Passenger seat comprising an extensible seat element, and passenger cabin area

US11529000B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Frank Cordes · Neustadt, DE
• Juergen Meister · Neuenkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger seat comprises a backrest, a seat element and a size increasing mechanism which is configured to convert a weight acting on the seat element when a user sits in the passenger seat into an increase in the depth of a seat pan of the seat element that can be used by the user from a rest-position depth to a to an operational-position depth.