Patent ID: 8814090

Claim:
Cabin equipment component connection system for an aircraft comprising: a plurality of connecting elements that connect a cabin equipment component to a higher-level system of the aircraft; a control system; and a plurality of connecting elements provided in at least one zone of the cabin equipment component connection system that is assigned to a predetermined region of a cabin of the aircraft; wherein, in a first configuration of the at least one zone: seats are provided for a predetermined first number of passengers or rows of seats that are arranged at a predetermined first distance from one another, and each of a plurality of cabin equipment components are provided in at least one of a first number and a first arrangement adapted to the first number of passengers or the first distance between rows; and wherein, in a second configuration of the at least one zone seats are provided for a predetermined second number of passengers or rows of seats that are arranged at a predetermined second distance from one another, wherein the second number of passengers is different from the first number of passengers or the second distance is different from the first distance, and each of a plurality of cabin equipment components are provided in at least one of a second number and a second arrangement adapted to the second number of passengers or the second distance between rows, wherein the at least one of the second number and the second arrangement are different from the at least one of the first number and the first arrangement, wherein, in each of the first and second configurations, each of the plurality of cabin equipment components can be connected to the plurality of connecting elements such that the zone can be changed between the first and second configurations without modification of a number and an arrangement of the connecting elements; wherein the control system provides: data indicating whether the zone is in the first or second configuration; and data indicating which of the plurality of connecting elements is configured to be connected to a cabin equipment component depending on whether the at least one zone is in the first or second configuration; and wherein the control system further provides at least one of: weight data indicating a weight of the cabin equipment component connection system and the cabin equipment components connected thereto; and influence data indicating an influence of the weight and the arrangement of the cabin equipment component connection system and the cabin equipment components connected thereto on a center of gravity of the aircraft.