SEAT ARRANGEMENT SWITCHING UNIT

• Main Authors: HOSAKA, Eiji, SHOYU, Takahiro, KURIBAYASHI, Hiroomi, KANEKO, Akito
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.04.2023
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BEDS; CHAIRS; COFFEE MILLS; COSMONAUTICS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; SOFAS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Provided is a switching unit, which is configured to change a direction of arrangement of seats in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle, the switching unit including: a support base (3), which is to be fixed to a vehicle cabin, and is configured to support the seats (1); a rotating support (4), which is fixed to the support base (3), and is configured to serve as a center of rotation of the seats (1); a seat mounting frame (5) configured to allow the seats (1) to be fixed thereto; linear guides (6), which are provided to the seat mounting frame (5) along a width direction of the seats (1), and is configured to guide movement of the seat mounting frame (5) with respect to the rotating support (4) ; a rotation stopping member (8), which is provided to the support base (3), and is configured to lock rotation of the seat mounting frame (5), which is caused by the rotating support (4) ; and a seat fixing member (7) configured to lock movement of the seat mounting frame (5) with respect to the rotating support (4). The switching unit enables an arrangement of the seats (1) to be freely switched to a long arrangement or a cross arrangement and enables an arrangement distance between the seats (1) in a traveling direction of the vehicle to be freely adjusted when the seats (1) are arranged in the long arrangement.