Abstract: A vehicle includes a tailgate configured to enclose a truck bed, a power tailgate system configured to cause the tailgate to move between a closed position and an open position, at least one sensor disposed on the tailgate, a cable stay configured to couple to the tailgate and a body of the vehicle such that the cable stay is extended between the tailgate and the body of the vehicle when the tailgate is in the open position, and a cable stay ramp assembly disposed on the body of the vehicle and configured to guide the cable stay as the tailgate moves from the open position to the closed position. The sensor is configured to detect an object between the tailgate the body of the vehicle.

Abstract: A tailgate system for a vehicle includes a first door pivotable more than ninety degrees about a first door axis between a first door closed position and a first door fully-open position, and a second door pivotable more than ninety degrees about a second door axis between a second door closed position and a second door fully-open position. When the first door is in the first door closed position and the second door is in the second door closed position, the first door and the second door are pivotable together about a tailgate axis between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position relative to a cargo bed of a vehicle.

Abstract: With a shaft and a support attached to each other, a gate is swingable about a horizontal axis between a standing position and an open position and detachable from a floor. A holder is included that is manually operable between (i) a first position, in which the holder prevents the shaft and the support from becoming apart from each other and holds the gate in such a manner that the gate is swingable about the axis, and (ii) a second position, in which the holder allows the shaft and the support to become apart from each other and allows the gate to be detached from the floor.

Abstract: A vehicle control system capable of improving aerodynamic performance of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system includes: a diffuser device installed on a rear bumper of a vehicle and configured to be movable between a storing position stored in the rear bumper and an extending position protruding from the rear bumper toward the rear of the vehicle; a natural wind detecting device installed on the vehicle to detect a direction of the natural wind relative to the vehicle; and a control device arranged on the vehicle and controlling movement of the diffuser device in response to the direction of the natural wind.

Abstract: A door mirror structure includes a door mirror for a vehicle, and an airflow guide provided at an end portion on a vehicle rear side on an upper surface of the door mirror. The airflow guide guides traveling wind such that the traveling wind generated when the vehicle is traveling flows to a vehicle outer side along the airflow guide.

Abstract: The current invention is a side wind protector. It allows for the blocking and channeling the air away from the cab when a removable door has been removed. The side wind protector connects to the vehicle in front of the door frame (the open area when the door is remove) and buffers and channels the air away from the opening and the cab. It is slight angle backwards and can incorporate a mirror. In one embodiment it can be installed in the hinges where the door was attached. It can be attached to either side or both sides of the vehicle.

Abstract: A crawler drive for an agricultural work machine is disclosed. The crawler device includes front and rear main wheels, front and rear main frames associated with the front and rear main wheels respectively, two support wheels, a running belt surrounding the main wheels and an articulation point to pivotably connect to a body of the agricultural work machine while forming a machine axis. The two main frames, coupled to one another, pivot about a common pivot axis. The support wheels are positioned on a common support frame, which is pivotably connected to the front main frame. A coupling member is coupled at a swing arm end of the coupling member to the support wheel swing arm and at a frame end of the coupling member to the rear main frame and thereby couples the support wheel swing arm and the rear main frame to one another.

Abstract: A track link structure has an outer surface and an inner surface. The track link structure includes a first mainbody and a second mainbody. The first mainbody includes a first track link portion and a first connecting portion. The first track link portion includes a first shaft hole. The first connecting portion includes a first inclined plane structure and a first connecting structure. The second mainbody includes a second track link portion and a second connecting portion. The second track link portion includes a second shaft hole. The second connecting portion includes a second inclined plane structure and a second connecting structure. The first connecting portion is correspondingly connected to the second connecting portion so as to assemble the first mainbody and the second mainbody to form the track link structure.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a robot includes a supporter disposed in the lower portion of a body to be spaced apart from a rear joint and a front joint and having a length shorter than a length of the rear joint and a length of the front joint; and a processor configured to perform a rear joint raising mode when a moved distance of the body is within a set distance or the body is stationary during driving of a front drive motor, and the rear joint raising mode is a mode in which a rear joint motor raises the rear joint such that a rear wheel which is connected to the rear joint is spaced apart from the ground.

