JP7051140B2 - Passenger plane seating system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to passenger seats on passenger aircraft. The present invention presents the best form and three-dimensional arrangement, method of conversion, and method of conversion, in which the form and position of the seats are interchanged with each other in the cabin of a passenger aircraft for two different purposes of use: a chair and a sleeping bed. Regarding auxiliary equipment used for that purpose.

Long-range airliners that fly across continents or across oceans often have a non-landing flight time of about 10 hours, often exceeding that. For economy class passengers, staying in a cramped seat for a long time is not only as painful as torture, but can also cause physical illness such as so-called economy syndrome. The present invention relates to a seat system and related technology for relieving the physical pain of passengers by converting the arrangement and form of economy class seats from chairs to beds corresponding to takeoff and landing and bedtime.

Passenger aircraft seats have been constantly improved for the purpose of providing a comfortable seating, as well as for improved safety and weight reduction. In addition, on air routes, various cabin structures and seating arrangements have been attempted from the standpoint of accommodating as many passengers as possible in a limited space. In recent years, some proposals have been made to meet the above requirements by increasing the utilization efficiency of the upper space of the seat.

There is a patent that proposes the installation of a long and narrow mezzanine floor above the center line of the main deck of the audience seats in order to utilize the space above the idle seats and increase the number of passengers. It has been proposed that the guest room space composition and seating arrangement are such that when climbing to the mezzanine floor with the stairs provided on the center line of the guest room, two rows of seats are arranged on both sides of the central aisle of the mezzanine floor, for a total of four rows of seats (Patent Document 1). ).

There is the following patent that allows you to take a rest-lying position at bedtime with a seat pitch equal to or less than that of economy class.
Every other high-level seat and low-level seat are arranged in the direction of flight, and multiple high-level seats lined up side by side (example for three-seater), looking in front of them from the aisle side. There is a module wall with an S-shaped cross section, and the front of the wall is a low-level seat. With such a seating arrangement, it is possible to take a rest-lying posture at bedtime with a seat pitch equal to or lower than that of economy class seats. The patent also includes an embodiment in which the module is equipped with casters on the top and bottom and can be moved back and forth on rails mounted on the lower part (floor surface) and the upper part (strength member behind the ceiling). ..
However, the high-level seating posture is far from comfortable in view of the cross-sectional shape of the proposed module as seen from the aisle side. Also, even if the difficulty of passengers entering and exiting the low-level side-by-side seats is barely the same as the current economy seats, passengers entering and exiting from the aisles to the high-level side-by-side seats are cramped. Beyond is nearly impossible.

Further, in the present invention, when the backrest of the high-level seat is tilted and the low-level seat is slid forward to enter the bed-rest state, the passengers in the back seat are completely contained three-dimensionally. When you are in a state and go out into the aisle, you will be in trouble with the words you ask others to rest in front, up, down, and back up and down.
In addition, the fact that the molded product having many dents and the opening is limited to one side constantly occupies the inside of the passenger compartment increases the feeling of narrowness and gives a great psychological pressure to the passengers.
Since the seats divide the space more and more, the air stagnation is increased, and the air conditioning equipment corresponding to the stagnation is required. In addition, there are dangers and inconveniences in the meal service provided by flight attendants to passengers with high-level seats, which increases the labor burden. At first glance, it is clear that the time and effort required to maintain, repair and clean the guest rooms will increase significantly. (Patent Document 2)

There are patents that presuppose two types of seats, one in a low position and the other in a high position. Both can take two types of sitting modes, standing and lying down, when the seat changes from standing (the backrest is upright) to lying down (the backrest is nearly horizontal). It is characterized by making it so that the distance (height difference) between the load-bearing surfaces of the two types of seats increases. More specifically, one of the seats in the front-back relationship in the direction of travel is placed in the low position and the other in the high position, and the backrest and leg rest of the seat are oriented toward the recumbent position (horizontal or close posture). It claims the right to move one or both of the two types of seats in a direction that increases the vertical distance between them. As a typical example, when the lower seat shifts to the lying position, the height from the floor of the seat including the seat surface moves to be lower, and the higher seat then moves from the floor surface including the seat surface. Moves so that the height of is higher.

However, as a major premise in this invention, there are (alternately) seats installed in a low position and seats installed in a high position, and in view of this seat arrangement and seat shape, three-seater or three-seater, or In the case of a four-seater seat arrangement, it is physically difficult for passengers to enter and exit the seats in the back of the aisle, even if the seats on the aisle side are vacant. It would be impossible if there were passengers in the seats. In addition, passengers in low seats must feel cramped when eating, and passengers in high seats and flight attendants need to be very careful not to spill hot hot water and cause trouble to the surroundings.

