Configurable vehicle seat and method therefor

Patent · 24 September 2019

OSTI ID:1576270

McCarley, Michael C.; Clark, Kent; Weber, Melanie L.; Ring, Norman G.; Ferguson, Christopher J.

An adjustable vehicle seat includes a seat frame forming a seat back, the seat frame being configured to couple with an aerospace vehicle; a seat pan coupled to the seat frame, where one or more of the seat frame and the seat pan is configured to couple the seat pan to the seat frame in one of a plurality of positions relative to the seat frame so that an eye position of a seat occupant relative to instrumentation within the aerospace vehicle is decoupled from a size of the seat occupant.

• Research Organization: The Boeing Co., Chicago, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Assignee: The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): 10,421,548
• Application Number: 15/599,739
• OSTI ID: 1576270
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English