IP Library Granted Patent US 7,866,752
Granted Patent B1
US 7,866,752 · App. 10/585,550 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

Vehicle seat, air passenger seat in particular

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Patent No.
US 7,866,752
App. No.
10/585,550
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Kind
B1
Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle seat, particularly an air passenger seat, comprising the following: a seat frame ( 10 ) having a number of seat dividers ( 12, 14, 16, 18 ); a number of seat backs, each being coupled to the seat frame between two seat dividers and whose position can be adjusted relative to the seat dividers by means of an adjusting device, and; a number of seat parts, which are each fastened to the seat frame between the seat dividers ( 12, 14, 16, 18 ) and of which at least one can be pivoted into an approximately vertical position. The invention is characterized in that the adjusting device has a lever device ( 28 ) and a spring element ( 38 ) for the seat back belonging to the pivotal seat part, and they are situated on one of the seat dividers, which limit the pivotal seat part, whereby being located on the side oriented toward the seat part. In addition, the lever device ( 28 ) is pivotally connected to the seat divider, a first lever arm ( 36 ) of the lever device is connected to the spring element ( 38 ), and a second lever arm ( 32 ) of the lever device is connected to the seat back.

Claims (14)

1. A passenger seat, an air passenger seat in particular, comprising:

a seat frame, said seat frame having a support disposed in a horizontal direction;

a plurality of seat separators connected to said seat frame;

a plurality of back rests, each of said back rests having at least one adjustment device, each of said back rests being articulated on the seat frame between two of said seat separators and being adjustable relative to said respective seat separators;

said seat frame further comprising a plurality of sitting parts, at least one of said sitting parts being pivotally connected to said seat frame between two of said seat separators wherein at least one of said sitting parts is collapsible into an approximately vertical position;

said at least one adjustment device comprising a lever device and a spring element arranged on at least one of the seat separators delimiting said at least one collapsible sitting part, said lever device being pivotally connected to at least one of said plurality of said seat separators, said lever arm comprising a first lever arm connected to said spring element and a second lever arm connected to said back rest, wherein manipulation of at least one of said spring elements assist in adjustment of at least one of said back rests, said spring element reducing torque applied to the support.

2. A passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein at least two seat separators have supporting legs.

3. A passenger seat according to claim 1 , characterised in that wherein at least two supporting legs and the seat separators are fixed on the seat as separate component parts.

4. A passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the respective seat separators has an arm extending in a horizontal direction away from at least one of said plurality of back rests.

5. A passenger seat according to claim 4 , wherein the spring device is fixed on the arm.

6. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein the at least one collapsible sitting part is articulated on the seat separator with at least one supporting beam.

7. A passenger seat according to claim 6 , wherein the supporting beam is articulated on the seat separator opposite to the lever device.

8. A passenger seat according to claim 6 , further comprising at least one a readjustment device connected to at least one of said plurality of seat separators, said readjustment device constructed and arranged to readjust the at least one collapsible sitting part into its a vertical position.

9. A passenger seat according to claim 8 , wherein the readjustment device has a second spring element, said second spring element extending substantially along the seat separator.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2007
From: ILIAS, ERWIN; HEUSER, JORG
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 020041/0500 →