Furthermore, in the present invention, all seats including high-positioned seats must be manufactured as a structure that can withstand a large G during an emergency landing and must be fixed to the floor with appropriate strength, especially high-positioned seats. It is necessary to design the seat assuming that the forward moment applied to the seat is about twice that of a normal seat. (Patent Document 3)

All seats are located 40 to 50 cm higher than the normal seat height of a normal economy seat and are installed on the seat legs that can be tilted forward and tilted forward, when the passenger desires a reclining posture. Slide the seat legs toward the lower front, tilt the backrest into the resulting space on the back, and extend the footrest toward the lower front (not shown) to obtain a reclining posture (not shown). There is a patent.
When reclining, the reclining angle of the backrest is at most 40 degrees (from the horizontal plane), which is far from a full flat. In addition, the problem of getting in and out of the back seat that occurs in the case of three-seater and four-seater is not taken into consideration. (Patent Document 4)

For three-seater seats, there is a patent that the three-seater seating space that sits in the direction of flight during takeoff and landing is used at right angles to the direction of flight at bedtime to convert it into a bed with up to three levels. The point of this technology is that you can get in and out of the aisle from the bed without bothering any of the three people next to you.
Of the three seats, the first to be converted to a bed is the side-by-side three-row seating surface that was normally used as a seat. Or when used as a three-tiered bed, the first is a slightly raised three-row seat, the second is a horizontal surface created by raising the back horizontally with the upper end of the back as a support point, and the third is the lower space of the first bed. To use. Except for the first one, it is physically impossible to get in and out of a space like a cave.
Also, with this technology, the side-by-side length of the seats is the length of the bed, so in the case of a two-seater seat, the dimensions are insufficient and it cannot be a bed. The seat width is sufficient for the bed length, but it is impossible to make a bed for four people vertically due to the limitation of the ceiling height. (Patent Document 5)

There is a patent that introduces a method of adding a second-floor bed at bedtime in a guest room. This part of the invention was originally a form of more effective use of space for first-class passengers with ample space, built along the diagonal wall at the top of the window. All you have to do is pull down the bed and install the ladder built into it towards enough free space. There is no hard-working technical idea that can be compared to the technical idea of high-density economy-class seating groups. (Patent Document 6)

It is divided into a group that moves the seat horizontally and moves it to a high position and fixes it, and another group that stretches the seat horizontally and moves it to a low position and fixes it. There is something that introduces the technical idea as a concept.
It is hard to say that this is a patented invention because this publication does not have a specific description of the initial state of the two seat groups and the state after the movement, and also does not describe the specific method of moving and fixing the seats. .. (Patent Document 7)

U.S. Patent 4,066,227 (Appl.No: 705,790 Filed: July 16,1976) WO97 / 07821A2 US Patent US 2015/0274298A1 Filed: Mar.26,2015 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-023058 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-509017 Special Table 2019-521034 Gazette Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-158267

The economy seats of long-distance passenger planes are fixed on the floor of the cabin, and the reclining angle of the backrest and the distance to extend the legs are limited by the distance between the front and back of the seat (seat pitch), so passengers are cramped from takeoff to landing. I had no choice but to keep taking a good sitting position. Relieving passengers from this lengthy psychological and physical distress has been an urgent task for economy seats.
In order to solve this problem, the above-mentioned prior art idea has been proposed and disclosed, but there is no satisfactory solution. In the combination of a fixedly installed low-position seat and a high-position seat as in Patent Document 2, the seat is fixed on the floor as an immovable structure, and the space available to passengers is complicated and narrow. The result is extremely high.
Also, problems associated with "back seats" (seats that straddle passengers on the aisle or require passengers to stand up in order to get out of the aisle) as seen from the aisle, like a three-seater or four-seater. Except for Patent Document 5, there is nothing that is conscious of.
Patent Document 7 discloses a technical idea of dividing a seat group into a seat group that moves to a higher position every other back and forth in the flight direction and a seat group that moves to a lower position in order to switch the seat to a sleeper at bedtime. , The concrete measures to solve the technical problems are unknown.

All seats are facing the flight direction at the time of takeoff and landing, and at bedtime, there are two seats, one that shifts to a higher position (high seat) and the other that shifts to a lower position (low seat). By moving the high seats up and the low seats down, a space twice the seat pitch appears in front of and behind all seats, and the backrest and leg rests are extended toward that space. It has been realized that all seats are in the shape of a bunk bed in a state of being fully flat or close to it.
It is also possible to select a mode in which the low seats are moved to a lower position by one pitch of the seats forward, and the utilization efficiency in the length direction of the allowable space can be maximized when designing the audience seats. To get on and off the aisle from a high bed, use a ladder along with a staircase made by hanging a footrest.
The "back bed" problem that arises in three-seater and four-seater seating arrangements has been solved by moving the aisle bed backwards by the required length to create space for entry and exit.

