LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLE PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLIES

• Main Authors: KAWASAKI, Rodrigo Takashi Lourenco, DECARLI, Fabiano Mafra, DE CAMPOS, Demetrio Andrade, CIACCIA, Flavia Renata Dantas Alves Silva, ABELHEIRA, Ricardo Athayde, DE ANDRADE LIMA, Moacir Morais, DA SILVA, Fabio Santos
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.06.2019
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Lightweight passenger seats (10a, 10b) that are especially adapted for use in aircraft cabins. The seats will include a seat back (42a, 42b)) and a seat bottom (40a, 40b) having a basin (60) which defines a recessed central interior space, a plurality of straps (66) having opposed ends connected to respective upper edge regions of the basin so as to be positioned under tension over the recessed central interior space; and a cover cushion covering the straps and connected to the basin. The seat back may be connected at opposed sides thereof to upright support members adjacent a lumbar region thereof so as to establish an upper region of the seat back above the lumbar region which is capable of being resiliently flexed between upright and rearwardly inclined positions.