Patents by Inventor Arthur Glain
Arthur Glain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11981435Abstract: Described are temporary privacy modules for non-passenger seating areas of aircraft cabin arrangements. The temporary privacy modules selectively enclose a portion of the non-passenger seating areas. The temporary privacy modules include a support and a privacy device. The privacy device is movable relative to the support between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the deployed position, the privacy device encloses the portion of the non-passenger seating area and defines a temporary privacy room within the non-passenger seating area.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Oscar Ruiz Lara, Arthur Glain
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Patent number: 11975839Abstract: Described are privacy screens and privacy assemblies for passenger seats including a frame defining a perimeter of the privacy screen and shaped to partially wrap around a portion of a passenger seat, a textile shell connected with and surrounding the frame, and a sound-absorbing layer positioned within the frame and surrounded by the textile shell for conferring physical, visual, and sound privacy for an occupant.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventor: Arthur Glain
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Publication number: 20230348063Abstract: Described are passenger partitioning systems having multiple divider partitions arranged. A first divider partition is arranged along an longitudinal axis of an passenger aircraft. A second divider partition is arranged along a lateral axis of the aircraft. The passenger partition systems may be used to partition off two or more seats within the passenger aircraft (e.g., to quarantine sick passengers).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Reza Mansouri, Arthur Glain
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Patent number: 11801941Abstract: The present invention relates to a suite, in particular for an aircraft cabin, comprising: a seat, an ottoman, and a storage cupboard, the suite further comprising a movable table capable of assuming: a stowed state in which the movable table extends in a vertical plane, in which the movable table is arranged between the cupboard and the ottoman, and a deployed state in which the movable table extends in a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: Safran Seats, Safran Seats GB LimitedInventors: Oscar Ruiz, Arthur Glain, Yann Cavereau, Paul Wills, Rachel James, James Woodington, Shaun Kilbane, Ryan Jones
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Patent number: 11780585Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising, in particular, a seat provided with a base and a backrest as well as a foot area, the seat being movable between a sitting position and a lying position, the arrangement of seat units comprising: at least one rear group of two seat units, at least one front group of two seat units, each group of two seat units comprising a seat unit arranged on the side of the aisle and referred to as the “aisle-side seat unit” and a seat unit arranged on the side of a window and referred to as the “window-side seat unit”, each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, such that the seats of each group are facing the aisle, a first passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seat of theType: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Safran Seats, Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Florelle Rousse, Arthur Glain, Adrien Beauvais, Nguyen Foek Le, David Morales
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Publication number: 20230257121Abstract: The present invention relates to a suite, in particular for an aircraft cabin, comprising: a seat, an ottoman, and a storage cupboard, the suite further comprising a movable table capable of assuming: a stowed state in which the movable table extends in a vertical plane, in which the movable table is arranged between the cupboard and the ottoman, and a deployed state in which the movable table extends in a horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Oscar Ruiz, Arthur Glain, Yan Caverau, Paul Wills, Rachel James, James Woodington, Shaun Kilbane, Ryan Jones
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Publication number: 20230002056Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft cabin having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one aisle and an arrangement of seat units, a seat unit comprising, in particular, a seat provided with a base and a backrest as well as a foot area, the seat being movable between a sitting position and a lying position, the arrangement of seat units comprising: at least one rear group of two seat units, at least one front group of two seat units, each group of two seat units comprising a seat unit arranged on the side of the aisle and referred to as the “aisle-side seat unit” and a seat unit arranged on the side of a window and referred to as the “window-side seat unit”, each seat of a group of seat units having an axis forming a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, such that the seats of each group are facing the aisle, a first passage for accessing the aisle associated with the window-side seat unit of the rear group extending between the foot area and the seat of the aType: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Florelle Rousse, Arthur Glain, Adrien Beauvais, Nguyen Foek Le, David Morales
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Patent number: 11535380Abstract: An armrest assembly for a passenger seat includes a moveable arm including a proximal end and a distal end, a stowed configuration wherein the moveable arm is disposed adjacent and approximately parallel to a seatback of the passenger seat, and a deployed configuration wherein the moveable arm is approximately parallel to a seat pan of the passenger seat. The moveable arm may include a first portion and a second portion. The armrest assembly may include a first rotation axis such that the moveable arm pivots about the first rotation axis when moving between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The armrest assembly may include a second rotation axis such that the second portion pivots about the second rotation axis relative to the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Arthur Glain, Oscar Ruiz Lara
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Patent number: 11365010Abstract: A passenger seat includes a seat frame, a plurality of legs extending down from the seat frame where each of the plurality of legs includes an upper end attached to the seat frame and a lower end, and at least one tube attached to the lower end of at least one of the plurality of legs. The at least one tube includes at least two attachments to a floor structure. The at least one tube includes at least one bent portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignees: Safran Seats USA LLC, SafranInventors: Reza Mansouri, Romain Tranier, Charles Michael Parker, Arthur Glain
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Patent number: 11358723Abstract: Described are passenger seats (102) having a seat bottom (122) connected to the seat frame (108) at a hinge (130) at an aft portion of the seat bottom (122), and having a release mechanism (132) operably connected with the seat bottom (122) that, when actuated by a user, cause the seat bottom (122) to be released from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration, whereby the seat bottom (122) is free to rotate downward, independent of a seat back (142), about the hinge (130) to a tilted position in order to increase a range of available angles between the seat bottom (122) and seat back (130).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Oscar Ruiz Lara, Arthur Glain
