Locking collar for passenger seat back recline assembly
US6749266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64D11/0638
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A passenger seat back recline assembly, including a seat bottom chassis including a plurality of leg modules and section assembly modules, a plurality of beam elements carrying the leg modules and section assembly modules in spaced-apart relation to each other to define a ladder frame assembly, a seat back unit pivotally-mounted between two of the section assembly modules for permitting the angle of the seat back relative to the seat bottom chassis to be varied as desired by the passenger, a recline unit for controlling movement of the seat back and locking the seat back in a desired recline position, an occupant-activated seat back recline control for maintaining the seat back in a normally-locked condition relative to the seat bottom chassis and for permitting the occupant to release the normally-locked condition of the cylinder assembly by activating the seat back recline control to thus permit movement of the seat back to a desired position and deactivating the seat back recline control to lock the seat back in the desired position. Respective first and second pivot tubes are provided on which the fluid cylinder assembly is mounted, the first and second pivot tubes being positi…
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