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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/1476 (2013.01); B64D 11/0015 (2013.01); B64D 13/00 (2013.01); E06B 9/24 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passenger supply unit for an aircraft cabin, including an input device for detecting a control command from a passenger, and for outputting a control signal to a further device for controlling the further device according to the control command. A passenger supply unit can be controlled by a passenger independent of its height above the passenger seat. The unit can be independent from an in-flight entertainment system. The input device includes a contact free sensor to detect the control command without being contacted by a passenger.