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Patent number: 11352142Abstract: A passenger seat back can include a rearward surface, a tray table (106) deployable away from the rearward surface of the seat back, and a shelf (108) independent from the tray table (106). The shelf (108) can include a support surface (110) and at least one pivot (116) pivotally coupling the support surface (110) to the rearward surface of the seat back. For example, the support surface (110) may support a passenger's personal entertainment device or other item at a variety of viewing orientations and apart from the tray table (106).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Oscar Ruiz Lara, Arthur Glain
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Patent number: 11312497Abstract: The invention relates to a seat arrangement, in particular designed to be installed in an airplane cabin, comprising: at least one “front” seat and at least one “rear” seat, positioned one behind the other along a longitudinal axis of the airplane cabin and comprising respectively at least one seat that can pass from a “seating” position to a “bunk” position, a transverse passage arranged between the “front” seat and the “rear” seat to allow access to an aisle, characterized in that the seat arrangement comprises movable closure means that can at least partially close off the transverse passage when the closure means are deployed.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Safran SeatsInventors: Patrick Herault, Bastien Bonnefoy, Arthur Glain, Eric Freienmuth
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Patent number: 11299275Abstract: A removable privacy panel assembly (100) for a passenger seat includes a center panel (101) with a width approximately equal to a width of the passenger seat and at least one side panel (103, 104) with a connection to the center panel (101) where the at least one side panel extends approximately perpendicular to the center panel. The removable privacy panel assembly includes a deployed configuration where the removable privacy panel assembly is attached to the passenger seat and an uninstalled configuration where the removable privacy panel assembly is detached from the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the center panel is approximately aligned with a seatback (11) of the passenger seat and the at least one side panel (103, 104) extends forward from the center panel (101) beyond a seating surface of the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the at least one side panel (103, 104) is disposed adjacent to a headrest (15) of the passenger seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Arthur Glain, Oscar Ruiz Lara
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Publication number: 20220041284Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement of individual seat units intended to be installed in particular in an aircraft cabin, characterized in that a console of a seat unit of a given row is arranged in the vicinity of a seat of a seat unit of the other row so as to define a space for stowing and/or placing objects, and in that said arrangement has access passages for access to a traffic aisle, an access passage being delimited at least in part on the one hand by a shell of a seat unit of the second row and on the other hand by an adjacent console of a seat unit of the second row, in such a way that each access passage allows direct access to the traffic aisle (14) for a passenger of a seat belonging to the first row.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Arthur Glain, Oscar Ruiz, Charles Ehrmann
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Publication number: 20220017224Abstract: The present invention relates essentially to an arrangement of individual seats intended to be installed in an aircraft cabin and characterised in that the first seat faces inwards in the direction of the axis of the aircraft cabin and the second seat faces outwards away from the axis of the aircraft cabin and in that at least a portion of the first seat and of the corresponding first footwell are capable of defining at least a portion of a first bed surface which faces outwards away from the axis of the aircraft cabin and in that at least a portion of the second seat and of the corresponding second footwell are capable of defining at least a portion of a second bed surface which faces inwards in the direction of the axis of the aircraft cabin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Arthur Glain, Oscar Ruiz, Charles Ehrmann
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Publication number: 20220017225Abstract: A passenger seat includes a seat frame, a plurality of legs extending down from the seat frame where each of the plurality of legs includes an upper end attached to the seat frame and a lower end, and at least one tube attached to the lower end of at least one of the plurality of legs. The at least one tube includes at least two attachments to a floor structure. The at least one tube includes at least one bent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Reza Mansouri, Romain Tranier, Charles Michael Parker, Arthur Glain
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Publication number: 20210380254Abstract: An aircraft cabin is provided. The aircraft cabin comprises a first seat unit and a second seat unit, the first and second seat units being in a first row of seat units and being separated by an aisle. The cabin comprises a partition movable between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the partition is positioned at least partially in the aisle between the first and second seat units thereby at least partially blocking the aisle. The cabin further comprises an item of furniture movable between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the item of furniture is positioned in the aisle between the first and second seat units.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: James Woodington, Paul Wills, Oscar Ruiz, Arthur Glain, Matthew Cleary, Victor Carlioz
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Patent number: 11192654Abstract: Described are passenger seat headrest assemblies and seats including headrest assemblies having a semi-rigid flap fixedly connected with an upper portion of the seat back or headrest assembly at a first location and movably connected with the seat back or headrest assembly at a receiving element separated from the first location. The distance of the movable connection from the first location can be adjusted to cause the flexible headrest assembly to flex outward from the seat to provide a greater or lesser degree of support for a passenger.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLCInventors: Oscar Ruiz Lara, Arthur Glain
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Publication number: 20210347483Abstract: An aircraft cabin is provided. The aircraft cabin comprises a first row of seat units extending across the cabin between a first outboard sidewall of the cabin and a second opposite outboard sidewall of the cabin, a first aisle extending along the cabin, and a second aisle extending along the cabin. The first row of seats units comprises a first seat unit, a second seat unit, a third seat unit and no further seat units. The first aisle is positioned adjacent the first outboard sidewall and separates the first outboard sidewall and the first seat unit, the second seat unit is positioned adjacent the first seat unit, and the third seat unit is spaced apart from the second seat unit by the second aisle, the third seat unit being positioned adjacent the second outboard sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: James Woodington, Paul Wills, Oscar Ruiz, Arthur Glain, Matthew Cleary, Victor Carlioz
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Publication number: 20210316867Abstract: A passenger seat back can include a rearward surface, a tray table (106) deployable away from the rearward surface of the seat back, and a shelf (108) independent from the tray table (106). The shelf (108) can include a support surface (110) and at least one pivot (116) pivotally coupling the support surface (110) to the rearward surface of the seat back. For example, the support surface (110) may support a passenger's personal entertainment device or other item at a variety of viewing orientations and apart from the tray table (106).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Oscar Ruiz Lara, Arthur Glain