Seat pan diaphragm
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsEric H. Morse, Matt J. Hulse, Samuel Ponjican
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Abstract
A seat pan diaphragm assembly and a seat assembly including the same, the seat pan diaphragm assembly including a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, bottom, front, back, and opposing lateral sides, a cargo net subassembly for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and attachment straps having a clip attachable to a seat frame element, and stiffeners received in slotted sleeves of the diaphragm subassembly and engaging the cargo net subassembly for securing the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly.
Claims20
A seat pan diaphragm assembly attachable to a seat frame, comprising:
- a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, a bottom, a front, a back, opposing lateral sides, and a slotted sleeve positioned along each of the opposing lateral sides;
- a cargo net subassembly positioned against the bottom of the fabric panel for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and a plurality of lateral attachment straps extending outward beyond the opposing lateral sides of the flexible fabric panel, each of the lateral attachment straps terminating at a free end in a clip attachable to a seat frame element;
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- stiffeners positioned in the slotted sleeves received through loops of the attachments straps to secure the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly.
An aircraft passenger seat assembly, comprising:
- spaced first and second frame members;
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- a seat pan diaphragm assembly positioned between and removably attached to the spaced first and second frame members, the seat pan diaphragm assembly including:
- i) a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, a bottom, a front, a back, opposing lateral sides, and a slotted sleeve positioned along each of the opposing lateral sides;
- ii) a cargo net subassembly positioned against the bottom of the fabric panel for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and a plurality of lateral attachment straps extending outward beyond the opposing lateral sides of the flexible fabric panel, each of the lateral attachment straps terminating at a free end in a clip attached to one of the spaced first and second frame members;
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- iii) stiffeners positioned in the slotted sleeves received through loops of the attachments straps to secure the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly.
A seat pan diaphragm assembly, comprising:
- a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and opposing lateral sides;
- a cargo net subassembly positioned against the bottom of the fabric panel for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and a plurality of attachment straps having a clip attachable to a seat frame element;
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- stiffening elements secure the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.