Safran Seats Gb Limited

Clive Pearce

Louis Flanagan

Christopher Shiels

Neal Silverwood

Lee Neale

The invention provides an aircraft passenger accommodation unit comprising a seat, a shell defining an opening, and a door. The door is translatable along a first path across the opening between a closed position in which passenger egress through the opening is at least partially blocked, and an open position which allows passenger access between a seat and an aisle. The door is translatable in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the door is translatable across the opening along the first path, and when the door is in the second configuration, the door is translatable across the opening along a second path. The invention also provides a door arrangement and a method of using a door.

Aircraft passenger accommodation unit

The present invention concerns an aircraft seat. The aircraft seat comprises at least one moveable element, and a cam follower arrangement associated with the moveable element. The cam follower arrangement comprises a first cam follower and second cam follower attached to a common bogie. Spreading the load over two cam followers attached to a common bogie may reduce the wear on each individual cam follower. This reduction in wear may result in fewer maintenance tasks associated with the aircraft seat, and may make the aircraft seat more robust.

Aircraft seat with cam followers

An actuation mechanism may control the movement of an aircraft seat between an upright position and a bed position. The aircraft seat comprises a back rest and connected seat pan with an actuator for moving the seat between an upright position and a bed position. The seat pan comprises a cam follower (). The cam follower () is arranged to move along a first cam path () when the aircraft seat is moved from the upright position to the bed position. It is further arranged to move along a second cam path () when the seat is moved from the bed position to the upright position.

Aircraft seat with mechanism for seat actuation

The present invention concerns a mounting structure and arrangement. More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention concerns a mounting structure and arrangement for mounting aircraft furniture in an aircraft. The mounting structure comprises a first connection assembly configured for engagement with a first mounting track; and an associated first support. The first support is configured to abut the first mounting track at a location fore or aft of the first connection assembly. The provision of the support may reduce the number of connection assemblies required to properly secure an item of aircraft furniture in an aircraft cabin using the mounting structure.

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Clive Pearce