Premium class aircraft passenger suite

US9493240B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matt Round · London, GB
• Martin Darbyshire · London, GB
• Ollie Price · London, GB
• Lucas Tretout · London, GB
• Weiwei He · London, GB
• Tommy George Plant · Advance, US
• Alexander Nicholas Pozzi · Winston-Salem, US
• Glenn A. Johnson · Rural Hall, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

A premium class passenger suite that includes a main seat positioned in the suite together with separate bed. The bed has a flexible mattress of predetermined dimensions and is movable between a stowed position to one side of the main seat and a deployed position above and separate from the main seat. A drive apparatus is provided for driving the bed between the stowed and deployed positions. The main seat is configured to be movable between a seating position when the bed is stowed, and a stowed position with a lowered seat back when the bed is deployed for use.