Vehicle seat locking device

• US 9,126,688 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Company KG (Martin Putsch,)
• Original Assignee: Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Company KG (Martin Putsch,)
• Inventors: Mejuhas, Marsel, Philipzik, Fabian
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US14/096,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20140159441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 297/146, 297/163
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/004 of foldable trays mounted on the back-rest
• 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 11/0638 with foldable tables, trays or cup holders
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 3/14 with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the latch E05C3/122 takes precedence

Abstract

A vehicle seat locking device includes at least one object, in particular a table, and at least one locking unit which has at least one locking element and is provided for the purpose of locking the object in at least one stowed position. The locking unit has at least one pull actuating unit which is provided for the purpose of being actuatable as a result of a pulling movement on the locking element, the pulling movement having, in at least one movement portion, at least one movement component in the movement direction of the object.

Claims

1. An aircraft seat locking device, comprising:

at least one object

a bearing unit having an object pivot axis supporting the object, the object pivoting about the object pivot axis of the bearing unit,

at least one locking unit including at least one locking element, wherein

the locking element is movably arranged on the object and locks the object in at least one stowed position, the locking element being movable to an actuating position for unlocking the object, and

the object is released from the stowed position and pivoted about the pivot axis to the position of use by moving and maintaining the locking element to the actuating position by applying a pulling force to the locking element.

2. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit has at least one pivot axis about which the locking element is pivotably mounted.

3. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 2, wherein the locking unit includes at least one recessed grip which has a recessed grip width of less than 20 cm.

4. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 2, wherein the locking unit is provided for the purpose of outputting at least one locking signal when the object is locked.

5. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 2, wherein the pivot axis is arranged in an upper region of the locking element.

6. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 5, wherein the locking unit includes at least one recessed grip which has a recessed grip width of less than 20 cm.

7. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 5, wherein the locking unit is provided for the purpose of outputting at least one locking signal when the object is locked.

8. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit includes at least one recessed grip which has a recessed grip width of less than 20 cm.

9. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 8, wherein the locking unit is provided for the purpose of outputting at least one locking signal when the object is locked.

10. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 8, wherein the recessed grip has a free recessed grip height of less than 5 cm.

11. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit is configured to output at least one locking signal when the object is in a locked position.

12. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein in at least one locked position the locking element is arranged flush with an object surface of the object.

13. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit has at least one latching unit which is provided for the purpose of latching the object.

14. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit has a reset unit which is provided for the purpose of moving the locking element automatically back into an original position.

15. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit has at least one triggering mechanism which is provided for the purpose of deflecting the locking element in the case of at least one movement of the object.

16. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit is provided for the purpose of locking the object on a seat unit in the stowed position.

17. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein in a direction of the pulling force is inclined with respect to an object surface of the object.

18. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein a direction of the pulling force is aligned at least substantially in a pivoting direction of the object

19. An aircraft seat having at least one seat unit and having at least one aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1.

20. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the object is a table.

21. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking unit has a pivot axis and the locking element is mounted to pivot about the pivot axis of the locking unit.

22. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the locking element moves in a direction parallel to the object of the axis of the bearing unit.

23. The aircraft seat locking device according to claim 1, wherein the object is supported by a backrest unit so as to be pivotable about the object pivot axis.