Sliding Seat Console Layout for Recline-Friendly Cabin Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need to optimize the use of space in premium-class vehicle seating areas while providing adjustable features and amenities for enhanced passenger comfort, entertainment, and communication, while also allowing passengers to reconfigure the seating space according to personal preferences while adhering to safety considerations.
Innovation Solution
A passenger seat module with a movable console having a table and a retractable video monitor, slidably coupled to rails mounted in the vehicle floor, allowing for multiple lockable positions and a motorized lift-actuator for the video monitor, enabling flexible use of space for various activities while maintaining safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed console is installed in premium-class seating, then passenger comfort and amenities are improved, but space optimization and reconfigurability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The console is designed with movable components including a slideable table surface and adjustable shelving units that can be repositioned along tracks. This dynamic design allows the console to adapt to different passenger needs while maintaining comfort amenities, directly resolving the contradiction between fixed comfort features and space reconfigurability
2Ease of operation
If equipment is added to enhance passenger amenities, then passenger comfort is improved, but space utilization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The console incorporates nested storage compartments and collapsible shelving structures that can be adjusted to different configurations. When not in use, components can be nested within each other, maximizing space utilization while still providing comprehensive passenger amenities including storage, power outlets, and entertainment interfaces
3Ease of operation
If the console is positioned for optimal table use, then table functionality is improved, but seat recline freedom is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The console table is mounted on a slideable mechanism with multiple stop positions, allowing it to be moved forward when the seat is reclined and positioned for table use when the seat is upright. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction between optimal table functionality and seat recline freedom by allowing the console to adapt to different seat configurations
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AI summary
A passenger seat module in which one or more of the modules can be installed in the cabin of a vehicle, such as an airplane, train, bus, automobile, etc. The passenger seat module includes a passenger seat, such as an adjustable reclining seat. A movable console having a table top is positioned in front of the seat and is slidably coupled to at least one rail mounted in the floor of the vehicle or to the module. The rail extends from the front of the module to about proximate the front portion of the seat, such that the console is slidable along the rail between the front of the module and a position just in front of the seat. The video monitor may be liftable substantially vertically through an opening in the table between a stowed position below the table to a viewing position above the table.