Abstract: An improved, retractable armrest for an aircraft seat having a mount assembly being fixedly secured to a frame of the aircraft seat and a retraction assembly structured to move along a path in a generally vertical plane relative to the mount assembly and the aircraft seat. The retraction assembly includes a generally horizontal support with at least one guide element extending downwardly therefrom to engage a guide member of the mount assembly and guide vertical movement of the retraction assembly between an extended position and a retracted position. The retraction assembly is structured to lock for securely maintaining the retraction assembly in the extended position, while being capable of being released by a gentle yet focused lifting force being applied to the retraction assembly when in the extended position.

Abstract: An aircraft seat pan assembly to be mounted on an aircraft seat foundation including a pair of spaced side rail supports and a pair of spaced apart cross supports disposed in spanning relating between the side rail supports, the seat pan assembly including a seat panel with a primary surface, a pair of opposite side edges, a front edge, and a rear edge. The side edges and front edge of the seat panel are structured to be secured directly to the side rail supports and a front cross support of the seat foundation in generally planar relation thereto, and a rear edge of the seat panel is structured to be secured to the rear cross support in a generally elevated, spaced apart position there above such that a quantity of a downward spine load exerted on the seat panel will be absorbed at the connection between the rear edge and the rear cross support.

Abstract: A recline safety lock assembly to be secured to an aircraft passenger seat of the type including a reclining seat back portion, a seat foundation and at least one recline cylinder structured to permit reclining of the seat back portion. The recline safety lock assembly includes at least one lock plate having an upper mount portion to be secured to a side rail of the seat back portion, and an engagement end having a downwardly depending lip formed therein. Additionally, the assembly includes at least one lock pin having a main shaft with a transverse notch formed therein. The lock pin is rotatably and axially mounted adjacent the engagement end of the lock plate and is rotatable between a disengaged orientation and an engaged orientation. In the engaged orientation the transverse notch is in a generally upwardly angled orientation such that the lock pin engages the downwardly depending lip of the lock plate and rear reclining of the seat back portion relative to the seat foundation portion is prevented.

Abstract: A multi-media cross-connect facility which employs an industry-standard "Type 89" bracket as a mounting base. A support for a set of connection devices, such as snap-in modular jacks, fiber optic cable coupler adapters and coaxial cable coupler adapters, takes the form of an elongated rectangular panel. The panel is formed of sheet metal having a thickness of 1/16 inch, with the edges rolled to define hems resulting in 1/8 inch thick mounting regions along the sides. The 1/16 inch thick intermediate region has apertures for receiving snap-in connection devices, while the 1/8 inch thick mounting regions, which are also provided with notches, are properly received by the "Type 89" bracket.

Abstract: An aircraft seat frame including a seat back portion, a seat foundation portion, and a seat base portion, the seat back portion having a pair of generally vertically disposed side rails composed of three interconnected segments, a leading and a trailing edge segments of which are perpendicularly disposed on opposing sides of an interior segment, thereby substantially minimizing an overall weight of the side rails and maximizing the side rails resistance to horizontal bending across a plane of the leading and trailing segments. Further, the seat frame includes a load transference member spanning the side rails so as to evenly distribute a load exerted on only a single of the side rails over both side rails and over the corresponding seat side rails to which the seat back side rails are connected.

Abstract: There is provided a patch panel having a plurality of rows of wire termination connectors mounted to one side of a circuit board. A plurality of jacks, which are mounted to the other side of the circuit board, extend through the patch panel face plate. A cable tie bar is rotatably attached to the patch panel by a pair of hinges so that the cable tie bar may be rotated to various positions with respect to the wire termination connectors providing unimpaired access to all of the connectors.

Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat swivel assembly to be connected between an aircraft seat frame upon which an individual sits and an aircraft seat base which is secured to an underlying support surface, the assembly including a bottom swivel plate with a generally annular recess formed therein and structured to receive a bearing track with a plurality of slots disposed about a perimeter thereof and structured to receive a plurality of bearing members therein. The swivel assembly further including a swivel plate with an exterior segment structured to ride on the bearing members disposed in the bearing track and an interior mount segment upon which the aircraft frame is mounted, the exterior segment of the swivel plate being rotatably retained in place by a lock ring which is secured to the bottom swivel plate and has an annular lock recess to retain the exterior segment of the swivel plate, the bearing track, and the plurality of bearing members in the annular recess of the bottom swivel plate.

Abstract: There is provided a bifurcated contact for terminating a pair of insulated conductors. The contact includes a pair of furcations each having first and second interconnected and interdependent resilient elements. Each first element is in the form of a loop extending into a slot formed by the second elements. The first and second elements are on different planes. The first elements include juxtaposed termination surfaces wherein a second conductor may be terminated after the termination of the first conductor without disturbing the integrity of the termination of the first conductor.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for reducing pair to pair cross talk which arises in electrical connectors due to closely spaced elongated parallel contacts while maintaining proper longitudinal balance and characteristic impedance of each pair. The cross talk which occurs within the connector is reduced by modifying certain circuit paths either inside or outside of the connector so that each conductor of a first pair which is parallel to and cross talking with an adjacent conductor of a second pair in the connector is relocated adjacent and parallel to the other conductor of the second pair over a predetermined distance. A substantial amount of incident reflected signal, due to impedance mismatch, is reduced by the addition of an additional circuit path, which carries the same signal as one of the relocated conductors of the first pair, at a position adjacent to the other conductor.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for reducing pair to pair cross talk which arises in electrical connectors due to closely spaced elongated parallel contacts. The cross talk which occurs within the connector is reduced by modifying certain circuit paths either inside or outside of the connector so that each conductor of a first pair which is parallel to and cross talking with an adjacent conductor of a second pair in the connector is relocated adjacent and parallel to the other conductor of the second pair over a predetermined distance. It is preferred that the relocation of the circuit paths occur on a circuit board which is attached to the connector.

Abstract: There is provided a jack connector for intermating with a corresponding plug connector. The jack includes a housing which receives a plurality of elongated contacts. Each contact has an arcuate portion which is wider than its adjacent bearing portion. The housing includes a ledge and an adjacent space so that the contact may deflect within the space when force is applied to the bearing portion. Each contact includes a wire termination portion having a substantially zero clearance insulation displacement contact. Each insulation displacement contact is supported by shoulders so as to avoid damage to the contact when a wire is terminated thereto.

Abstract: There is provided an electrical connector jack which is adapted to readily be used with panels having various thicknesses. The jack has a pair of flexible stops in the form of ears extending therefrom which abut against one side of the panel. The flexibility of the ears permits the jack to move over a range of distance after having been inserted into an opening in the panel. The jack further includes additional stops in the form of beams which contact the other side of the panel to further secure the jack in the opening in the panel. The beams are also flexible thereby permitting the jack to snap into the panel. A cover is also provided to conceal the jack and to lock the jack into the opening in the panel.

Abstract: Placarding systems for vehicle sides and roll-up vehicle doors include imprinted plates hinged to a base, which plates may be selectably oriented and clipped to the base so that the exposed faces of the plates define a diamond-shaped area bearing a single inscription.

Abstract: Placarding systems for vehicle sides and roll-up vehicle doors include imprinted plates hinged to a base, which plates may be selectably oriented and clipped to the base so that the exposed faces of the plates define a diamond-shaped area bearing a single inscription.