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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2020
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jackson R Wanner, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gregory S. Spencer, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Varun Raman, The Hague, NL;
Hans Huijsing, Ijsselstein, NL;
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An aircraft tray table retention assembly may include a seat magnetic component installed within a rear bezel of an aircraft seat, and a tray table magnetic component installed within an aircraft tray table. The aircraft tray table may be coupled to the aircraft seat via at least one of one or more hinges or a set of rails, and may be configured to actuate between a stowed position and a deployed position via the at least one of one or more hinges or a set of rails. The tray table magnetic component may be configured to engage the seat magnetic component when the aircraft tray table is in the stowed position. The aircraft tray table retention assembly may include a tray magnetic component configured to engage the tray table magnetic component when the aircraft tray table is in the deployed position.