Ejection seats for military aircraft
AssigneeBritish Aerospace Public Limited Company
InventorsGeoffrey J. Ash, Timothy S. Valentine
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Abstract
A reclining ejection seat (1) for an aircraft which includes an arm support (7) composed of two parts (8,10) which are moveable fore and aft. A first part (8) carries flying controls (9) and is adjustable for reach. A second part (10) which is adjustable for comfort, locates the elbow of a pilot (11) and supports his forearm. The arm support (7) permits the pilot (11) to maintain adequate control over his arm movements even when the aircraft is carrying out very high speed maneuvers.
Claims4
An ejection seat for a pilot of an aircraft, said pilot having an elbow and forearm, said seat incorporates:
- a seat rest;
- back rest;
- and
- at least one arm rest, said arm rest including;
- means for providing location support for said pilot elbow and for supporting said pilot forearm while said pilot is flying the aircraft;
- and
- means for adjusting the position of said arm rest relative to said back rest and said seat rest in a direction substantially along a fore and aft direction of said arm rest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.