Patent ID: 8556211

Claim:
An aircraft floor for the spatial separation of an interior space of an aircraft into a lower space and into a passenger compartment, wherein the floor comprises: a plurality of hollow floor segments arranged in a longitudinal extension along the direction of transport wherein first and second of said hollow floor segments include first and second attachment connections, respectively, laterally securing the first hollow floor segment to the second hollow floor segment thereby forming a self-supporting module that is mechanically stable and creating an interface between the first and second hollow floor segments; wherein said first hollow floor segment is connected to a fuselage of the aircraft at a first distal connection, said second hollow floor segment is connected to the fuselage at a second distal connection; wherein the first and second distal connections are substantially directly opposite to one another and are the only connections securing said self-supporting module to the fuselage; wherein said self-supporting module comprises an upper partition and a lower partition enclosing a hollow space therebetween, which hollow space is equipped for accommodating system components.