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Aircraft seat base frame

US9919803B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

21References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

B/E AEROSPACE, INC. · US

Inventors

Alexander Nicholas Pozzi · Winston-Salem, US
Benjamin D. Stephens · Atlanta, US
Mark A. Kruse · Atlanta, US
Francis Xavier L. Garing · Atlanta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2016
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D11/0696
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a preferred embodiment, an aircraft passenger seat base frame can include spaced left and right spreaders supporting a seat pan and a seatback. Additionally, a front transverse structural member and a rear transverse structural member can each interconnect with the left and right spreaders. An in-flight entertainment component compartment defined in the seat pan at least in part by placement of the front transverse structural member and the rear transverse structural member can enclose an in-flight entertainment component, wherein the front transverse structural member is positioned for aligning in a vertical plane with at least a portion of the in-flight entertainment component, and the rear transverse structural member is positioned for aligning in a horizontal plane with at least a portion of the in-flight entertainment component.

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