Arced rail for aircraft tray table

US10370107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Alexander Nicholas Pozzi · Winston-Salem, US
• Mark W. Foohey · Austin, US
• Sam C. Scudder · Manor, US
• John Coleman Horton, IV · Austin, US
• Steve K. Brown · Lynchburg, US
• Darryl D. Daniel · Pflugerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D11/0638
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tray table configured to transition between a stowed position within a stowage module to a deployed position outside of the stowage module by way of an arced rail having rail heads, and a plurality of tray table wheels and stowage module wheels arranged to mesh with the rail heads. The tray table follows an arcuate path between the stowed and deployed positions and remains horizontal in all positions of the tray table.