, and directly or indirectly connects to the secondary support member. The lower bulkhead panel connects to the upper bulkhead panel and to the floor via the bulkhead coupling member. A method for installing the bulkhead assembly in the passenger cabin includes connecting the lower bulkhead panel to the floor, joining the lower bulkhead panel to the base of the upper bulkhead panel using a bulkhead coupling member, inserting the terminal end through the slot opening, and connecting the terminal end to the secondary support member behind the overhead closeout panel.

Multi-piece bulkhead assembly for high-walled cabin suite

Crew egress pathways and crew egress pathway exits in aircraft, with the crew egress pathway exits comprising apparatuses, systems, and methods for reliable deployment and stowage of support straps within crew egress pathway exit hatches positioned, with crew egress pathway exit hatches configured to deploy within aircraft passenger compartments in aircraft.

Aircraft crew egress hatch assembly, system, and method

A stowage bin lighting assembly for mounting to an internal cabin of a vehicle includes a chassis having a plate extending longitudinally between ends. The chassis supports light mount pedestals, wire standoffs, and at least one valance support above the upper surface. The stowage bin lighting assembly includes a light mounted to the light mount pedestals positioned above the plate by the light mount pedestals for providing lighting from the stowage bin assembly to the internal cabin of the vehicle. The stowage bin lighting assembly includes a wire electrically connected to the light to supply power to the light and coupled to at least one of the wire standoffs to control a position of the wire relative to the plate. The stowage bin lighting assembly includes a valance coupled to the valance mount pedestals configured to be coupled to the stowage bin assembly by the valance support.

Stowage bin lighting assembly and method for lighting a stowage bin assembly of a vehicle

An assembly configured to be mounted within an interior of a vehicle. The assembly includes a monument wall configured to be mounted in the interior of the vehicle. A panel is configured to attach to a support structure above the monument wall with the panel having a first edge and a second edge. A latch configured to be mounted to the panel between the first edge and the second edge. A pull member is attached to the panel and comprises an elongated member attached to the latch and a handle. A translating hinge is configured to be mounted to the second edge of the panel to provide for translating and pivoting movement of the panel within an access area between the monument wall and the support structure to connect and disconnect the panel from the support structure.

Panel attachment in a vehicle configured for low profile removal and reattachment

An assembly for an interior of a vehicle with the assembly having a monument wall configured to mount to the interior of the vehicle. A panel is configured to mount to an overhead support structure adjacent to the monument wall. The panel includes a front side configured to face into the interior of the vehicle and an opposing back side. One or more latch assemblies are configured to connect the panel to the overhead support structure adjacent to the monument wall. The latch assemblies include a latch mounted to the back side of the panel, a track with one or more rails, a follower with an arm and a head with the head sized to engage with the track, and a pull mechanism to unlock the latch.

A porthole, a porthole plug in a vehicle, and an aircraft with portholes are provided. The porthole includes an opaque plug with an aperture therethrough.

Plindow with opaque plug

An oxygen box is secured in an oxygen box hole through a panel of an aircraft cabin by fasteners that are positioned in an interior volume of the oxygen box and are inserted through holes in a back wall of the oxygen box that are aligned with fastener openings in an exterior bracket positioned behind the panel and behind the oxygen box opening where the fasteners are received by the fastener openings in the exterior bracket and the fasteners removably attach the oxygen box to the exterior bracket.

Oxygen box for a limited maintenance access area above a ceiling panel of an aircraft cabin

A porthole, a porthole plug in a vehicle, and an aircraft with portholes are provided. The porthole includes an opaque plug with an aperture therethrough. A camera is arranged with a lens aligned with the aperture.

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Mukilteo, WA, United States of America

Steven Ellis Rhynard