Seat, especially an aircraft passenger seat, with a data storage device and associated reading device
First Claim
1. A seat having:
- a plurality of seat components;
a data storage device mounted on one of the seat components and storing relevant data, wherein the relevant data is data that represents at least one of service life of the seat, certification of the seat, service life of one of the seat components, and certification of one of the seat components; and
an interface by which said relevant data is readable by an external reading device, whereinthe seat is included in a seat system, which includes a reading device for data transmission to the data storage device, andthe reading device has data transmission means for reading the relevant data,the reading device has storage means for intermediate storage of data read from the data storage device.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a seat, especially a vehicle seat, preferably an aircraft passenger seat (10, 30), comprising at least one seat component, such as a seat part (20), a backrest (22) or an armrest (26). As delivered, the seat meets predefined approved requirements and is correspondingly certified. The inventive seat is characterized in that a data storage device is fixedly disposed on at least one seat component. Said data storage device is used to store individual data relating to the service life or certification of the respective seat and/or individual seat components. The inventive seat is further characterized in that the data storage device can be electronically read by an external reading device. The invention also relates to an associated reading device.
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9 Claims
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1. A seat having:
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a plurality of seat components; a data storage device mounted on one of the seat components and storing relevant data, wherein the relevant data is data that represents at least one of service life of the seat, certification of the seat, service life of one of the seat components, and certification of one of the seat components; and an interface by which said relevant data is readable by an external reading device, wherein the seat is included in a seat system, which includes a reading device for data transmission to the data storage device, and the reading device has data transmission means for reading the relevant data, the reading device has storage means for intermediate storage of data read from the data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle seat having:
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a plurality of seat component; a data storage device mounted in a stationary manner on one of the seat components and storing relevant data, wherein the relevant data is data that represents at least one of service life of the seat, certification of the seat, service life of one of the seat components, and certification of one of the seat components; and an interface by which said relevant data is readable by an external reading device, wherein data transmission between the data storage device and the reading device is effected by a wireless device, so that data is read out of the data storage device wirelessly and data is written into the data storage device wirelessly.
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7. A vehicle seat having:
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a plurality of seat components; a data storage device mounted in a stationary manner on one of the seat components and storing relevant data, wherein the relevant data is data that represents at least one of service life of the seat, certification of the seat, service life of one of the seat components, and certification of one of the seat components; and an interface by which said relevant data is readable by an external reading device, wherein transmission of data between the data storage device and the reading device is effected by use of a plug connection.
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8. A vehicle seat having:
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a plurality of seat components; a data storage device mounted in a stationary manner on one of the seat components and storing relevant data, wherein the relevant data is data that represents at least one of service life of the seat, certification of the seat, service life of one of the seat components, and certification of one of the seat components, wherein the data storage device comprises a transponder, and data are writable to and readable from the data storage device upon appropriate stimulation of an external reading device; and an interface by which said relevant data is readable by the external reading device.
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9. A vehicle seat having:
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a plurality of seat components; a data storage device mounted in a stationary manner on one of the seat components and storing relevant data, wherein the relevant data is data that represents at least one of service life of the seat, certification of the seat, service life of one of the seat components, and certification of one of the seat components; an interface by which said relevant data is readable by an external reading device; and a positioning unit for positioning the reading device into a specifiable position in relation to the data storage device, wherein the positioning unit has a magnet by which the reading device is placed into said specifiable position.
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Specification