US 11,731,767 B2
Configurable vehicle seat and method therefor
Michael C. McCarley, Titusville, FL (US); and Christopher Ferguson, Cape Canaveral, FL (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,787.
Application 16/593,366 is a division of application No. 15/599,752, filed on May 19, 2017, granted, now 10,481,588, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Application 17/172,787 is a continuation of application No. 16/593,366, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,053,009.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/449,633, filed on Jan. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253256 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B60N 2/24 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/60 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0689 (2013.01) [B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60N 2/24 (2013.01); B60N 2/643 (2013.01); B64D 11/062 (2014.12); B64D 11/064 (2014.12); B64D 11/0642 (2014.12); B64G 1/60 (2013.01); B64G 1/62 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B29L 2031/771 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35134 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49007 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable vehicle seat comprising:
a seat frame forming a seat back, where:
the seat frame is configured to couple with an aerospace vehicle, and
the seat back includes a crew reference point that defines a datum from which an eye position of a seat occupant is established to locate the eye position in a predetermined spatial relationship with instrumentation of the aerospace vehicle; and
a seat pan coupled to the seat frame, where the seat pan is coupled to the seat frame in one of a plurality of positions relative to the crew reference point so that the eye position of the seat occupant is in the predetermined spatial relationship with the instrumentation as established by the datum so as to decouple the eye position of the seat occupant from a size of the seat occupant.