Motion simulator chair
AssigneeD-Box Technologies Inc.
InventorsStephan Gagnon, Robert Desautels, Jean-François Menard
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Abstract
A motion simulator chair has a base and a seat. An actuator assembly is between the base and the seat, the actuator assembly including a frame connected to the base, a carrier connected to the seat. A linear actuator is operatively connected to the frame and to the carrier by a mechanism, the linear actuator operable to cause a movement of the carrier relative to the frame, the movement being at least partially vertical. A direction of movement of the linear actuator lies in a transverse plane that is between 15 degrees and 165 degrees from a vertical frontal plane of the motion simulator chair.
Claims20
A motion simulator chair, comprising:
- a base configured to be on the ground;
- at least a seat configured to receive a user having a frontal plane, the seat configured to receive the user when the base in on the ground and the seat is above the base;
- and
- an actuator assembly between the base and the seat, the actuator assembly including
- a frame connected to the base,
- a carrier connected to the seat, the carrier being pivotally and directly connected to the frame about a rotational axis,
- a linear actuator operatively connected to the frame and to the carrier by a mechanism, the linear actuator pushing and pulling on the mechanism to cause a movement of the carrier relative to the frame, the movement being at least partially vertical,
- wherein a direction of movement of the linear actuator lies in a transverse plane that is between 65 degrees and 115 degrees from a vertical frontal plane of the motion simulator chair, the vertical frontal plane being perpendicular to the ground when the base of the motion simulator chair is on the ground and the seat is above the base, the vertical frontal plane configured to be parallel ±20 degrees to the frontal plane of the user in the seat, the rotational axis being parallel to the vertical frontal plane.
A motion simulator chair, comprising:
- a base configured to be on the ground;
- at least a seat configured to receive a user having a frontal plane, the seat configured to receive the user when the base in on the ground and the seat is above the base;
- and
- an actuator assembly between the base and the seat, the actuator assembly including
- a frame connected to the base,
- a carrier connected to the seat, the carrier being pivotally and directly connected to the frame about a rotational axis,
- an electro-mechanical linear actuator operatively connected to the frame and to the carrier by a mechanism at a single output end of the linear actuator, the single output end of the linear actuator alone pushing and pulling on the mechanism to cause a movement of the carrier relative to the frame, the movement being at least partially vertical,
- wherein a direction of movement of the linear actuator lies in a transverse plane that is between 65 degrees and 115 degrees from a vertical frontal plane of the motion simulator chair, the vertical frontal plane being perpendicular to the ground when the base of the motion simulator chair in on the ground and the seat is above the base, the vertical front plane configured to be parallel ±20 degrees to the frontal plane of the user in the seat.
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