1. Almost the same number of seats that can be converted into double-decker beds can be placed within the area where conventional economy seats are placed.
2. By including an embodiment in which the low seat is moved forward by one pitch when the low seat is moved to the low position, it is possible to design the overall layout of the seat with high space utilization efficiency.
3. When a three-seater or four-seater seat with aisles on both sides is converted into a two-story bed, when passengers in the "back bed" when viewed from the aisle side enter and exit the aisle, they straddle the passengers on the aisle side. The problem was solved by moving the bed on the aisle side to the rear.
4. Existing technologies and materials such as floors and seat legs designed to handle large G during takeoff and landing can be used as they are.
5. The seating arrangement and passenger seating posture during takeoff and landing, including when serving meals, are virtually the same as in conventional economy class, and there is no extra burden on cabin crew and no need for re-education.
6. Even after the seats have been converted to bunk beds, it is easy for flight attendants to see the presence or absence of passengers at a glance, so no additional safety confirmation work will occur from that perspective, and special education and training for that purpose will be required. Not needed.

Schematic diagram showing the basic components and morphology of a seat Schematic diagram of a seat that consists of two layers, upper and lower, and has a seat frame that can slide back and forth. A perspective view showing an example of a standard mode of a group of two-seat seats with aisles on both sides. A perspective view showing an example of a standard mode of a group of four-seat seats with aisles on both sides. Side view and plan view of the seat group in Fig. 2. Side view and plan view when the seat group in FIG. 2 is in sleep mode 1. The figure which shows the positional relationship of the body of the passenger of the standard mode and the sleeping mode 1. Explanatory drawing showing stairs and ladders used by passengers with high beds on the aisle to move up and down the aisle. Explanatory drawing showing the state during transition from standard mode to sleep mode 2 (No. 1) and after transition Explanatory drawing showing the state during transition from standard mode to sleep mode 2 (No. 2) and after transition The figure which shows the positional relationship of the body of a passenger in a standard mode and a sleeping mode 2. Explanatory drawing to move the high bed on the aisle side when passengers with a high bed in the back move up and down the aisle Explanatory drawing showing the backrest having a recess on the back of the crown and its effect on use. Schematic diagram showing the state in which the backrest for tall people is used Schematic diagram of an example of an elevating device for high seats (the back seat part is not shown) Schematic diagram of an example of an elevating device for high seats Schematic diagram of an example of an elevating device for high seats Schematic diagram of an example of a seat fixing clasp unit Schematic diagram of an example of a seat fixing clasp unit Explanatory diagram showing the difference between sleeping modes 1 and 2 from the viewpoint of audience floor area utilization efficiency

Two seats are arranged side by side between the aisles for two people (Fig. 2), three seats are arranged for three people, and four seats are arranged side by side. It is called a four-seater (Fig. 3), and the arrangement of multiple seats viewed from the side in the flight direction is called a seat arrangement.
The present invention is most effectively applied to two-seater economy seating arrangements, but can also be applied to three-seater and four-seater economy class seating arrangements by choosing aisle-facing seating structures. ..

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the seat is a seat surface 9 or 10 to which the seat belt 19 and the receiving metal fitting 20 are attached, and a backrest 7 connected via a joint or the like at the trailing edge of the seat surface. Or 8, the footrest 11 or 12 connected via joints at the leading edge, and the seat frame 6 made of a rigid material that supports and fixes the seat surface (and, in some cases, the backrest) at the lower part. This is a set of the four basic parts of (Fig. 1). The seat frame basically supports the seat surface, but it also includes those that support both the backrest and the seat surface as seen in reclining chairs. In addition, as will be described later, in a seat arrangement for 3 or 4 people, the seat has a two-layered seat frame connected via a slide rail 13 used for the seat facing the aisle, and the seat surface slides back and forth. Free seats (Fig. 2) are also included.
In the present invention, a seat facing the aisle and a seat not facing the aisle are distinguished from each other, and a suffix a is attached to the seat facing the aisle, and a suffix b is attached to the seat in the back not facing the aisle. The back seat is not shown in Figure 1. Do not add a suffix if it is not necessary to distinguish whether or not it faces the aisle. The seat frame 6 has a one-to-one correspondence with the seat, and one seat frame 6 supports two seats side by side as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
The seats are fixed at a predetermined height in the shape of a chair (state of the chair in Fig. 1) at the bottom of the support frame (described later), such as during takeoff and landing, and every other seat moves to a higher or lower position before and after bedtime. The backrest and leg rest are transformed into a nearly horizontal shape to form a bed (the state of the bed in Fig. 1). A seat in the shape of a bed is called a bed.
The seats that move to a higher position or a lower position are called high seats and low seats, respectively, and those whose shapes are converted into beds are called high beds and low beds, respectively.
The armrests are attached to the upper part of both sides of the seat frame 6 (in the case of a seat frame having two seats, also in the center thereof), and can be moved up and down with the support frame via slide rails together with both sides of the seat frame. Is bound to. The armrests on both sides of the seat frame also function as a stabilizer 14 that contributes to the smooth up and down movement of the seat.
The seat belt and the bracket are attached to the joint or mandrel 30 that connects the seat and backrest (Figs. 18 and 19), and the joint or mandrel is used during takeoff and landing when the seat functions as a chair and at bedtime when the seat functions as a bed. At each position, it is fixed to the support frame (described later) by a clasp.