Abstract: A seat post clamp for securing a bicycle seat to a bicycle frame, the seat post clamp having a clamp assembly, the clamp assembly having a central height axis and further comprising a cradle, a set of two identical wing clamps, a central base, and a set of two fasteners. The clamp assembly having a first configuration and second configuration, where the cradle is positioned below the bicycle seat, the central base is positioned below the cradle, the wing clamps are symmetrically disposed relative to the central height axis, the wing clamps and cradle are each configured to rigidly contact the central base in the first configuration and to slidably contact the central base in the second configuration, and wherein the fasteners are configured to provide both longitudinal and rotational adjustment of the attached bicycle seat in the second configuration.

Abstract: A vehicle including a frame and a panel coupled to the frame. The panel includes an open-ended aperture extending therethrough. The vehicle further includes a duct including a bore that is aligned with a portion of the aperture, a windshield fixedly coupled to the duct, and a fastener that clamps the duct to the panel. The fastener extends through the aperture in the panel and into the bore in the duct. Under a predetermined deceleration of the vehicle, the fastener moves through the aperture such that the duct and the windshield release from the panel.

Abstract: A windshield including a first side edge, a second side edge, a front edge, and a rear edge. A central portion of the front edge is raised relative to the first side edge and the second side edge. A notch extends from the front edge towards the rear edge and has an open end at the front edge and a closed end spaced apart from the open end. A mounting hole is closer to the first side edge than the second side edge, and a second mounting hole is closer to the second side edge than the first side edge. The front edge is configured to conform to a contour of a panel, the notch is configured to engage with a bracket that extends from the panel, and each of the first and second mounting holes is configured to receive a fastener to secure the windshield to the panel.

Abstract: A bicycle spinner peg device is provided. The device is comprised of a shaft with at least one wheel which spins around the shaft. The shaft also receives a fender, which rests above the wheel, that attaches to the shaft in a non-rotational manner. The device is also comprised of a peg thread that allows the device to attach to the peg receiving area of a bicycle. As a result, a user can use the wheel of the peg to roll along a surface while performing a BMX trick. While doing so, the user can also stand on the fender, which does not rotate as the wheel rolls along the surface.

Abstract: An example liquid cooling system for an internal combustion engine (ICE) of a vehicle, a vehicle having such a liquid cooling system, a cooling circuit for such a liquid cooling system, a method of cooling a vehicle engine. The liquid cooling system having a cooling circuit with a series flow structural configuration that provides precise cooling to the critical hot zones of the cylinder heads.

Abstract: Various personal mobility vehicles, such as scooters, are disclosed. The scooter can include at least one battery and motor for powering at least one driven wheel. The vehicle can include a gear assembly to convert a torque produced by the motor to a different torque to a driven shaft to power the at least one driven wheel. The battery can be removable.

Abstract: Systems and methods for heating a surface of a vehicle. One system includes heated surface system for a vehicle. The heated surface system includes a heating element positioned proximate to a user contact surface of the vehicle, a first input device for receiving user input for controlling the heating element and is communicatively coupled to an electronic control unit over a first connection, and a second input device for receiving user input for controlling the heating element and is communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit over a second connection different from the first connection, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control the heating element based on user input received via the first input device or the second input device.

Abstract: A multi-function hand control for a vehicle includes a housing configured for support on a handlebar having an inboard end, an outboard end, and a front surface configured to face a vehicle operator. A plurality of buttons are configured for operation by the vehicle operator's thumb with the operator's hand positioned adjacent the outboard end of the housing, the plurality of buttons including an inboard button, an outboard button, and a center button between the inboard and outboard buttons. Each one of the plurality of buttons is operable from an at-rest position to an activated position by directly pressing inward on an outer surface thereof. The inboard button is additionally operable from its at-rest position to its activated position by pressing an outboard portion of the center button in a direction toward the inboard button.

Abstract: An operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The operating device includes a base, an operating member, a hydraulic unit and an intermediate member. The operating member is pivotally mounted to the base about a first pivot axis. The hydraulic unit is operated by the operating member to move a piston in a cylinder bore. The intermediate member is movably coupled to the operating member to move the piston from an initial position to an actuated position in response to operation of the operating member. The piston is closer to a distal end of the base where the piston is at an initial position than where the piston is at an actuated position. The cylinder bore is at least partly closer to the distal end than the first pivot axis. The intermediate member is at least partly closer to the distal end than the first pivot axis.

