Patent ID: 11945591
Assignee: ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft passenger seat comprising:
a frame for fastening to a floor of an aircraft passenger cabin;
a seat base mounted movably on the frame;
a backrest, which is movably mounted with the frame and which comprises a backrest enclosure configured as a backrest shell surrounding and enclosing at least an uppermost part of the backrest, so that the backrest is encased within the backrest enclosure in any position of the backrest; and
an adjusting mechanism arranged on the backrest, between the backrest and the backrest enclosure and encased within the backrest enclosure, wherein the adjusting mechanism includes a damping element coupled to the backrest by way a first end in a region of the upper edge of the backrest and coupled to the backrest enclosure by way of a second end in a middle region of the backrest enclosure,
wherein at least one rail is fixed on the frame,
wherein the seat base is arranged on the at least one rail such that the seat base can be displaced via guide mechanisms,
wherein the seat base and the backrest are connected to one another in an articulated manner, whereby the backrest and the seat base coupled to the backrest can be moved together by the adjusting mechanism, and
wherein the backrest is movably and directly connected to the backrest enclosure by at least one articulated lever.