Patents by Inventor Dafne Diaz

Dafne Diaz 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).

  • Recliner sofa system for economy class seat
    Patent number: 11097846
    Abstract: A passenger seat with a recliner sofa system includes a passenger seatback with a seatback frame and a seatback cushion. The seatback cushion is rotatable relative to the seatback frame between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In some examples, in the deployed configuration, the seatback cushion extends through the seatback frame. In various examples, in the deployed configuration, the seatback cushion of a forward passenger seat abuts a seat base of an aft passenger seat. In certain examples, a method of reclining a passenger seat with a recliner sofa system includes rotating a seatback cushion of a seatback of a passenger seat relative to a seatback frame of the seatback of the passenger seat, and positioning the seatback cushion relative to the seatback frame such that a portion of the seatback cushion extends through the seatback frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Jose Madrigal, Dafne Diaz, Teresa Antillon, Mario Herrera, Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre
  • RECLINER SOFA SYSTEM FOR ECONOMY CLASS SEAT
    Publication number: 20200331613
    Abstract: A passenger seat with a recliner sofa system includes a passenger seatback with a seatback frame and a seatback cushion. The seatback cushion is rotatable relative to the seatback frame between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In some examples, in the deployed configuration, the seatback cushion extends through the seatback frame. In various examples, in the deployed configuration, the seatback cushion of a forward passenger seat abuts a seat base of an aft passenger seat. In certain examples, a method of reclining a passenger seat with a recliner sofa system includes rotating a seatback cushion of a seatback of a passenger seat relative to a seatback frame of the seatback of the passenger seat, and positioning the seatback cushion relative to the seatback frame such that a portion of the seatback cushion extends through the seatback frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jose Madrigal, Dafne Diaz, Teresa Antillon, Mario Herrera, Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre
  • Amenities modules
    Patent number: 10532816
    Abstract: A passenger seat includes a tray table and an amenities module. The passenger seat has at least one first configuration where the amenities module is concealed by the tray table and at least one second configuration where the amenities module is exposed. The tray table is approximately parallel to a seatback surface of the passenger seat in the at least one first configuration and in the at least one second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre, Nguyen Foek Le, Dafne Diaz, Mario Herrera, Jean-Christophe Gaudeau, Jose Ramon Madrigal
  • AMENITIES MODULES
    Publication number: 20190176989
    Abstract: A passenger seat includes a tray table and an amenities module. The passenger seat has at least one first configuration where the amenities module is concealed by the tray table and at least one second configuration where the amenities module is exposed. The tray table is approximately parallel to a seatback surface of the passenger seat in the at least one first configuration and in the at least one second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Zodiac Seats US LLC
    Inventors: Raul Daniel Flores Aguirre, Nguyen Foek Le, Dafne Diaz, Mario Herrera, Jean-Christophe Gaudeau, Jose Ramon Madrigal