Laterally and recline adjustable aircraft passenger seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016288910-A1
Application number	US-201615059847-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 3, 2016
Priority date	Mar 5, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A laterally and recline adjustable aircraft passenger seat assembly including a seat, spaced forward and rear rails, a seat recline motion assembly attached to the seat and slidable along the length of the spaced forward and rear rails and including a first actuator dedicated for seat recline motion, and a lateral seat motion assembly disposed between the spaced forward and rear rails and including a second linear actuator dedicated for driving lateral motion of the seat recline motion assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A laterally and recline adjustable aircraft passenger seat assembly, comprising:
a seat including a seat bottom and a seat back; spaced forward and rear rails; a seat recline motion assembly attached to the seat and slidable along the spaced forward and rear rails, the seat recline motion assembly dedicated for driving seat recline motion and including a first linear actuator oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seat and interconnected to the seat bottom; and a lateral seat motion assembly disposed between the spaced forward and rear rails, the lateral seat motion assembly dedicated for driving lateral seat motion and including a second linear actuator oriented perpendicular to the first linear actuator and attached to the seat recline motion assembly.

2 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the seat recline motion assembly comprises spaced left and right primary frame members interconnected through spaced forward and rear secondary frame members, and spaced left and right liner actuator frame members spanning between the forward and rear secondary frame members and cooperatively supporting the first linear actuator therebetween.

3 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 2 , wherein the second linear actuator is attached to one of the spaced left and right primary frame members of the seat recline motion assembly such that linear motion of the second linear actuator drives left or right seat motion.

4 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 2 , wherein the spaced left and right primary spreaders are attached to respective spaced left and right seat spreaders of the seat.

5 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lateral seat motion assembly comprises a fixed spreader spanning between the spaced forward and rear rails, and wherein the second linear actuator is attached to one side of the fixed spreader.

6 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
spaced forward and rear beams tubes positioned inward of the spaced forward and rear rails; left and right legs attached to ends of the spaced forward and rear beam tubes; and left and right spreaders positioned inward of the left and right legs and attached to the spaced forward and rear beam tubes and the spaced forward and rear rails.

7 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first linear actuator is arranged to slide over the second linear actuator as the seat recline motion assembly slides along the spaced forward and rear rails.

8 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein the laterally and recline adjustable aircraft passenger seat assembly is adapted to be positioned within a suite in an airliner and is adapted to move left or right across a width of the suite.

9 . The aircraft passenger seat assembly of claim 8 , wherein the suite includes a video monitor positioned forward of the seat, and the seat is configured to travel across the width of the suite between a first position in which the video monitor is directly forward of the seat and a second position in which the video monitor is at an angle to the seat.

10 . An aircraft passenger seating arrangement, comprising:
a suite including a video monitor positioned on a forward wall thereof; and a laterally and recline adjustable aircraft passenger seat assembly positioned within the suite, comprising:
a seat facing the video monitor and including a seat bottom and a seat back;
spaced forward and rear rails;
a seat recline motion assembly attached to the seat and slidable along the spaced forward and rear rails, the seat recline motion assembly dedicated for driving seat recline motion and including a first linear actuator oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seat and interconnected to the seat bottom; and
a lateral seat motion assembly disposed between the spaced forward and rear rails, the lateral seat motion assembly dedicated for driving lateral seat motion and including a second linear actuator oriented perpendicular to the first linear actuator and attached to the seat recline motion assembly.

11 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the seat recline motion assembly comprises spaced left and right primary frame members interconnected through spaced forward and rear secondary frame members, and spaced left and right liner actuator frame members spanning between the forward and rear secondary frame members and cooperatively supporting the first linear actuator therebetween.

12 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the second linear actuator is attached to one of the spaced left and right primary frame members of the seat recline motion assembly such that linear motion of the second linear actuator drives left or right seat motion.

13 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the spaced left and right primary spreaders are attached to respective spaced left and right seat spreaders of the seat.

14 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the lateral seat motion assembly comprises a fixed spreader spanning between the spaced forward and rear rails, and wherein the second linear actuator is attached to one side of the fixed spreader.

15 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 10 , further comprising:
spaced forward and rear beams tubes positioned inward of the spaced forward and rear rails; left and right legs attached to ends of the spaced forward and rear beam tubes; and left and right spreaders positioned inward of the left and right legs and attached to the spaced forward and rear beam tubes and the spaced forward and rear rails.

16 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the first linear actuator is arranged to slide over the second linear actuator as the seat recline motion assembly slides along the spaced forward and rear rails.

17 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the laterally and recline adjustable aircraft passenger seat assembly is positioned within the suite such that the seat is adapted to travel across a width of the suite.

18 . The aircraft passenger seating arrangement of claim 17 , wherein the seat is configured to travel across the width of the suite between a first position in which the video monitor is directly forward of the seat and a second position in which the video monitor is at an angle to the seat.

Assignees

• Be Aerospace Inc

Inventors

• Udriste Daniel
• De La Garza Javier Valdes
• Bunea Catalin

Classifications

• B64D11/064 Primary

  Adjustable inclination or position of seats · CPC title

• B64D11/0602

  Seat modules, i.e. seat systems including furniture separate from the seat itself · CPC title

• B64D11/0015

  Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television · CPC title

• B64D11/0606

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

• B60N2/062

  transversally slidable · CPC title