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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Edward Foskey, Keller, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/06 (2006.01); E05F 15/622 (2015.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/0601 (2014.12); B64C 1/1415 (2013.01); B64C 1/1461 (2013.01); B64D 11/064 (2014.12); E05F 15/622 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment is a system including an external passenger seating unit comprising at least one seat; and a translation mechanism for translating the external passenger seating unit between a first position in which the external passenger seating unit is stowed in a payload bay of an aircraft and a second position in which the external passenger seating unit is deployed external to the aircraft for accommodating at least one passenger.