Aircraft seat module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12559993-B2
Application number	US-202118001361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2021
Priority date	Jun 12, 2020
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

An aircraft seat module has an enclosure unit which at least partially delimits a flight passenger seating area, and has a door unit which at least in an operating state is at least configured to close a passage region to the flight passenger seating area, has a bearing device which is configured to support the door unit so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position in relation to the enclosure unit, and has a locking device which is configured to lock the door unit in the open position, wherein the locking device has at least one electrically and/or electronically actuatable actuator device, which is at least configured to be electrically and/or electronically actuated for an unlocking of the door unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An aircraft seat module comprising:
an enclosure unit which at least partially delimits a flight passenger seating area, and having
a door unit which at least in an operating state is at least configured to close a passage region to the flight passenger seating area,
a bearing device which is configured to support the door unit so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position in relation to the enclosure unit, and
a locking device which is configured to lock the door unit in the open position and for this purpose has at least one electrically and/or electronically actuatable actuator device, which is at least configured to be electrically and/or electronically actuated for an unlocking of the door unit,
wherein the actuator device comprises
an actuator,
a first locking element, and
a second locking element, and
wherein the two locking elements can be adjusted from their locking position to their unlocking position by an activation of the actuator.

2 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the locking device has at least one actuation switch which is configured to be activated by a movement of the door unit, and the actuator device is actuatable by the activation of said actuation switch.

3 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the actuation switch is activatable by a movement of the door unit in an opening direction of the door unit.

4 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the locking device in a non-energized state of the electrically and/or electronically actuatable actuator device is configured to assume a locking position.

5 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the locking device in a non-energized state of the actuator device is configured to lock the door unit in the open position.

6 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the door unit in a non-energized state of the actuator device is configured to be brought into its open position and to be locked in the open position.

7 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the actuator device is configured to be deactivated in a centrally controlled manner so as to in at least one operating state prevent an unlocking of the door unit.

8 . The aircraft seat module at least as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a sensor device which is configured at least to detect the door unit in the open position.

9 . A system of at least two aircraft seat modules as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a central control unit, which in at least one operating state is configured to deactivate in a centrally controlled manner actuator devices of two or more of the at least two aircraft seat modules.

10 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking elements of the actuator device are in each case implemented so as to be spring-loaded.

11 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the actuator device has for each locking element a spring element which in each case subjects the locking elements to a spring force in one direction.

12 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking elements are implemented by means of spring elements such that their locking position realizes a neutral position into which the locking elements are automatically adjusted.

13 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the actuator device comprises a locking base body, and wherein in the locking base body, form-fit elements of the actuator device are incorporated into which the respective locking element engages in a form-fit manner for a locking, the two form-fit elements being realized as a common recess.

14 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the locking base body is disposed on an inner side of the door unit and forms a surface which is elevated in relation to the inner side of the door unit.

15 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the locking base body forms on a first side an oblique face, embodied as an oblique activation face, which is configured, when the door unit is set to its open position, to move the locking elements from their locking position to their unlocking position, just before the open position is reached.

16 . The aircraft seat module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuator controls the operation of the first and second locking elements in unison.

17 . An aircraft seat module comprising:
an enclosure unit which at least partially delimits a flight passenger seating area, and having
a door unit which at least in an operating state is at least configured to close a passage region to the flight passenger seating area,
a bearing device which is configured to support the door unit so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position in relation to the enclosure unit, and
a locking device which is configured to lock the door unit in the open position and for this purpose has at least one electrically and/or electronically actuatable actuator device, which is at least configured to be electrically and/or electronically actuated for an unlocking of the door unit,
wherein the actuator device comprises
a base body,
an actuator,
a first locking element, and
a second locking element,
wherein the two locking elements can be adjusted from their locking position to their unlocking position by an activation of the actuator, and wherein first and second locking elements are arranged to be movable within the base body.

18 . An aircraft seat module comprising:
an enclosure unit which at least partially delimits a flight passenger seating area, and having
a door unit which at least in an operating state is at least configured to close a passage region to the flight passenger seating area,
a bearing device which is configured to support the door unit so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position in relation to the enclosure unit, and
a locking device which is configured to lock the door unit in the open position and for this purpose has at least one electrically and/or electronically actuatable actuator device, which is at least configured to be electrically and/or electronically actuated for an unlocking of the door unit,
wherein the locking device further comprises locking state indication unit, wherein the actuator device comprises
an actuator,
a first locking element, and
a second locking element,
wherein the two locking elements can be adjusted from their locking position to their unlocking position by an activation of the actuator, wherein the locking state indication unit is configured to detect and indicate at least in a maximally open position of the door unit, a condition of incomplete locking of at least one of the first and second locking elements, and wherein the locking state indication unit is configured to detect and indicate incomplete locking of the locking device when at least one of the first and second locking elements is incompletely locked.

Assignees

• Recaro Aircraft Seating Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Laubenberger Joerg
• Streckert Michael
• Kaufmann Christopher
• Mehmel Juergen
• Fritz Michael
• Rechlin Alexander

Classifications

• E05B41/00

  Locks with visible indication as to whether the lock is locked or unlocked {(indicator lights E05B17/10)} · CPC title

• E05C17/60

  holding sliding wings open {(E05C17/443, E05C17/54 take precedence)} · CPC title

• E05C1/08

  with latching action · CPC title

• E05B81/70

  the wing position · CPC title

• E05B81/28

  Linearly reciprocating elements · CPC title