Patent ID: 11866981
Assignee: THOMPSON AERO SEATING LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 18:
19. An actuation system comprising:
a base;
an object movable with respect to the base between a first state and a second state;
first actuating means for actuating said object from said first state to said second state, said first actuating means comprising resilient biasing means arranged to urge said object from said first state to said second state; and
second actuating means for actuating said object from said second state to said first state,
wherein said first actuating means is configured to allow movement of said object from said second state to said first state,
wherein said second actuating means comprises a powered linear actuator coupled between said base and said object,
wherein a linkage is coupled between the base and the object, said linear actuator being coupled between the base and the linkage in order to move the object by acting on the linkage, and
wherein said resilient biasing means is coupled between the base and the linkage in order to move the object by acting on the linkage.