Patent ID: 8141946

Claim:
A system for adjusting the position of at least one seat component of a passenger seat in an ensemble of passenger seats, the system being installed in a cabin of an aircraft, wherein the passenger seats are each provided with at least one actuator for adjusting the position of the seat component, the system comprising: a plurality of seat controls, which are respectively mounted locally on the passenger seats, wherein each seat control operates a corresponding one of the actuators, includes at least one operating element, by which a passenger can operate the corresponding seat control, and includes at least one data transmission unit; and a common control unit, which is installed in the aircraft and is common to the seat controls and includes at least one data transmission unit, provided for data transfer with the data transmission units of the seat controls, wherein the data transmission units of the seat controls and the at least one data transmission unit of the common control unit perform wireless data transfer between the common control unit and the seat controls, the data relating to a position of the at least one seat component and to operation of the actuators, and wherein the wireless data transfer is effected by radio waves.