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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2015
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Michael L. Oleson, Parkland, FL (US);
Hau Ho, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Dave L. Guyton, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Norman Shimizu, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Mark E. Deevey, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Pete C. Meister, Miami, FL (US);
Michael J. Farvet, Wellington, FL (US);
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Takata Protection Systems Inc., Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A lower leg restraint for a side-facing passenger seat including a restraint panel configured to deploy from a first position proximate a seat to a second position forward of the seat in response to an abrupt deceleration event, an actuator arranged to push the panel from the first position to the second position, and a sensor and trigger assembly configured to signal the actuator to fire in response to the abrupt deceleration event. A side-facing aircraft passenger seat having a deployable lower leg restraint.