Divider with movable panels for side-by-side aircraft seats

Abstract

A divider (100) between two adjacent aircraft passenger seats, comprising a plurality of movable panels (11, 12, 13) and a housing (20), said divider having a closed position wherein the panels are deployed to form a rigid partition (10) dividing the two seats and an open position wherein the panels are retracted and stored in the housing (20) leaving the two seats connected; the panels (11, 12, 13) being configured to be, in the closed position, vertically aligned in the same plane, and in the open position, stored in the housing (20) along juxtaposed separate parallel planes, switching from one position to the other being ensured by an actuation mechanism comprising at least one motor (311) driving a shaft (115) passing through a first panel (11), and guidance means (316, 317, 326, 327) forcing the panels to move vertically and to be aligned or juxtaposed automatically.

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