IP Library Granted Patent US 8,393,680
Granted Patent B2
US 8,393,680 · App. 12/940,193 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Kit for seat rows in aircraft

Inventors: Peter Zimmermann (Markdorf, DE); Ulf Soetebier (Friedrichshafen, DE); Frank Isele (Horgenzell, DE); Jürgen Grünberg (Ravensburg, DE)
Assignee: Zim GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,393,680
App. No.
12/940,193
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In seat rows, in particular in aircraft, the individual seats thereof being able to be adjusted in their usable seat width, and comprising seat dividers with support legs, which are held by spars running transversely to the seat direction, at least one seat divider may be adjusted in the direction of the spars.

Claims (15)

1. A seat row for an aircraft, the individual seats thereof being adjustable in their usable seat width and comprising seat dividers with support legs that are held by spars running transversely to a seat direction, wherein at least one seat divider is adjustable in the direction of the spars, wherein the seat divider with the support leg is fastened to at least one spar by a disk hub connection formed by corresponding disk hub halves, wherein end faces of the disk hub halves extend radially with respect to a central axis of the spar and abut one another, and wherein the disk hub halves are connected together by fasteners positioned entirely outside the spars and extending perpendicularly to the end faces of the disk hub halves.

2. The seat row as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one disk hub half is provided on the seat divider and one disk hub half is provided on the support leg.

3. The seat row as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the width of the disk hub half of the support leg is a multiple of the width of the disk hub half of the seat divider.

4. The seat row as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the width of the disk hub half of the support leg is three times the width of the disk hub half of the seat divider.

5. The seat row as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising at least one additional disk hub half positioned adjacent to at least one of the disk hub half of the support leg and the disk hub half of the seat divider.

6. The seat row as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a difference in width between the disk hub half of the seat divider and the disk hub half of the support leg is compensated for by additional, separate disk hub halves.

7. The seat row as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the additional, separate disk hub halves have the same width as the disk hubs attached to the seat dividers.

8. The seat row as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the disk hub halves are connected together by connecting elements.

9. The seat row as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the additional, separate disk hub halves are fastened individually by connecting elements to at least one of the disk hub halves of the support legs and of the seat divider.

10. The seat row as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the disk hub halves are joined together to at least one of move and yield, in the event of a crash, at least to some extent relative to the spar.

11. The seat row as claimed in claim 1 , wherein disk hub halves for the seat divider and the support leg consist of a corresponding interior shape.

12. A seat divider for individual seats in an aircraft, which seats are adjustable in their usable seat width and are held on spars running transversely to a seat direction, wherein the seat divider is fastened to at least one spar by a disk hub connection formed by corresponding disk hub halves, wherein end faces of the disk hub halves extend radially with respect to a central axis of the spar and abut one another, and wherein the disk hub halves are connected together by fasteners positioned entirely outside the spars and extending perpendicularly to the end faces of the disk hub halves.

13. The seat divider as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the disk hub connection is formed by at least one disk hub half and said disk hub half is associated with the seat divider.

14. The seat row as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the width of the disk hub half of the support leg is a multiple of the width of the disk hub of the seat divider, and wherein a width of an upper portion of the support leg is the same as the width of the disk hub half of the support leg.

15. The seat divider as claimed in claim 12 , wherein one disk hub half is provided on the seat divider and one disk hub half is provided on the support leg, wherein the width of the disk hub half of the support leg is a multiple of the width of the disk hub of the seat divider, and wherein a width of an upper portion of the support leg is the same as the width of the disk hub half of the support leg.

Assignments (3)
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 Dec 16, 2021
From: ZIM GMBH
To: ZIM FLUGSITZ GMBH
Reel/Frame 058533/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2011
From: ZIMMERMANN, PETER; SOETEBIER, ULF; ISELE, FRANK; GRUNBERG, JURGEN
To: ZIM GMBH
Reel/Frame 025660/0937 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2008 022 671 · May 7, 2008 · national
DE 10 2008 039 262 · Aug 22, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2009003262 · May 7, 2009
Related Publication 20110101162A1 · May 5, 2011