Re-configurable passenger bench seat

US9610919B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Sven Taubert · Hamburg, DE
• Florian Schmidt · Harpstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2022/266
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger bench seat comprises a backrest, a seat element, a fastening rail which extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seat element in the region of an edge of the seat element that faces towards the backrest, and a seatbelt system. In a first configuration of the passenger bench seat, the seatbelt system includes a first number of seatbelts which are detachably fastened to the fastening rail in first positions which are adapted to the first configuration of the passenger bench seat. In a second configuration of the passenger bench seat, on the other hand, the seatbelt system includes a second number of seatbelts which are detachably fastened to the fastening rail in second positions which are adapted to the second configuration of the passenger bench seat.