Patents

US 9908628 B2: Passenger seat

Granted
2018-03-06
Filed
2014-11-19 application 15037363
Type
Utility · 20 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

Described are seat units having a lower support structure with at least two leg supports, each leg support integrally formed into an arcuate shape, and an upper support structure having a seat pan and seat back integrally formed into a single component. Each leg support is coupled to at least two base frame tubes by insertion of each base frame tube through an aperture in each of the leg supports, wherein the aperture is shaped to prevent rotation of the leg support about a longitudinal axis of each of the at least two base frame tubes. Each seat support is coupled to the base frame tubes by insertion of each base frame tube through a slot in each of the upper support structure.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180306.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Zodiac Seats US LLC 69 patentsUS company or organizationGainesville, TXPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Foek (Phuc) Nguyen Tien LeArlington, TX2PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B64DEquipment for fitting in or to aircraft; flight suits; parachutes; arrangement or mounting of power plants or propulsion transmissions in aircraftB64D11/064PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Y02TClimate change mitigation technologies related to transportationY02T50/40PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2019-04-04Name change
Change of name
ZODIAC SEATS US LLC signed 2018-12-01SAFRAN SEATS USA LLC GAINESVILLE, TX49535/876PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2016-05-18Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
LE, FOEK (PHUC) NGUYEN TIEN signed 2014-11-20ZODIAC SEATS US LLC GAINESVILLE, TX38630/970ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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