The present invention includes an embodiment in which the seat shifts to a higher position or a lower position depending on the usage situation, moves in the front-rear direction, and the seat shape changes from a chair to a bed in response to the shift or movement. (Figs. 6-11,14)
In order to fix the seat in place on the floor and to safely and securely hold the seat whose position and shape have changed, a columnar member is erected on the side of the seat, and the upper part is mutually crossed or girder-shaped member, etc. Combine by. These vertical and horizontal structural members are called support frames. The columnar members are called columnar support frames, and all of them are tightly fixed so as to be integrated with the seat legs at the bottom, or when installed independently of the seat legs, they have the same anti-front G and downward G resistance as the seat legs. Give it rigidity. It is desirable that the upper end of the columnar support frame penetrates the ceiling and is connected directly to the ribs or braids of the fuselage, or through a force distribution mechanism and with or without dampers. By doing so, the support frame and fuselage are complementarily reinforced and the stability of the high bed is also increased. A support frame that is orthogonal to the columnar support frame and is horizontal and along the flight direction is called a beam, and a support frame that is perpendicular to the flight direction is called a cross rail.
The support frame is made of lightweight high-rigidity alloy, aramid-based or carbon-based FRP, etc., has a hollow structure, and the dimensions and cross-sectional shape are determined according to the location and purpose, but square pipes and C-shaped channels can be preferably used.

In the present invention, the shape and three-dimensional arrangement of the seat change according to the usage situation.
The state in which all seats have the shape of a chair and are fixed to the lower part of the columnar support frame facing the flight direction is called the standard mode. At this time, the seat height of all seats is about the same as the seat height of a normal economy seat. Set. FIG. 3 shows an example of the basic configuration of the seats taken by the two-seater seat group in the standard mode, and FIG. 4 shows an example of the basic configuration of the seats taken by the four-seater seat group.
High seats that can be moved to a higher position at bedtime and low seats that can be moved to a lower position are placed every other in the front and rear toward the flight direction. FIG. 5 shows a side view and a plan view of a two-seater seat group in the standard mode.

As shown in Figures 6, 7 and 8, the high seats are moved to the high position and the low seats are moved to the low position. Is converted into a bed, and the ladder frame 44 attached to the side of the low seat is fixed to the columnar support frames 3d and 4c on both sides thereof, and the sleeping mode 1 is set.
The mechanism for tilting the backrest may be an electric or pneumatically driven system, or may be a reclining free system in which support points are placed on both the backrest and the seat surface as used in an easy chair or the like. Since the footrest needs to be raised and lowered independently when passengers enter and exit the aisle, an electric or pneumatic method is adopted for driving the joint with the seat surface. A mechanism (not shown) for connecting to the tread 42 is provided at the tip of the toe side of the footrest of the high seat.
Sleeping modes are divided into 1 and 2 depending on how the low seats are transferred. There is a sleeping mode 1 in which the low seat shifts to a low position without changing the position in the horizontal plane, and a sleeping mode 2 in which the low seat shifts to a low position and moves forward by the length of the seat pitch (Table 1).

(table 1)

┌──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
│ Seat mode │ Horizontal position of low seat │ Drawing number │
├──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
│ Sleeping mode 1 │ Immutable │ 6,7,8 │
├──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
│ Sleep mode 2 │ Move forward │ 9,10,11 │
└──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘


Figures 6 and 7 show the state in which the seat for two people is converted from the standard mode to the sleeping mode 1. Similarly, FIGS. 9 and 10 show the process of converting from the standard mode to the sleeping mode 2. Low-seat transition-There are two ways to move, one of which slides down on a bridge 40 assembled on casters mounted under the seat frame (Fig. 9) and forward on a dolly 45 with casters. The second method (Fig. 10) is to move to.

