B/e Aerospace, Inc.

Christopher Adcock

Ryan J Suhre

Stephen A Puglisi

Daniel I Udriste

Charles Zurian

Dean Sears

Travis J Vaninetti

Travis K Finlay

Oscar Ruiz Lara

Gianpaolo Malatrasi

Joseph M Gutosky

Kim Barth

An aircraft cushion includes a lower portion, upper portion, and forward portion of foam. The lower portion is configured to be located by a forward frame element (e.g., tube) and to be supported by the forward frame element and a seat diaphragm (e.g., stretched fabric). The upper portion and forward portion are softer for user comfort. The lower portion, using a shape of the foam (e.g., structural foam), may removably snap onto the forward frame element, and rotate down into place for ease of installation.

Hybrid bottom seat cushion

The present disclosure provides a seat layout for business class in an aircraft. The layout includes a first row of seats that are angled toward a centerline, and a second row positioned directly behind the first row of seats, the second row including seats that are laterally adjacent and parallel to the centerline. Each seat includes a console positioned to one side of the respective seat, wherein the consoles of the first row form footwells for the seats of the second row. The seats in the second row are grouped to form a sharable space for passengers traveling together. The disclosure further provides a seat layout for a widebody aircraft including a sharable space positioned at the aft end of the center column.

Business class seating arrangement with companion travel seating group

A spring-based seat diaphragm may include at least one support diaphragm component. The at least one support diaphragm component may be transversely coupled to the first structural beam and the second structural beam. The spring-based seat diaphragm may include at least one spring. The at least one spring may be proximate to the at least one support diaphragm component. The at least one spring may be parallel to or positioned transverse to the at least one support diaphragm component between the first primary spreader and the second primary spreader. The at least one spring may include a plurality of bends configured to distribute user weight applied to a cushion installed on the aircraft seat over the spring-based seat diaphragm. The spring-based seat diaphragm may be configured to support an aft portion of the cushion. The first structural beam may be configured to support a forward portion of the cushion.

Spring-based seat diaphragm

The present disclosure provides an armrest assembly easily installed and removed while in service, and while also maintaining a discreet connection. The armrest assembly includes a pivot block holding an armrest and rotatably coupled to a frame member, for instance a fixed seat spreader. The pivot block and frame member have mating stop block features that allow the armrest to rotate while being restrained from motion in upper and lower positions. A central shaft common to the pivot block allows for rotation. A retention pin is installed perpendicular to the axis of rotation through the spreader and is received in an annular groove formed in the shaft to retain the pivot block while allowing its rotation.

Armrest assembly with hidden pivot shaft and discreet retention

An aircraft seat diaphragm includes a pre-stretched elastomeric fabric. The elastomeric fabric is bonded to a composite frame with features to insert the diaphragm into aircraft seat spreaders. The composite frame defines a rear extension that extends up along the rear of the seat for added support. The rear extension may correspond to a fabric portion that releasably attaches to the seat back of the aircraft seat. Rear attachment features on the composite frame engage clips on the rear of a seat cushion to hold the seat cushion in place.

Composite seat bottom diaphragm

A piano hinge can include a first hinge portion configured to attach to a first door edge, the first portion having a first front face, a first jamb face extending rearward from the first front face, and one or more first hinge knuckles extending from either or both of the first front face and the first jamb face. The first front face can be configured to extend over the one or more first hinge knuckles in a lateral direction such that the first front face hides the one or more first hinge knuckles behind first front face.

Piano hinges

A seat assembly configured to be employed in vehicle seats such as aircraft passenger seats. The seat assembly includes a seat frame having first and second spaced frame members and first and second spaced transverse beams. A plurality of springs positioned proximate an aft end of the seat frame generally above the second transverse beam span between the first and second frame members. A support member is attached to the plurality of springs and to a seat back attachable to the seat frame. A cushion assembly mounts on the seat frame such that the aft end rests on the plurality of springs while the forward end rests on the front transverse beam. In use, as the aft end of the cushion assembly deflects downward toward the second transverse beam the forward end simultaneously rotates around the first transverse beam.

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Advance, NC, United States of America

Christopher Adcock