IP Library Granted Patent US 11,365,010
Granted Patent B2
US 11,365,010 · App. 17/290,270 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Bent tube seat structure

Inventors: Reza Mansouri (Costa Mesa, CA); Romain Tranier (Costa Mesa, CA); Charles Michael Parker (Irvine, CA); Arthur Glain (Boulogne-Billancourt, FR)
Assignees: Safran Seats USA LLC; Safran
B64D11/0648B64D11/0601B64D11/0696
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Patent No.
US 11,365,010
App. No.
17/290,270
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A passenger seat includes a seat frame, a plurality of legs extending down from the seat frame where each of the plurality of legs includes an upper end attached to the seat frame and a lower end, and at least one tube attached to the lower end of at least one of the plurality of legs. The at least one tube includes at least two attachments to a floor structure. The at least one tube includes at least one bent portion.

Claims (28)

1. An arrangement of passenger seats in a vehicle comprising:

an array of passenger seats, each passenger seat comprising:

a seat frame;

a plurality of legs extending down from the seat frame, wherein each of the plurality of legs comprises an upper end attached to the seat frame and a lower end; and

at least one tube attached to the lower end of at least one of the plurality of legs, wherein:

the at least one tube comprises at least two attachments to a floor structure; and

the at least one tube comprises at least one bent portion;

wherein a configuration of the at least one bent portion defines an orientation of one of the passenger seats such that the one passenger seat is non-parallel with at least one other passenger seat in the array of passenger seats.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein

the array of passenger seats comprise a plurality of different orientations for the array of passenger seats relative to a common axis such that the array of passenger seats comprises passenger seats oriented in at least three different directions, wherein:

the plurality of legs for each passenger seat is interchangeable such that the plurality of legs are compatible with seats oriented in each of the at least three different directions.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tube comprises two tubes.

4. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bent portion comprises at least one continuous curve portion.

5. The arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the at least one continuous curve portion comprises an oblique angle.

6. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bent portion comprises a plurality of bent portions such that the plurality of bent portions span an entire length of the at least one tube and the at least one tube comprises an inflection point between adjacent bent portions.

7. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tube comprises an additional tube, wherein the additional tube is a straight tube.

8. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tube comprises an additional tube, wherein the additional tube comprises at least one bent portion.

9. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tube comprises at least three attachments to the floor structure.

10. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tube comprises an attachment to an additional tube.

11. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein a configuration of the at least one bent portion orients each passenger seat in one of the at least three different directions.

12. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one tube comprises two tubes.

13. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one bent portion comprises at least one continuous curve portion.

14. The arrangement of claim 13 , wherein the at least one continuous curve portion comprises an oblique angle.

15. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one bent portion comprises a plurality of bent portions such that the plurality of bent portions span an entire length of the at least one tube and the at least one tube comprises an inflection point between adjacent bent portions.

16. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one tube comprises an additional tube, wherein the additional tube is a straight tube.

17. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one tube comprises an additional tube, wherein the additional tube comprises at least one bent portion.

18. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one tube comprises at least three attachments to the floor structure.

19. The arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least one tube comprises an attachment to an additional tube.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2021
From: MANSOURI, REZA; TRANIER, ROMAIN; PARKER, CHARLES MICHAEL
To: ZODIAC SEATS US LLC
Reel/Frame 057126/0607 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2021
From: GLAIN, ARTHUR
To: ZODIAC AEROSPACE S.A.
Reel/Frame 057126/0614 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 9, 2021
From: ZODIAC SEATS US LLC
To: SAFRAN SEATS USA LLC
Reel/Frame 057132/0381 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62753406 · Oct 31, 2018
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