Patent ID: 8864227

Claim:
A seat arrangement of a passenger seat comprising: a backrest having a normal adjustment range from at least one stable comfort position into a normal position by movement in a forward direction, a seat structure for fastening the passenger seat on a floor, having at least one supporting element for coupling the backrest to the seat structure, and having at least one energy-absorption unit for absorbing movement energy in the event of impact, the energy-absorption unit comprising the supporting element and an energy-absorption element, the energy-absorption element being formed separately from the supporting element, and in the event of an impact the supporting element and the energy-absorption element interacting and dissipating impact energy, the one supporting element having at least one bearing element with a bearing axis for bearing the backrest in a rotatable manner, and the energy-absorption unit further including at least one coupling element configured to torque the energy-absorption element about the bearing axis and cause clamping of the energy-absorption element when the normal adjustment range of the backrest is exceeded.