Seat arrangement

• US 7,837,261 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2007
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Company KG (Martin Putsch,)
• Original Assignee: Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Company KG (Martin Putsch,)
• Inventors: Baumann, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): White; Rodney B
• Application Number:
  US12/310,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20090236896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• Field of Search: 297/216.1, 297/216.13, 297/216.14, 297/216.15, 297/216.16, 297/216.17, 297/216.18, 297/216.19, 297/216.2
• US Class Current: 297/216.13
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/06 Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats crew seat constructions for emergency purposes B64D25/04
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/064 Adjustable inclination or position of seats
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0649 Seats characterised by special features for reducing weight
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/40 Weight reduction

Abstract

A seat arrangement for an aircraft seat includes a seat frame for mounting the seat on a cabin floor and a seat region. The seat arrangement has a backrest unit and is designed to improve stiffness of the backrest unit against one-sided torsional load. The backrest unit is coupled to the seat frame by a kinematic unit having at least first and second kinematic parts coupled to a first side and a second side of the backrest unit, respectively. A stiffening member is located in the seat region that couples the first and second kinematic parts and is provided for transmitting a torsional moment from the first side of the backrest unit to the second side of the backrest unit.

Claims

1. A seat arrangement for an aircraft seat having a seat frame, which is provided for mounting the seat on a cabin floor, and a seat region, comprising:

a backrest unit with a lumbar region, and the seat region is located below the lumbar region of the backrest unit; and

a kinematic unit including at least first and second kinematic parts, wherein

the backrest unit is coupled to the seat frame by the kinematic unit;

the at least first and second kinematic parts of the kinematic unit are coupled to a first side of the backrest unit and a second side of the backrest unit, respectively,

the backrest unit has at least one stiffening member in a the seat region, and the stiffening member transmitting a torsional moment from the first side of the backrest unit to the second side of the backrest unit, and

the at least first and second kinematic parts of the kinematic unit are coupled by the stiffening member.

2. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stiffening member is formed by a torsion rod.

3. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stiffening member is coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to at least the first kinematic part, and wherein the first kinematic part is formed by a pivotal lever.

4. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the stiffening member is further coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to the second kinematic part, and wherein the second kinematic part is formed by a pivotal lever.

5. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the stiffening member is coaxial with a pivot axis of at least the first kinematic part.

6. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stiffening member is formed by a tube.

7. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat arrangement includes a fixing unit, which is provided for locking the backrest unit in at least one position, and wherein the fixing unit has an individual fixing means.

8. The seat arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat arrangement includes a seat support arrangement with an individual seat supporting bar unit.

9. An aircraft seat, comprising:

a seat frame, provided for mounting the seat on a cabin floor;

a seat arrangement having a backrest unit with a lumbar region and a kinematic unit including at least first and second kinematic parts, wherein the backrest unit is coupled to the seat frame by the kinematic unit; and

a seat region located below the lumbar region of the backrest unit, wherein

the at least first and second kinematic parts of the kinematic unit are coupled to a first side of the backrest unit and a second side of the backrest unit, respectively,

the backrest unit has at least one stiffening member in the seat region that transmits a torsional moment from the first side of the backrest unit to the second side of the backrest unit, and

the at least first and second kinematic parts of the kinematic unit are coupled by the stiffening member.