Aircraft seat control input transfer and disconnect mechanism

An aircraft seat armrest comprising:

• at least one armrest bracket disposed on a bottom of the armrest;
• a seat control mounted to an outside of the armrest;
• and
• an input transfer mechanism disposed inside the armrest and having seat control attachment end engaged to the seat control, and a receiver end, wherein the input transfer mechanism is cable-less;
• and
• a couple shaft engaged on a first end with the receiver end of the input transfer mechanism and engaged on a second end with a seat translation and rotation mechanism,
• wherein when the seat control is actuated, the input transfer mechanism causes the receiver end to rotate, the couple shaft transmits the rotation to the seat back mechanism and the seat translation and rotation mechanism allows the seat bottom frame to at least one of translate and rotate.

An aircraft seat comprising:

• a seat bottom frame having a back and a side;
• a seat back frame pivotally connected to the back of the seat bottom frame;
• a seat translation and rotation mechanism attached to the bottom frame allowing at least one of translation and rotational movement of the seat bottom frame;
• at least one armrest removably attached to the side of the seat bottom frame, the armrest comprising;
• a seat control mounted to an outside of the armrest;
• and
• an input transfer mechanism disposed inside the armrest and having seat control attachment end engaged to the seat control, and a receiver end, wherein the input transfer mechanism is cable-less;
• and
• a couple shaft engaged on a first end with the receiver end of the input transfer mechanism and engaged on a second end with a seat movement mechanism,
• wherein when the seat control is actuated, the input transfer mechanism causes the receiver end to rotate, the couple shaft transmits the rotation to the seat movement mechanism which allows at least one of the seat bottom frame to at least one of translate and rotate and the seat back frame to pivot.