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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jeremy F. Malecha, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Travis K. Finlay, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Tracy N. Pence, King, NC (US);
Mark B. Dowty, Rural Hall, NC (US);
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A tray table assembly and a passenger seat arrangement including a tray table assembly. The tray table assembly includes a tray table coupled to a motion path element determining a motion path of the tray table between stowed and deployed positions. In embodiments, the motion path element may be implemented as at least one of a helical shaft, helical slot, and helical ramp. The motion path combines rotational and vertical motion such that an angular change of the table caused by rotational movement simultaneously causes an elevation change of the tray table. In some embodiments, the tray table may lower when rotated toward the deployed position and raise when rotated toward the stowed position.