In sleeping mode 1, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, the position in the horizontal plane does not change when the seat is vertically transferred, so it is necessary to achieve three-dimensional spatial matching between the seat and the support frame, elevating device, etc. when changing the mode. There is no. Therefore, in the case of two-seater, both high seats and low seats can be handled by attaching two side-by-side seats to one seat frame 6. (Figs. 1,15,16,17)
The changes in the passenger's position and body shape when sitting in the standard mode and in the lying position in the sleeping mode 1 are as shown in Fig. 7, with the head of the passenger in the low bed just below the waist of the passenger in the high bed. Yes, the bodies of the upper and lower passengers in the lying position are half the height and out of phase.

In bedtime mode 2, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the low seat moves forward and descends, and finally is fixed at a low position in the place where the previous high seat was fixed. A high-seat elevating device (Figs. 15, 16 and 17) that has a two-seat arrangement and has a columnar support frame 3e and 3f between the seats and a drive unit in the middle of the two-seat seat. In some cases, two low-seat seat frames collide with these when moving horizontally, so two side-by-side low seats cannot be attached to one seat frame, and each one is independent and separate. Become.
The changes in the position and body shape of the passengers when shifting to the lying position in the sleeping mode 2 are as shown in FIG. 11, and the phases of the bodies of the upper and lower passengers are aligned.

The sleeping mode 2 is more complicated in terms of equipment and operation than 1, but has the following advantages. As shown in FIG. 20, in the case of the sleeping mode 2, the number of consecutive seats accommodated in a certain distance in the longitudinal direction of the guest room is increased by one from the sleeping mode 1 when the number of seats is an even number. This is an important factor in the layout design of guest rooms.

In either bed mode, the greater the difference in height between the high and low beds, the greater the comfort of the passenger. The height difference between the two seats is preferably 80 cm or more, and if it is 90 cm or more, most of the passengers can keep a comfortable space above their heads while sitting on the seats. However, it is preferable that the height above the floor of the high bed is low for the convenience and safety of passengers, and the ceiling height of the guest room is limited. Considering these conditions, it is preferable that the seat height of the low bed in the sleeping mode is 40 cm or less from the floor.

When the seat is in bed mode, the available horizontal distance for one passenger (the length from the top of the head to the toes when the seat is fully flat) is twice the seat pitch, 170 cm if the pitch is 85 cm, the pitch is If it is 90 cm, it will be 180 cm.
However, by sacrificing a little full flat, it can accommodate passengers who are more than twice the seat pitch. This can be achieved by raising the backrests 7 and 8 slightly above the horizontal and lowering the footrests 11 and 12 slightly to the toes. Specifically, this can be achieved by taking the form that our legs sneak under the head of the passenger in front (Figs. 13 and 14).
The present invention also includes an embodiment of using a backrest (FIG. 13) having a recess 39 on the back of the back of the head in order to minimize the rising angle of the backrests 7 and 8 and the toe lowering angle of the footrest. The same backrest also has the same effect when the aisle-side bed is slid backwards when passengers in the "back bed" enter and exit the aisle in the case of a three-seater or four-seater seat arrangement (described later). Demonstrate.

High seats are moved to a higher position with the help of elevating devices (Figs. 15, 16 and 17), and low seats are, in principle, manually moved to a lower position. Since the mutual conversion between the two seat modes changes the position and shape of the seats adjacent to each other in a narrow space, it is better to follow a certain sequence to prevent mutual contact and obstruction.

An example of the mechanical operation sequence from the standard mode to the sleeping mode 1 is shown below for a two-seater seat.
1. Stand the backrest 7 of the low seat vertically to create a space for the high seat to move up.
2. Release the high-seat fixed clasp unit 28u clasp 29 (Fig. 18) and activate the high-seat elevator (Figs. 16, 17, etc.) to raise the seat.
3. Fix the high seat in place on the upper part of the columnar support frame with a clasp unit (not shown), tilt the backrest 8 and extend its head to the cross rail 5j, and extend the leg rest 12 horizontally to extend its tip. It is fixed inside the columnar support frame 4c and 4e to make a high bed. The handrail 18 stands up in conjunction with the backrest.
4. Release the low seat seat clasp 29 fixed to the clasp unit 28d (Fig. 19) in the standard mode position while being pushed up slightly by the spring 20 with damper, and manually push it down to hold it in the low position. Fix it with a gold unit (not shown), tilt the backrest 7 down, extend the leg rest 11 horizontally, and fix the tips of each to the inside of 3c and 3e to make a low bed (Figs. 5 and 6).
5. Move the ladder frame 44 placed on the aisle side of the low seat between the columnar support frames 3d and 4c and fix it (Fig. 5.6).

