Configurable vehicle seat and method therefor

US10421548B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Michael C. McCarley · Titusville, US
• Kent Clark · Junction City, US
• Melanie Weber · Melbourne, US
• Norman G. Ring · Cocoa, US
• Christopher Ferguson · Framingham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/49007
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An adjustable vehicle seat includes a seat frame forming a seat back, the seat frame being configured to couple with an aerospace vehicle; a seat pan coupled to the seat frame, where one or more of the seat frame and the seat pan is configured to couple the seat pan to the seat frame in one of a plurality of positions relative to the seat frame so that an eye position of a seat occupant relative to instrumentation within the aerospace vehicle is decoupled from a size of the seat occupant.