Aircraft pilot seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11084588-B2
Application number	US-201816224071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A pilot's seat offering an evacuation device. The seat comprises a ladder fixed to the rear of the back and covered by a detachable cover associated with the seat and deployable between a storage position retracted inside the cover and a deployed evacuation position, in which case the cover is detached. Thus, the evacuation device is incorporated harmoniously into the seat which offers a solid base for the evacuation ladder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft pilot's seat comprising:
a seat part,
a back provided with a headrest,
a ladder with rungs fixed to the rear of the back and covered by a detachable cover associated with the seat and deployable between a storage position retracted inside the cover and a deployed evacuation position, in which case the cover is detached and the ladder is extended upwards relative to the storage position.

2. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the ladder is provided with uprights comprising tubes nested in one another and is telescopic.

3. The seat according to claim 2 , wherein the tubes are locked in a storage position relative to one another by a locking lug inserted in a corresponding opening in the uprights.

4. The seat according to claim 3 ,
wherein the ladder is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation at an upper end of the back, the ladder being held in a storage position by a locking system of the ladder, and
wherein the lug is positioned such that, with the tilting in rotation of the ladder, the lug withdraws therefrom and releases the uprights in order to allow the ladder to deploy.

5. The seat according to claim 4 , wherein at least one spring is inserted inside the uprights such that the spring is compressed when the locking lug is in place, in order for a release of the lug to enable the spring to relax, thereby causing the sliding of the uprights relative to one another.

6. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the ladder is deployed automatically, and a triggering of deployment is activated by a mechanical, electrical, magnetic or hydraulic control device.

7. The seat according to claim 6 , wherein the cover comprises an opening handle associated with the control device such that removal of the cover triggers the control device.

8. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein the cover pivots about an axis in a lower part of the back, the opening handle being connected to a latch fixed to one of the rungs of the ladder to hold the cover in place, and allowing the unlocking of a rotation of the cover, an amplitude of which is limited by a cable retaining the cover in a position offering access to the rear of the back.

9. The seat according to claim 6 ,
wherein the ladder is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation at an upper end of the back, the ladder being held in a storage position by a locking system of the ladder,
wherein the headrest is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation relative to the back of the seat in order to tilt in a direction of the seat part and to release the upper end of the back, the headrest being held in a position of use of the seat by a locking system of the headrest, and
wherein the control device triggers the tilting of the headrest and the deployment of the ladder.

10. The seat according to claim 6 ,
wherein the ladder is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation at an upper end of the back, the ladder being held in a storage position by a locking system of the ladder,
wherein the headrest is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation relative to the back of the seat in order to tilt in a direction of the seat part and to release an upper end of the back, the headrest being held in a position of use of the seat by a locking system of the headrest, and
wherein the locking system of the headrest comprises a cable, one end of which is connected to the headrest and an other end of which is connected to a retention device, and wherein the locking system of the ladder comprises a cable, one end of which is connected to the ladder and the other end of which is connected to said retention device, the cables being completely extended when the ladder is in a storage position and the headrest is in a use position, the retention device comprising a system that makes it possible to release the end held by the retention device when a control device is actuated.

11. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the ladder is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation at an upper end of the back, the ladder being held in a storage position by a locking system of the ladder.

12. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the headrest is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation relative to the back of the seat in order to tilt in a direction of the seat part and to release an upper end of the back, the headrest being held in a position of use of the seat by a locking system of the headrest.

13. An aircraft pilot's seat comprising:
a seat part,
a back provided with a headrest,
a ladder with rungs fixed to the rear of the back and covered by a detachable cover associated with the seat and deployable between a storage position retracted inside the cover and a deployed evacuation position, in which case the cover is detached,
wherein the ladder is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation at an upper end of the back, the ladder being held in a storage position by a locking system of the ladder,
wherein the headrest is mounted such as to be articulated in rotation relative to the back of the seat in order to tilt in a direction of the seat part and to release the upper end of the back, the headrest being held in a position of use of the seat by a locking system of the headrest, and
wherein an articulation respectively of the headrest and of the ladder on the back comprises at least one torsion spring in compression which entrains respectively the headrest and the ladder in rotation when the locking system releases the headrest and the ladder.

14. An aircraft comprising:
a flight deck equipped with an aircraft pilot's seat comprising:
a seat part,
a back provided with a headrest,
a ladder with rungs fixed to the rear of the back and covered by a detachable cover associated with the seat and deployable between a storage position retracted inside the cover and a deployed evacuation position, in which case the cover is detached,

an evacuation hatch is arranged in line with the seat, and
a size of the deployed ladder is dimensioned in accordance with a height between the hatch and the pilot's seat.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Guering Bernard
• Saint-Marc Laurent

Classifications

• B64D25/08 Primary

  Ejecting or escaping means · CPC title

• B64D11/0627

  Seats combined with storage means · CPC title

• B64D25/04

  Seat modifications · CPC title

• B60N2/00

  Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles (railway seats B61D33/00; cycle seats B62J1/00; aircraft seats B64D11/06, B64D25/04, B64D25/10) · 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