Aircraft Seat Platform With Adjustable Mounts for Fleet Flexibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional aircraft passenger seats are designed for specific aircraft types, requiring separate production, certification, and storage for different aircraft configurations and cabin classes, leading to inefficiencies in seat installation and management.
Innovation Solution
A universal aircraft passenger seat platform with adjustable mounts and receptacles that can be installed independently of seat rail configurations, allowing flexible installation in any aircraft type and enabling interchangeable seating options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional aircraft passenger seats are designed for specific aircraft types, then the seat certification and installation process becomes simpler for each aircraft type, but the number of different seat types that need to be produced, certified, and stored increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a single seat platform design that can be installed on multiple aircraft types through adjustable body mounts. The platform serves multiple functions by accommodating different seat configurations and aircraft rail patterns without requiring type-specific designs, thereby reducing the total number of seat types that need certification and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamics through adjustable body mounts that can be repositioned along the platform to accommodate different rail locations. This adjustability allows the same platform to adapt to varying aircraft configurations, maintaining certification validity while improving versatility across aircraft types.
2Ease of manufacture
If dedicated seats are produced for each aircraft type and cabin class, then the seat installation process becomes more straightforward, but the storage and management of multiple seat types becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The universal platform design eliminates the need to produce and store multiple dedicated seat types for different aircraft types and cabin classes. By using a single platform that can be configured for various applications through adjustable mounts, the system reduces storage requirements and management complexity while maintaining ease of manufacture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the recovery and reuse of the same platform across different aircraft types and configurations. Instead of discarding seats after use in one aircraft type, the adjustable platform can be reconfigured and reused, reducing the time and resources needed for storage and management of multiple seat inventories.
3Device complexity
If the seat platform uses fixed body mounts, then the manufacturing and assembly process becomes simpler, but the ability to install the platform in different aircraft configurations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by introducing adjustable body mounts that can be repositioned along the platform. This dynamic adjustment capability maintains relative structural simplicity while significantly improving installation flexibility across different aircraft types and configurations, allowing the same platform to adapt to various rail locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform is segmented into modular components with adjustable mounts that can be independently positioned. This segmentation allows the platform to maintain simplicity in its basic structure while providing the flexibility to accommodate different aircraft configurations through the adjustable mounting segments.
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AI summary
An aircraft passenger seat platform having a main body, and a plurality of body mounts arranged at a bottom and/or side of the main body, wherein at least some of the plurality of body mounts are adjustable in at least one direction along the bottom and/or side of the main body. The platform comprises a seat receptacle arranged at a top of the main body and configured to receive and hold one or more passenger seatings and/or one or more passenger seat backrests. Also an aircraft passenger seat system, an aircraft having such platform and/or system, as well as a method of installing an aircraft passenger seat system.