Unified passenger service unit Patent Grant Velet , et al. December 29, 2 [B/E Aerospace, Inc.]

Unified passenger service unit

Velet , et al. December 29, 2

Patent Grant D906227

U.S. patent number D906,227 [Application Number D/689,771] was granted by the patent office on 2020-12-29 for unified passenger service unit. This patent grant is currently assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is B/E Aerospace, Inc.. Invention is credited to Haytham Hakla, Alexander Pozzi, Alex L. Velet.

United States Patent	D906,227
Velet , et al.	December 29, 2020

Unified passenger service unit

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a unified passenger service unit, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Velet; Alex L. (Clemmons, NC), Hakla; Haytham (Winston-Salem, NC), Pozzi; Alexander (Winston-Salem, NC)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
B/E Aerospace, Inc.	Winston-Salem	NC	US

Assignee:

B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Winston-Salem, NC)

Family ID:

66483986

Appl. No.:

D/689,771

Filed:

May 1, 2019

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
16363710	Mar 25, 2019
15977753	May 11, 2018

Current U.S. Class:	D12/418
Current CPC Class:	B64D13/00 20130101; B64D11/0626 20141201; B64D11/00 20130101; B64D2011/0053 20130101; B64D2013/003 20130101; B64D47/02 20130101; B64D47/00 20130101
Current International Class:	1216
Field of Search:	;D12/415-426.1,400,195,190,345,96,99 ;D3/319 ;D9/423

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Primary Examiner: Betton; Katrina A
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Suiter Swantz pc llo

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a unified passenger service unit in a passenger seating environment;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view of the unified passenger service unit of FIG. 1.

Portions of FIGS. 1-5 and 7 are shown in broken lines, illustrating portions of the article of manufacture that form no part of the claimed design.

The claimed unified passenger service unit is mountable to an overhead panel of an aircraft passenger cabin and/oriented toward a particular passenger seat to provide the occupant of the seat with adjustable ventilation, illumination, and communication services (e.g., two way communication with flight attendants or cabin crew) via a single compact device.

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