Space vehicle seat and space vehicle provided with this seat

US8360368B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• ASTRIUM SAS · FR
• EADS SOGERMA · FR

Inventors

• Jerome Bertrand · Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, FR
• Valery Auger · Parempuyre, FR
• Christian Verny · Les Gemmeteries, FR
• Dominique Bechet · Rochefort, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64G1/60
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The seat specially designed for space vehicles and in particular space planes comprises a rigid hull and parts of axis of which the direction of alignment passes in front of the occupant of the seat and along him; the seat rotates freely around parts of axis according to the direction of the acceleration in order to always place the occupant in the orientation perpendicular to the forces of acceleration.