US 11,718,406 B2
Cockpit of an airplane and method of operating an airplane
David Shavit, Karmei Yosef (IL)
Appl. No. 17/635,868
Filed by ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD., Lod (IL)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/051051
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079360, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 270164 (IL), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289389 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0689 (2013.01) [B64D 11/0601 (2014.12); B64D 11/0641 (2014.12); B64D 2011/0076 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cockpit for an airplane having, in a plan view, an aft direction, a central longitudinal axis parallel to the aft direction and a rear axis perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, the cockpit comprising a main door of the airplane, and as seen in the plan view comprising:
a first seat having a first seating surface with a first seat rear edge passing through an intersection between the longitudinal and rear axes, the first seat being disposed within the cockpit and configured so as to allow a pilot sitting on the first seating surface to perform pre-determined primary pilot functions; and
a second seat having a second seating surface with a second seat rear edge, the second seat having:
an operational state, in which the second seat is disposed within the cockpit and configured so as to allow operational seating of a pilot on the second seating surface to perform pre-determined secondary pilot functions, the second seat rear edge being at an operational distance from the rear axis, in said operational state access to the main door is at least partially restricted; and
a first non-operational state, in which the second seat is positioned so as to allow greater access to the main door than in said operational state; and
a second non-operational state, in which the operational seating of the secondary pilot is disabled, the second non-operational state being a resting non-operational state in which the footprint of the second seat in plan view is longer in at least one dimension than the footprint of the second seat in the operational state, allowing a lying-down position of the secondary pilot, wherein in the resting non-operational state, the second seat extends across at least a portion of the main door in the direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis thereby at least partially restricting access thereto.