The method of shifting to the high seat to the sleeping mode 2 and converting to the bed is the same as that of the sleeping mode 1.
When moving the low seat to a lower position, move it horizontally toward the flight direction (forward) by the method described below, and lower the seat height to the original position of the empty high seat. Fix it with a sword.

Low-seat movement methods include the following two types. In the first, after building a bridge 40 that sends the seat surface of the low seat toward the front columnar support frame 3c, 3e, the low seat is released from the position of the standard mode and slides diagonally downward and forward to the high seat in front. (Fig. 9).
In the second, the seat surface of the low seat is pushed down, placed on the trolley 45 with casters, moved forward, and fixed to the place of the high seat in front (Fig. 10). The same type of clasp unit as described above is used.

Explain the mechanism required for passengers to enter and exit the aisle from the bed.
In the case of a two-seater seat with aisles on both sides, the tip of the footrest 12 of the high bed in sleeping mode 1 is the lower end of the tread 42 suspended on the columnar support frame 4c, 4e when the footrest 12 is horizontal. connect. In order for passengers to go up and down the aisle, the joint of the footrest 12a is driven to lower it vertically, and the tread 42 connected to the tip of the footrest is made horizontal and this is used as a staircase leading to the lower ladder frame. One end of the tread 42 is connected to the tip of the footrest, and the other end is fixed in a horizontal position by sliding down the cross rail attached to it along the columnar frames 4c and 4e (Fig. 8). Passengers move up and down via the tread 42 and the ladder frame 44. The ladder frame 44 may have fulcrums on the columnar support frames 3d and 4c, and the angle can be adjusted as shown in FIG.
When two-seater low-bed passengers with aisles on both sides enter and exit the aisle, if the high-bed footrest 12 and tread 42 are down, return them to the upper sleep mode position and lower. Enter and exit from 11 places on the bed.
In the case of a two-seater seat with aisles on both sides, the way passengers with a high bed on the aisle side go up and down the aisle in bed mode 2 is the same as in sleep mode 1. When low bed passengers enter and exit the aisle, as in bed mode 1, when the high bed footrest 12 and tread 42 are down, they are returned to the upper bed mode position and the ladder frame. Open 44 to enter or exit from the location of the lower bed footrest 11, or from the position of your seat, that is, between the columnar structures 3c and 3d.

When the seating arrangement is for 3 or 4 people, there will always be a bed (back bed) that does not face the aisle on both sides, and in either of the above sleeping modes, from the "back bed" to the aisle. There is a problem of getting in and out of the bed. That is, passengers in the "low bed" must either ask the passengers in the bed on the side of the passage to bend their legs when entering or exiting the aisle, or straddle the passenger's lower limbs, and "in the back". When passengers in the "high bed" move up and down the aisle, they will take the same care for the passengers in the aisle-side bed and then reach the ladder frame 44 in a dangerous position. This problem, which is unpleasant for both passengers and dangerous for the moving side, has been solved by the present invention by sliding the aisle bed backwards as described below.

The seat frame 6 of the high bed on the aisle side shall have a two-layer structure with a slide rail sandwiched between them (Fig. 2). The two layers are always fixed by a clasp (not shown) so that they do not move from each other. When a passenger in the back bed gets off the aisle, the above clasp on the high bed on the aisle side is released (at the same time, the connection between the footrest 12a and the tread 42a is also released) before and after. The free-sliding aisle-side high bed is manually or electrically slid backwards (Fig. 12), thereby creating space in the lower limbs of the bed for access to the aisle. For the backrest 8a of the high bed that slides backward, select one that has a recess 39 on the back of the back of the head (Fig. 13). By incorporating a mechanism that slightly lowers the toes of the footrest 12a of the high bed one behind as the high bed slides backward, the inconvenience to the passengers of the high bed behind is reduced.
Next, lower the footrest 12b of the bed in the back and the treads 42b and 42a to make them horizontal, and use them as a stepping stone to reach the ladder frame 44. The convenience of the tread 42a is increased by adding a mechanism to connect the tread 42b to the tread 42bt on the side surface at the same time as the connection with the footrest 12a is released. Passengers in the back bed get off the aisle via the treads 42b, 42a and the ladder frame 44.

