US 12,434,843 B2
Adjustable width passenger seat
Sambasiva Rao Kodati, Vinjaram (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,648.
Claims priority of application No. 202241045427 (IN), filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051665 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); A47C 1/03 (2006.01); A47C 7/54 (2006.01); A47C 19/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01)
CPC B64D 11/0644 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0647 (2014.12); A47C 1/03 (2013.01); A47C 7/54 (2013.01); A47C 19/04 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0288 (2013.01); B60N 2/777 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger seat, comprising:
a frame assembly including spaced longitudinal frame members and at least one transverse frame member;
a first lateral adjustment mechanism movably attached to a first lateral side of the frame assembly;
a first armrest mechanism positioned on an outboard lateral side of the first lateral adjustment mechanism;
a second lateral adjustment mechanism movably attached to a second lateral side of the frame assembly;
a second armrest mechanism positioned on an outboard lateral side of the second lateral adjustment mechanism; and
a cushion element supported by the frame assembly, the cushion element including at least one laterally expandable portion;
wherein the at least one laterally expandable portion is configured to automatically expand as the respective first and second armrest mechanisms are repositioned laterally outward, and automatically contract as the respective first and second armrest mechanisms are repositioned laterally inward.