US 12,459,649 B2
Pilot seat assembly with integrated rest position
Brandon Ronald Earl Boekelman, Kirkland, WA (US); and Christopher David Haus, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,213.
Prior Publication US 2025/0100691 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/064 (2014.12) [B64D 11/0689 (2013.01); B64D 11/0696 (2013.01); B64C 1/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pilot seat assembly comprising:
a track mounted on a floor within a flight deck of an aircraft and defining a travel path from a forward end of the track to an aft end of the track, wherein the track is oriented so the aft end of the track is located between the forward end of the track and a tail section of the aircraft;
a support base coupled to the track and selectively moveable along the travel path;
a seat pan mounted to the support base and selectively movable in an outboard direction and an inboard direction relative to the support base, wherein the outboard direction and the inboard direction are transverse to the travel path defined by the track;
a seat mounted on the seat pan such that the seat pan is between the seat and the support base, wherein the seat includes a seat bottom section and a seat back section, and wherein the seat back section is selectively reclinable relative to the seat bottom section; and
an adjustment mechanism including a control device and one or more actuators, wherein, in response to receiving a first user input signal while the pilot seat assembly is in a control position, the control device transitions the pilot seat assembly from the control position to a rest position by controlling the one or more actuators to both (i) move the support base at least 15 inches toward the aft end of the track and (ii) recline the seat back section of the seat relative to the seat bottom section.