For the low bed on the aisle side, when used in bed mode 1, the seat frame 6 shall have the structure shown in FIG. 2, and the procedure is the same as for the high seat, depending on the needs of the passengers in the back bed. Slide the low bed on the aisle side backwards to create space in the lower limbs. You can go out to the aisle as it is by lowering the footrest 11b of the bed in the back.
Since the low seats used in bedtime mode 2 are originally slidable back and forth, when necessary, the aisle seats are unclasped and pushed backward to create space in the lower limbs. Next, lower the footrest 11b of the bed in the back and push open the ladder frame 44 (not shown) to enter the aisle.

Compressed air consisting of a bypass from the engine can be used in the passenger cabin of a jet-propelled passenger aircraft, and the room is pressurized to about 850 hPa while the outside air pressure is about 160 hPa at a cruising altitude of 13000 m, and ventilation is performed 4 to 5 times / hour. Therefore, these air pressure differences are also in an environment where they can be used inexpensively and suitably.

FIG. 15 shows a suction pump type elevating device that uses low-pressure air outdoors applied to a two-seater seat (Fig. 3) (one seat is not shown). Wire ropes are tied on both sides of the lateral middle part of the seat frame 6, and the wire ropes ascend along the inside of the columnar support frame 3e and 3f, and the pulley 24 attached to the upper support point and the central part. After passing through the pulley 24, it descends and connects to the piston 22 in the suction cylinder 23. The air at the bottom of the cylinder is connected to the outside of the machine via the control valve 26 and so on. By passing the inside of the cylinder to the outside atmosphere 27 by the control valve 25, the piston is lowered and the seat is pulled up by the wire. With a cylinder inner diameter of 6 cm and an effective pressure difference of 600 HPa, you can lift a 12 kg seat. If a large-diameter cylinder cannot be used due to space limitations, use two cylinders. When lowering the seat, the pressure regulating valve 26 connects the inside of the cylinder with the in-flight air 25. This type of elevating device may be installed inside a columnar support frame on both sides of a two-seater seat.

FIG. 16 shows a lifting device using compressed air, which is applied to a side-by-side two-seater seat in a three-seater or four-seater. A plurality of stages (three stages in FIG. 16) of telescopic cylinders 32 are installed on the floor in the center of the seat, and the upper end thereof lifts the bottom of the seat frame. The bottom 30 of the cylinder is the thickest, and it gets thinner as it goes up. The cylinders next to each other are fitted together at a high degree. A piston ring 34 may be attached to improve airtightness (Fig. 16, right figure).
By injecting compressed air 31 from the lower control valve 25, the cylinder extends and lifts the seat frame. A stopper chain 33 is attached inside to prevent the cylinder from overextending. When lowering the seat, the control valve 26 connects the inside of the cylinder with the in-flight air 25.

FIG. 17 shows an X-shaped elevating device that utilizes the force of a spring in a two-seater seat. As shown in FIG. 4, when the four-seater seat is divided into two sets of two-seater seats, this seating mode is also adopted. When starting to climb from the standard mode position, the seat frame is lifted to a certain height by the vertically erected pump-type elevator 35 installed in the center, and the rest is handled by the X-shaped elevator 36. The cylinder 37 with a piston is for changing the internal air pressure to adjust the force of the spring.

A rack-pinion gear system, a screw system, an electric hoisting elevator, and the like can also be used as the elevator, and the present invention does not exclude the use of such an elevator.

I will explain the mechanism for tilting and standing the backrest and extending the footrest horizontally. There is a method of incorporating a bellows-type mechanism that bends and stretches by the pressure difference of air in the joint part. Since the joint has a length of about 50 cm, it is possible to obtain sufficient torque with a pressure difference of about several hundred hP. It is also efficient to use it in combination with a torque spring incorporated in the joint (not shown).

We will explain the equipment for preventing molestation, infectious diseases, and ensuring privacy in bedtime mode. Columnar support frames 4e, 3e and 3f in the center of the two-seater seat (Fig. 3), and the upper and middle parts of the columnar support frames 4g, 3g and 3h in the center of the four-seater seat (Fig. 4) in the flight direction. There are beams 5d and 5c connected along, which can be used to attach the partition 38 for a tall bed. For the lower part of the beam 5c, a partition for a low bed can be installed by using an armrest, a columnar support frame 4e, and 3e (Figs. 3 and 4) (not shown in Fig. 4).
If a high-seat lifting device of the type shown in FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 is used, the cover 17 of the lifting device serves for that purpose.

