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US 2023/0065564 A1Published application
Lift assist system for an aircraft seat
AssigneeBE Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsArjun Koustubhan, SAMBASIVA RAO KODATI
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Abstract
A lift assist system for an aircraft seat is disclosed. The lift assist system may include one or more pivoting lift rails configured to couple to one or more fixed seat pan rails of a seat pan frame. The lift assist system may include an actuator sub-system. The actuator sub-system may include an actuator configured to actuate the seat pan frame between one or more positions by actuating the one or more pivoting lift rails a predetermined distance.
Claims15
An aircraft seat, comprising:
- a base assembly couplable to a floor of an aircraft;
- a seat frame coupled to the base assembly, the seat frame including a seat pan frame and a seatback frame, the seat pan frame including one or more fixed seat pan rails, the seat pan frame configured to couple to a seat pan cushion, the seatback frame configured to couple to a seatback cushion;
- and
- a lift assist system configured to position the seat pan frame between one or more positions, the lift assist system comprising:
- one or more pivoting lift rails configured to couple to the one or more fixed seat pan rails;
- and
- an actuator sub-system, the actuator sub-system including an actuator configured to actuate the one or more pivoting lift rails between the one or more positions.
4 more elements
A lift assist system for an aircraft seat comprising:
- one or more pivoting lift rails configured to couple to one or more fixed seat pan rails of a seat pan frame;
- and
- an actuator sub-system, the actuator sub-system comprising an actuator configured to actuate the seat pan frame between one or more positions by actuating the one or more pivoting lift rails a predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.