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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Mark B. Dowty, Rural Hall, NC (US);
Kent M. Kroener, Cooper City, FL (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A privacy panel assembly for a passenger cabin environment including a flexible privacy panel having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the flexible privacy panel moveable between a stowed position leaving open an opening between spaced structures and a deployed position closing the opening, wherein the leading edge of the flexible privacy panel, when the flexible privacy panel is in the deployed position, is moveable out of a plane of the opening by way of force against the flexible privacy panel. A passenger suite configuration including a suite entrance formed between spaced walls and a flexible privacy panel moveable between a stowed position leaving open the suite entrance and a deployed position closing the suite entrance, wherein a portion of the flexible privacy panel is moveable out of a plane of the opening by way of force against the flexible privacy panel, for example, during emergency exit from the suite.