1 seat
2 floor
3 Columnar support frame for high seats
3c Columnar support frame on the aisle side of high seats (rear)
3d Columnar support frame on the aisle side of high seats (front)
3e Columnar support frame in the middle of the two-seater high seat (rear)
3f Columnar support frame in the middle of the two-seater high seat (front)
3g 4-seat high-seat aisle to 2 seats behind columnar support frame (rear)
3h Columnar support frame (front) at the back of 2 seats from the aisle with high seats for 4 people
4 Columnar support frame for low seats
4c Columnar support frame on the aisle side of a two-seater or four-seater low seat
4e Columnar support frame at the back of one seat from a two-seater or four-seater low-seat aisle
4g 4-seat low-seat aisle to two-seat back (center) columnar support frame
5 Support frame used in the horizontal direction
5j Columnar support frame A cross rail connecting 4c, 4e and (4g) at an intermediate height, supporting the head of the backrest of a high seat
5k columnar support frame 4c, 4e and (4g) are connected at a high position, and a cross rail and a handrail for high-seat passengers are used together.
5c A girder that connects the middle part of the columnar support frame in the center of the side-by-side seats horizontally in the front-back direction.
5d A girder that connects the upper part of the columnar support frame in the center of the side-by-side seats horizontally in the front-back direction.
6 Seat frame
7 Low seat backrest
7a Aisle side low seat backrest
7b Low seat backrest in the back
8 High seat backrest
8a High seat backrest on the aisle side
8b High seat backrest in the back
9 Low seat surface
9a Low seating surface on the aisle side
9b Low seat in the back
10 High seat surface
10a High seat on the aisle side
10b Seat surface of high seat in the back
11 Footrest
11a Low seat footrest on the aisle side
11b Low seat footrest in the back
12 High seat footrest
12a High seat footrest on the aisle side
12b High seat footrest in the back
13 Slide rail that moves the seat surface back and forth on the seat frame
14 High-seat lift stabilizer
15 High seat legs
16 Low seat legs
17 Lifting device cover
18 Fall protection fence on the side of the backrest of the high seat
19 Seat belt storage case
20 Seat belt bracket
21 Spring with damper for low seat lift
22 Piston inside the high seat lift cylinder
22 High seat lift cylinder
24 pulley
25 Air in the cabin
26 Control valve
27 Outside air
28 Seat fixing clasp unit
28u High-seat standard mode clasp unit, low-seat sleeping mode clasp unit
28d High-seat sleeping mode clasp unit, low-seat standard mode clasp unit
29 Seat fixing clasp
30 Mandrel connecting the backrest and seat
31 Compressed air
32 Multi-stage pressurized air drive cylinder
33 Cylinder stop chain
34 Piston ring
35 Pump type lifting aid
36 X-shaped bar that raises and lowers high seats
37 Cylinder that adjusts the force of the spring
38 partition
39 Recess on the back of the back of the head
40 Bridge for moving the seating surface of low seats
41 Cylinder driving the bridge for low seat movement
42 High bed Stair tread used by passengers to climb up and down the aisle
42a Stair tread used by passengers with high beds on the aisle to go up and down the aisle
42b Stair tread used by passengers with high beds to go up and down the aisle
43 Discard
44 Ladder frame
45 Pedestal with casters for low seat movement

Claims (6)

The seats of the passenger plane are converted into the shape of a bed at bedtime, and high-seat or low-seat support structures are arranged on both sides of the seat at every other front and rear, and can be raised and lowered to the high-seat support structure. The seat attached to the seat shifts to a position higher than the takeoff and landing position at bedtime and is fixed, and the seat that is movably attached to the low seat support frame shifts to a position lower than the takeoff and landing position at bedtime. It is a seat system of a passenger aircraft that is fixed to the seat system, and the seat that can be freely attached to the support frame for low seats is slidably attached in the front-rear direction and shifts to a position lower than the position at the time of takeoff and landing at bedtime. A seating system for passenger aircraft, characterized in that it moves to the position of the previous seat and is fixed to the high-seat support frame . A slide rail that is vertically attached to the high-seat support frame or low-seat support frame and moves to a higher or lower position at bedtime than at the time of takeoff and landing. The passenger aircraft seating system according to claim 1, wherein the passenger aircraft is slidable in the front-rear direction. The single or two-seat seat facing the aisle can be assembled via slide rails with rollers or ball bearings on the high or low seat support frame located on either side of the seat. The seating system according to claim 1 or 2. The seat system for a passenger aircraft according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a seat elevating device driven by an air pressure difference is installed under the single or two-seater seat. A claim comprising installing a seat elevating device driven by an air pressure difference inside the high-seat support frame standing on both sides of the single seat or in the center or both sides of the seat for two people. The passenger aircraft seating system according to any one of 1 to 4. The passenger aircraft seating system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the seat has a recess formed in the back surface of the crown of the backrest.

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