US 12,403,800 B2
Aircraft seat with cam followers
Christopher Shiels, Cwmbran (GB); Clive Pearce, Cwmbran (GB); and Louis Flanagan, Cwmbran (GB)
Assigned to Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
Appl. No. 17/630,295
Filed by Safran Seats GB Limited, Cwmbran (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051720
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023967, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1911277 (GB), filed on Aug. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267008 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/22 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01); F16H 53/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2236 (2013.01) [B64D 11/064 (2014.12); B64D 11/0641 (2014.12); F16H 53/06 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft seat, the aircraft seat comprising:
at least two moveable elements, and
cam follower arrangement associated with the at least two moveable elements, wherein the cam follower arrangement comprises a first cam follower and a second cam follower, wherein the first cam follower and the second cam follower are attached to a common bogie, wherein the first cam follower and the second cam follower have a common diameter, wherein the first cam follower and the second cam follower are spaced apart no further than the common diameter, and wherein the bogie is connected to at least one of the two moveable elements and is rotatable with respect to that one moveable element when the bogie rotates about a cam path on a seat chassis which at least partially supports one of the at least two moveable elements.