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Aircraft seat fastening assembly, seat arrangement and aircraft cabin provided therewith, and aircraft

US11542013B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

17Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Hermann Benthien · Hamburg, DE
Matthias Hegenbart · Hamburg, DE
Peter Linde · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2020
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/08
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft seat fastening assembly, due to the use of electroactive polymers, facilitates the compensation of tolerances and the fastening of aircraft seats in the passenger cabin of the aircraft. A fixing actuator contains the electroactive polymer and can be switched electrically between a fixed state, in which a movement of a fastening region is not possible, and a non-fixed state, in which a movement of the fastening region is possible in a vertical direction. The aircraft seats can thereby be displaced in a continuously variable manner along the aircraft seat fastening rail. The aircraft seats can also be locked in a fully automated manner, and possibly from a central location. It is also conceivable to individually control the aircraft seats and/or the group(s) of seats.

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