US 12,240,606 B2
Monitor stop device
Rodrigo A. Lalli, Kernersville, NC (US); Brian D. Green, King, NC (US); and Andrew Mooney, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,055.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262504 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/00151 (2014.12) [B60N 2/4221 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft seat, the aircraft seat comprising:
a seatback including a seatback bezel, the seatback bezel including one or more monitor stop openings;
an in-flight entertainment device coupled to a surface of the seatback bezel, the in-flight entertainment device including a top-tilting monitor configured to actuate about a top axis of the top-tilting monitor between at least a stowed position and a deployed position, the in-flight entertainment device including a monitor shroud configured to couple the top-tilting monitor to the seatback, the monitor shroud including a tab configured to prevent the top-tilting monitor from actuating to the deployed position during a head injury criterion (HIC) event; and
one or more monitor stop devices, each monitor stop device comprising:
a spring-loaded pin assembly including a compressible spring and a pin, the compressible spring configured to compress along a horizontal axis of a shaft of the pin; and
a housing configured to surround at least a portion of the spring-loaded assembly, the housing configured to couple the spring-loaded pin assembly to a portion of the seatback bezel;
the tab of the monitor shroud configured to translate towards an interior surface of the seatback bezel when a force is applied to the top-tilting monitor during the HIC event,
upon the tab of the monitor shroud translating towards the interior surface of the seatback bezel, the compressible spring configured to cause the pin to translate through the one or more monitor stop openings,
upon the pin translating through the one or more monitor stop openings, the pin configured to capture at least a portion of the top-tilting monitor to prevent the top-tilting monitor from actuating to the deployed position during the HIC event.