Reclining aircraft seat structure, and associated aircraft cabin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025100692-A1
Application number	US-202418890220-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 19, 2024
Priority date	Sep 26, 2023
Publication date	Mar 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A reclining aircraft seat structure, and associated aircraft cabin, the structure includes a base, a carriage, supported by the base, the carriage including a front edge and a rear edge, a seat pan support, articulated on the carriage about a transverse front axis, located between the front edge and the rear edge and a backrest support, articulated with respect to the seat pan support, about a transverse rear axis, located to the rear of the front axis. The structure also includes an actuator including a deployable rod between a retracted position and a deployed position, the deployable rod being articulated on a lower arm of the backrest support in a rear articulation point. The rear articulation point is located behind the front articulation axis over at least part of the travel of the deployable rod between the retracted position and the deployed position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An aircraft seat structure comprising:
a base to be mounted on a floor of an aircraft cabin; a main displacement carriage, supported by the base, the main displacement carriage comprising, in projection onto a vertical median plane of the seat structure, a front edge and a rear edge; a seat pan support, articulated on the main displacement carriage about a transverse front articulation axis, located between the front edge and the rear edge of the main displacement carriage, in a projection onto the vertical median plane; a backrest support, articulated with respect to the seat pan support, about a transverse rear articulation axis, the transverse rear articulation axis being located rearward of the front articulation axis, the backrest support comprising at least one lower arm protruding under the seat support; and an actuator comprising a body and a deployable rod, deployable with respect to the body between a retracted position in the body and a deployed position with respect to the body, one of the body and of the deployable rod being articulated on the lower arm at a rear articulation point, another one of the body and of the deployable rod being articulated on the main displacement carriage in a front articulation point, the rear articulation point being situated rearward of the front articulation axis over at least part of a travel of the deployable rod between the retracted position and the deployed position.

2 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the rear articulation point is located rearward of the front articulation axis throughout the whole travel of the deployable rod between the retracted position and the deployed position.

3 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein one of the lower arm and of the main displacement carriage defines a slide, another one of the lower arm and of the main displacement carriage supports a slider received in the slide.

4 . The seat structure according to claim 3 , wherein the slider is located, in projection onto the vertical median plane, at a same point as the rear articulation point.

5 . The seat structure according to claim 3 , wherein the slide extends entirely rearward of the front articulation axis.

6 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the front articulation axis is located above the rear articulation point throughout the whole travel of the deployable rod between the retracted position and the deployed position.

7 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the front articulation axis is located at a highest point of the main displacement carriage, in projection onto the vertical median plane.

8 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the front articulation point is located at a front of the front articulation axis.

9 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the main displacement carriage has two side flanges, each side flange having a pointed shape, the main displacement carriage having an upper cross-piece connecting tops of the side flanges.

10 . The seat structure according to claim 9 , wherein one of the lower arm and of the main displacement carriage defines a slide, another one of the lower arm and of the main displacement carriage supports a slider received in the slide, the slide being provided in one of the side flanges.

11 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the backrest support includes two lateral uprights, each lateral upright having a lower region located below the rear articulation axis and an upper portion located above the rear articulation axis, the lower arm being formed by the lower region of the lateral upright.

12 . The seat structure according to claim 11 , wherein the seat pan support includes two longitudinal beams and a rear cross-piece, the lateral uprights of the backrest support being rotatably mounted on the rear cross-piece.

13 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein in the retracted position, a value of an angle formed between the seat pan support and the backrest support in projection onto the vertical median plane at the rear articulation axis is greater than the value of the angle formed between the seat pan support and the backrest support in the deployed position, in a projection onto the vertical median plane.

14 . The seat structure according to claim 1 , wherein the base includes a frame configured to be fastened to the floor of the cabin, and a turret, mounted rotatably with respect to the frame about a vertical axis, the main displacement carriage being mounted at least partly above the turret.

15 . The seat structure according to claim 14 , wherein the main displacement carriage is mounted movable in translation in the turret.

16 . An aircraft cabin having a floor, and at least one aircraft seat, the at least one aircraft seat comprising the seat structure according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Dassault Aviat

Inventors

• Billon Jean-Rémi
• Hautem Matthieu
• Foos Quentin
• Nicot Maxime

Classifications

• B60N2/995

  Lower-leg-rests, e.g. calf-rests · CPC title

• B60N2/986

  Side-rests (B60N2/2872, B60N2/885 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/34

  into a bed · CPC title

• B60N2/062

  transversally slidable · CPC title

• B60N2/01575

  key sliding inside the vehicle floor or rail · CPC title