IP Library Granted Patent US 9,174,736
Granted Patent B2
US 9,174,736 · App. 14/244,965 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Air passenger seat having a frame

Inventors: Angelika Zimmerman (Markdorf, DE); Uwe Salzer (Friedrichshafen, DE)
Assignee: Zim Flugsitz GmbH
B64D11/06B64D11/064
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Patent No.
US 9,174,736
App. No.
14/244,965
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed is an air passenger seat having a frame which is provided for attaching to a floor of an aircraft cabin and a backrest which is pivotably or securely mounted on the frame by means of a rotation spindle, wherein the seat has a seat reference point (SRP) which is defined according to the SAE International Aerospace Standard AS8049. According to the invention, the rotation spindle of the backrest has, in a line parallel to the cabin floor and as seen parallel to the direction of flight, a separation n of less than 40 mm from the seat reference point.

Claims (6)

1. An air passenger seat having a frame which is provided for attaching to a floor of an aircraft cabin and a backrest which is pivotably mounted on the frame by means of a rotation spindle, wherein the seat has a seat reference point which is defined according to the SAE International Aerospace Standard AS8049, wherein the rotation spindle of the backrest has, in a line parallel to the cabin floor and parallel to the direction of flight, a separation of less than 40 mm from the seat reference point.

2. The air passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein, as seen in the direction of flight, the rotation spindle is in front of the seat reference point.

3. The air passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein, as seen in the direction of flight, the rotation spindle is behind the seat reference point.

4. The air passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation spindle passes through the seat reference point.

5. The air passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation spindle is at the same height as the seat reference point.

6. The air passenger seat according to claim 1 , wherein a deepest point in the backrest curvature is on a plane of the seating surface that extends beyond a centerline of the rotation spindle by at least 20 mm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: ZIM FLUGSITZ GMBH
To: ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBH
Reel/Frame 059422/0074 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2014
From: ZIMMERMAN, ANGELIKA; SALZER, UWE
To: ZIM FLUGSITZ GMBH
Reel/Frame 033090/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 005 859 · Apr 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140300163A1 · Oct 9, 2014