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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
May. 09, 1995
Ralf Schliwa, Dollern, DE;
Hans-Juergen Mueller, Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE;
Wilfried Sprenger, Issendorf, DE;
Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
It is a problem in conventional aircraft having a fuselage of substantially circular cross-section, that a conventional lower deck would have an insufficient standing height for passengers if the lower deck were to be equipped as a passenger cabin space including seats, sleeping cabins, or other passenger service facilities. In the present aircraft, the lower deck floor (2, 2') is depressed or dropped at least in a certain area (14) that will form an aisle (16), so that the free height of the lower deck in the area of the depressed floor provides at least the normal standing height (HS) for a person. A module (15, 15') containing passenger service facilities is arranged in the lower deck area at least to one side of the depressed floor area. A modular construction provides a great flexibility and convenience in reconfiguring a lower deck from a cargo hold configuration to a passenger cabin configuration and vice versa.