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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mithra M. K. V. Sankrithi, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Sergey D. Barmichev, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/0601 (2014.12); B64C 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0027 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0045 (2013.01); Y02T 50/12 (2013.01); Y02T 50/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft configuration having a crown cabin above a main cabin, with the crown cabin having a hanging floor structure. This enables a fuselage design that substantially increases passenger seating capacity relative to traditional single-passenger-deck configurations, while minimizing fuselage perimeter and fuselage wetted area relative to double-passenger-deck configurations.