Patent ID: 11873105
Assignee: SAFRAN SEATS USA LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A frame for a passenger seat assembly, the frame comprising a tubular frame component comprising:
an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a distance from the inner surface to the outer surface is a thickness of the tubular frame component;
a first portion; and
a bent portion bending the frame at a non-zero angle with a plane, and
wherein the thickness of the bent portion of the tubular frame component is different from the thickness of the first portion of the tubular frame component,
wherein a transition portion is between the first portion and the bent portion, the transition portion having an increasing or decreasing thickness between the first portion and the bent portion,
wherein the bent portion is a first bent portion and the plane is a first plane, wherein the tubular frame component further comprises a second bent portion bending the frame at a nonzero angle within a second plane, wherein the tubular frame component further comprises a third bent portion bending the frame at a nonzero angle within a third plane, wherein the third plane is different than the first plane and the second plane, and
wherein the second bent portion further comprises a thickness that is different from the thickness of the first bent portion, the transition portion, and the first portion.