Patent 7766276 was granted and assigned to Airbus Deutschland GmbH on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Aircraft fuselage with an upper deck, constructed as a passenger area, and a lower deck, including a freight area, and with a ventilation installation for the upper deck and lower deck, wherein a bilge area is constructed as a vacuum chamber against the freight area and is connected to the lower deck solely via flow orifices in the abutment area between a lower floor and the fuselage wall.