Aircraft seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10081428-B2
Application number	US-201414889183-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2014
Priority date	May 7, 2013
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

An aircraft seat with a seat zone comprising a seat surface and a backrest and extending in a viewing direction frontward from the backrest over the seat surface along a longitudinal seat axis, and with a console, which is arranged laterally of the seat zone and in the interior space of which a foot space is implemented that is open counter to the viewing direction toward the rear side of the backrest and extends with a frontward insert direction along a longitudinal foot space axis, wherein the seat zone and the foot space are arranged at an angle to each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft seat with a seat zone comprising a seat surface and a backrest and extending in a viewing direction frontward from the backrest over the seat surface along a longitudinal seat axis, with a console, which is arranged laterally of the seat zone and in the interior space of which a foot space is implemented that is open counter to the viewing direction toward the rear side of the backrest and extends with a frontward insert direction along a longitudinal foot space axis, and with a vertical rear wall arranged in the viewing direction behind the backrest, wherein
the seat zone and the foot space are arranged at an angle to each other,
the foot space of the console is delimited toward the seat zone by an interior wall,
a stowage compartment is arranged in a space between the seat zone and the interior wall,
the interior wall extends with a partial region in a vertical direction upwards beyond the seat surface, wherein the partial region is situated above the stowage compartment,
an arm support is arranged at the partial region, wherein the arm support is arranged in the space between the seat zone and the interior wall,
the vertical rear wall comprises a bridge region extending laterally across the foot space and a backrest region extending laterally behind the backrest,
the bridge region and the backrest region merge into each other in an arc-shaped manner and
the aircraft seat is configured for use with a rear aircraft seat directly behind the aircraft seat, and an intersection point, in a top view, of the longitudinal seat axis of the aircraft seat and a rear longitudinal seat axis of the rear aircraft seat directly behind the aircraft seat is located in a backrest region of the rear aircraft seat, wherein the rear longitudinal seat axis of the rear aircraft seat approximately coincides with the longitudinal foot space axis.

2. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal seat axis and the longitudinal foot space axis include an angle that is open in the viewing direction frontward.

3. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the foot space extends in the viewing direction frontward beyond the backrest and ends laterally of the seat surface-transversely to the longitudinal seat axis.

4. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the interior wall includes an angle with the longitudinal seat axis that is open in the viewing direction frontward.

5. The aircraft seat according to claim 4 , wherein the interior wall also delimits the seat zone toward the foot space at least sectionally.

6. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the foot space of the console is delimited on the side facing away from the seat zone by an exterior wall, which includes with the longitudinal seat axis an angle that is open in the viewing direction frontward.

7. The aircraft seat according to claim 6 , wherein the exterior wall and the interior wall extend toward each other in the viewing direction frontward, thus tapering the foot space.

8. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat zone can be transversed from an upright sitting position into a horizontal lying position along an advance direction.

9. The aircraft seat according to claim 8 , wherein in the lying position the seat surface embodies at least a partial region of a lying surface formed by the backrest and the seat surface, wherein for introducing the lying surface into a foot space of a front aircraft seat, the lying surface shows at least at its foot end a glide mirror symmetry with respect to the cross section area of the foot space of the front aircraft seat.

10. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein a pivotable display unit is inserted in the bridge region of the vertical rear wall above the foot space.

11. The aircraft seat according to claim 10 , wherein the display unit fills a main part of the surface of the bridge region in its in-pivoted position.

12. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein a foot support is arranged in the foot space of the console.

13. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat zone and the console are connected via a base frame to form a structural unit.

14. The aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein the arm support is arranged at least partially vertically above the stowage compartment.

15. The aircraft seat according to claim 14 , wherein in the partial region situated above the stowage compartment, a free arm space extends laterally to the interior wall, which is also a delimiting surface for the foot space of the console.

16. The aircraft seat according to claim 14 , wherein a storage surface area of the stowage compartment corresponds to at least 80% of an overall area spanning between the seat surface and the interior wall of the foot space, with the storage surface area and the overall area being parallel to a support surface of the arm support.

17. The aircraft seat according to claim 14 , wherein a storage surface of the stowage compartment is generally wedge shaped.

18. The aircraft seat according to claim 17 , wherein a support surface of the arm support is generally wedge shaped.

19. An aircraft seat arrangement with a front and rear aircraft seat according to claim 1 , the rear aircraft seat positioned directly behind the front aircraft seat.

20. An aircraft seat arrangement with a first and a second aircraft seat according to claim 1 , wherein in the first aircraft seat and in the second aircraft seat the positions of the seat zone and the console have been exchanged, and wherein the second aircraft seat is arranged along a stacking axis subsequent to the first aircraft seat in such a way that the longitudinal seat axis of the seat zone of the second aircraft seat is oriented towards the foot space of the first aircraft seat.

21. The aircraft seat arrangement according to claim 20 , wherein the seat zone can be traversed from an upright sitting position into a horizontal lying position along an advance direction, which coincides with an insert direction of the foot space of the first aircraft seat, wherein the insert direction corresponds to a direction along which a rear passenger comfortably extends his feet into the foot space.

22. The aircraft seat arrangement according to claim 20 , wherein the longitudinal seat axes of the seat zones of the first aircraft seat and of the second aircraft seat respectively include with the stacking axis an angle that is open in the viewing direction frontward.

23. The aircraft seat arrangement according to claim 20 , wherein the longitudinal foot space axes of the foot spaces of the first aircraft seat and of the second aircraft seat respectively include with the stacking axis an angle that is open in the viewing direction frontward.

24. The aircraft seat arrangement according to claim 20 , wherein the console of the first aircraft seat also implements the foot space for a passenger of the second aircraft seat.

25. An aircraft seat sequence wherein a first and a second aircraft seat arrangement according to claim 20 are arranged neighboring each other transversely to the respective stacking axis.

26. The aircraft seat sequence according to claim 25 , wherein the positions of the seat zone and the console have been exchanged in the respectively neighboring aircraft seats of the first aircraft seat arrangement and of the second aircraft seat arrangeme

Assignees

• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Clucas Daniel William
• Ersan Ali

Classifications

• B64D11/0636

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• B64D11/0604

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• B64D11/0606

  with privacy shells, screens, separators or the like (class dividers B64D11/0023) · CPC title

• B64D11/06

  Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats (crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04) · CPC title

• B64D11/0641

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