Aircraft seat

• US 10,583,926 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bombardier Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bombardier Incorporated
• Inventors: Erhel, Philippe, Meister, Pete
• Primary Examiner(s): Adamos, Theodore V
• Application Number:
  US15/514,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20170275003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/14 rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/10 , B60N2/2869 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/34 into a bed
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0641 Seats convertible into beds
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0696 Means for fastening seats to floors, e.g. to floor rails

Abstract

A seat attachable to a floor of a vehicle includes a seat frame movable between a first position and a second position and a mounting assembly attached to the seat frame and configured to be secured to the floor. The mounting assembly and seat frame are configured so that when the seat frame is in the second position first and second sliding assemblies of the mounting assembly are both located in forwardly extended positions and no part of the mounting assembly contacts the floor forward of a front connection of the mounting assembly.

Claims

1. A seat assembly attachable to a floor of a vehicle, the seat assembly comprising:

a seat frame movable between a first position and a second position; and

a mounting assembly attached to the seat frame and configured to be secured to the floor, the mounting assembly including;

a front connection immovably fixable to the floor and having a first receiver;

a first longitudinal member slidable in the first receiver between a retracted position and an extended position;

a second longitudinal member fixed in relation to and movable with the first longitudinal member via a front mounting structure, the front mounting structure being forward of the front connection;

a second receiver slidable along the second longitudinal member between a retracted position and an extended position, the seat frame being attached to the second receiver;

a track attachable to the floor, the front connection being immovably fixed to the track; and

a rear connection slidable in the track in relation to the front connection, and fixed in relation to and movable with the first longitudinal member;

wherein, when the seat frame is in the first position the first longitudinal member and the second receiver are both in the retracted positions, and

wherein, when the seat frame is in the second position the first longitudinal member and the second receiver are both in the extended positions.

2. The seat assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear connection includes at least one protrusion slidable within the track.

3. The seat assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear connection includes a securement for selectively securing the rear connection to the track.

4. The seat assembly of claim 3, wherein the track includes a securing structure, the securement configured to cooperate with the securing structure in the track.

5. The seat assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear connection includes a wheel configured to roll along the track.

6. The seat assembly of claim 1, wherein the second receiver includes an attachment assembly for connection to the seat frame.

7. The seat assembly of claim 6, wherein the attachment assembly includes a swivel attached to the second receiver for allowing the seat frame to rotate relative to the second receiver.

8. The seat assembly of claim 6, wherein a first lateral member is attached to the second receiver and a third receiver is slidable along the first lateral member between an inboard and an outboard position.

9. The seat assembly of claim 8, wherein the attachment assembly includes a swivel attached to the third receiver for allowing the seat frame to rotate relative to the third receiver.

10. The seat assembly of claim 9, further including a securement to selectively secure the third receiver relative to the first lateral member.

11. The seat assembly of claim 1, further including a securement to selectively secure the second receiver relative to the second longitudinal member.

12. The seat assembly of claim 1, wherein the first position is a TTL position and the second position is a sleeping position.

13. The seat assembly of claim 12, wherein the seat frame is movable to a reclined position between the TTL and sleeping positions, and wherein when the seat frame is in the reclined position the first longitudinal member is in the retracted position and the second receiver is in the extended position.