Seat, in particular an aircraft seat

US11577838B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Adient Aerospace, LLC · US

Inventors

• Uwe Reichel · Kottweiler-Schwanden, DE
• Samuel David Pugh · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Georg Ruess · Oberarnbach, DE
• Jannik Dech · Sippersfeld, DE
• Daniel Burgey · Kirchheimbolanden, DE
• Stefan Renno · Gossersweiler-Stein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat, in particular an aircraft seat, having a seat support structure having at least one seat surface with a seat surface frame and a backrest with a backrest frame being pivotable relative to the seat surface, a base support element supporting the seat support structure, and a seat adjustment arrangement, which includes at least one coupling unit movable relative to the base support element, the coupling unit is configured to connect the seat surface frame and the backrest frame to one another and which is provided with at least one bearing element, and which includes at least one guide element in which the bearing element is movably guided. The seat adjustment arrangement being adapted to transfer the seat support structure into a sitting position, a comfort position or lying position by displacing the bearing element along the guide element.