Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auxetic support elements with ergonomic curvatures for passenger seats
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Application No.: US17632227Application Date: 2019-08-29
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Publication No.: US11702208B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Jose Madrigal , Mario Herrera
- Applicant: Safran Seats USA LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Gainesville
- Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
- Current Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Gainesville
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/048795 2019.08.29
- International Announcement: WO2021/040718A 2021.03.04
- Date entered country: 2022-02-01
- Main IPC: B64D11/06
- IPC: B64D11/06

Abstract:
Described are support assemblies for a passenger seat, that can include a supportive surface configured to connect with a frame of a passenger seat, and shaped to support a passenger. Supportive surfaces can include a first portion formed of a first plurality of cells having an auxetic cell geometry that can deform to adopt a synclastic curvature under stress, and a second portion formed of a second plurality of cells having a non-auxetic cell geometry that can deform to adopt an anticlastic or cylindrical curvature under stress. The regions having respective auxetic and non-auxetic cell geometries can be arranged to form a supportive surface that can flex to follow contours of a seated passenger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220281606A1 AUXETIC SUPPORT ELEMENTS WITH ERGONOMIC CURVATURES FOR PASSENGER SEATS Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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