Aircraft Seat System Rear Offset Bench Lying Surface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aircraft seat systems lack enhanced comfort and privacy features, particularly in terms of seating arrangement and personal space, which are crucial for passenger comfort during flights.
Innovation Solution
The aircraft seat system incorporates a passenger seat area with a bench area that forms a lying surface, featuring a pivotable bench element and adjustable seating positions, along with a console area and storage space, to provide increased comfort and privacy by allowing passengers to customize their seating and utilize additional space efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the seat base unit is offset rearward relative to the bench area, then privacy for the passenger is improved, but the structural complexity of the seating system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The seating system is divided into separate functional modules: a bench area for seating, a seat base unit that can be offset, and a backrest unit. This segmentation allows the seat base unit to be positioned independently to create privacy shields while maintaining overall system manageability through modular construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The backrest unit is pivotally connected to the seat base unit, allowing it to be nested against the seat base unit when not in use. This nesting capability enables the components to store compactly while still providing the offset positioning needed for privacy when deployed.
2Area of stationary object
If the bench area is arranged perpendicular to the seating direction, then the lying surface area is increased, but the space utilization in the aircraft cabin is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The backrest unit is designed to be pivotally connected to the seat base unit, enabling it to dynamically adjust between an upright position for normal seating and a reclined position for lying down. This dynamic capability allows the same space to serve multiple functions, improving space utilization while providing adequate lying surface area when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The bench area is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides seating during the flight and can be combined with the reclined backrest unit to create a lying surface. This multi-functionality allows the perpendicular arrangement to provide both seating and lying capabilities without permanently dedicating space that could be used for other purposes.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If additional passenger seating area is arranged behind the bench area, then privacy is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The seating system is segmented into distinct areas: the bench area, the offset seat base unit, and the additional passenger seating area arranged behind. This segmentation creates natural privacy zones without requiring complex partitioning structures, as the staggered arrangement of seating areas itself provides visual and physical separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The additional passenger seating area is positioned asymmetrically behind the bench area rather than directly adjacent to it. This asymmetric arrangement creates overlapping visual barriers that enhance privacy while maintaining a relatively simple overall layout that avoids the complexity of symmetric, evenly-spaced configurations.
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AI summary
The invention is based on an aircraft seat system having at least one passenger-seat region (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d), which has at least one seat region (12a; 12b; 12c; 12d) and at least one bench region (14a; 14b; 14c; 14d), which is arranged on one side of the seat region (12a; 12b; 12c; 12d), as seen in a transverse direction (18a) oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to a seat direction (16a), and has a bench surface (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) which, at least in an operational state, forms a lying surface (26a; 26b; 26c; 26d) along with at least one seat-base unit (22a; 22b; 22c; 22d) of the seat region (12a; 12b; 12c; 12d). It is proposed that the seat-base unit (22a; 22b; 22c; 22d) should be offset to the rear, as seen in the seat direction (16a), in relation to the at least one bench region (14a; 14b; 14c; 14d).