Patent ID: 8651924
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B64C,B64D

Abstract:
1. A method for privately transferring air through a partition of a compartment in an aircraft cabin, the method comprising the steps of: installing a vent assembly through the partition of the compartment, the vent assembly comprising: a first and second substantially identical vent halves joining in a locking manner, each substantially identical vent half further comprising a guiding prong, a plurality of latching prongs having latching tips on their distal ends, a plurality of keeping prongs, a plurality of louvers, an installation orientation index key for providing orientation of the vent in the compartment partition, where the keeping prongs comprise a plurality of rectangular blocks which interact with the latching tips to maintain a fix coupling between the vent halves, and the louvers on one vent half, with the vent halves joined together, are not in contact with the louvers on the joining vent half, enabling a solid particle filtering, staggered flow pattern through the vent; and ventilating the compartment through the vent assembly.