Aircraft seat with cam followers
AssigneeSafran Seats GB Limited
InventorsChristopher Shiels, Clive Pearce, Louis Flanagan
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Abstract
The present invention concerns an aircraft seat. The aircraft seat comprises at least one moveable element, and a cam follower arrangement associated with the moveable element. The cam follower arrangement comprises a first cam follower and second cam follower attached to a common bogie. Spreading the load over two cam followers attached to a common bogie may reduce the wear on each individual cam follower. This reduction in wear may result in fewer maintenance tasks associated with the aircraft seat, and may make the aircraft seat more robust.
Claims7
An aircraft seat, the aircraft seat comprising:
- at least two moveable elements, and
- cam follower arrangement associated with the at least two moveable elements, wherein the cam follower arrangement comprises a first cam follower and a second cam follower, wherein the first cam follower and the second cam follower are attached to a common bogie, wherein the first cam follower and the second cam follower have a common diameter, wherein the first cam follower and the second cam follower are spaced apart no further than the common diameter, and wherein the bogie is connected to at least one of the two moveable elements and is rotatable with respect to that one moveable element when the bogie rotates about a cam path on a seat chassis which at least partially supports one of the at least two moveable elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.