Abstract: A lever device has a master cylinder body having cylinder walls delimiting a cavity or cylinder, a float or piston and a lever assembly having a primary lever having a primary lever thrust portion, a secondary lever or hub connected to the float or piston and having a secondary lever counter-abutment portion. The primary lever rotates between a primary lever resting position, and at least one primary lever actuation position. The lever assembly has an elastic return element configured to elastically bias the primary lever to the primary lever resting position. The secondary lever or hub is operatively connectable to a combined braking mechanism actuatable by a combined action lever. An elastic relative-load element connected to the primary lever and/or the secondary lever or hub applies an elastic spacing action which opposes an approach of the secondary lever counter-abutment portion to the primary lever thrust portion. or vice versa.

Abstract: Embodiments according to the present invention include to a bicycle pedal with a pedal body with a first contact surface and an opposite second contact surface, wherein a plurality of pins is arranged on the first contact surface, and wherein a plurality of pins is arranged on the second contact surface. At least one of the pins comprises a tooth comprising a skew relative to the respective contact surface of the bicycle pedal, wherein the skew of the tooth comprises an angle ? of between ?=5° and ?=45° with respect to a perpendicular to the respective contact surface, on which the pin is mounted.

Abstract: A method for operating a drive device (1) for a muscle-powered vehicle is provided. The drive device (1) includes a pedal shaft (2), a superposition gear unit (6) as a planetary transmission with a first element (7), a second element (8), and a third element (10), an output gear (5) mechanically operatively connectable to a wheel (42) of the muscle-powered vehicle, and an electric machine (12). The pedal shaft (2) is mechanically connected to the second element (8), the output gear (5) is mechanically connected to the third element (10), and the electric machine (12) is mechanically connected to the first element (7). The method includes detecting (I) the actual rotational speed of the output gear (5), determining (II) a target rotational speed of the pedal shaft (2), and controlling (III) the electric machine (12) based on the detected actual rotational speed and the determined target rotational speed.

Abstract: It is provided a drive system for an electric bicycle, in which an electronic control system is provided for a power control of first and second electric motors of the drive system in an emergency mode, wherein the emergency mode is active when the first and second electric motors cannot be supplied with electric current via an energy accumulator of the drive system, and via the electronic control system, at least one of the first and second electric motors can at least temporarily be operated regeneratively in the emergency mode, in order to convert a power applied by muscle force at the drive shaft into electric energy, which provides for a stepless variation of a gear ratio of a superposition transmission also in the emergency mode.

Abstract: A method for open-loop control of a drive device for assisting a vehicle at least intermittently operable by muscle power is provided. The vehicle includes a driving wheel drivable by drive force provided from the drive device, and a crank apparatus rotatable by a rider of the vehicle. The method includes: (S1) querying a predetermined operating mode of the drive device specifiable by the rider of the vehicle; (S2) detecting a rotational speed of the driving wheel; (S3) detecting a rotational speed of the crank apparatus; (S4) determining a synchronous operation with respect to the rotational speed of the driving wheel and the rotational speed of the crank apparatus based on a transmission ratio between the crank apparatus and the driving wheel; and (S6) controlling the drive device with a predefined drive power regardless of a muscle power introduced into a crank apparatus when the predetermined operating mode is present and the synchronous operation is present.

Abstract: A drive unit for a bicycle includes a housing, a first speed reducer including an input shaft and an output shaft coaxial with each other to reduce rotation transmitted from an electric motor, a power transmission to which rotation of the output shaft of the first speed reducer is transmitted, and a second speed reducer to change a direction of an axis of rotation transmitted from the power transmission. The housing includes a single cylindrical first housing to support the first speed reducer and the power transmission without any housing other than the first housing being interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A powertrain (100) for an electric bicycle has: an electric motor (104); a motor gear (226) connected to the motor (104); a crankshaft (108) for connecting to crank arms (110); an input shaft (232) driven by the crankshaft (108); an input gear (234) connected to the input shaft (232) and driven by the motor gear (226); a plurality of first gears (236) mounted to the input shaft (232); a countershaft (242); a plurality of second gears (244) rotationally mounted to the countershaft (242), each second gear being driven by a corresponding first gear (236); a plurality of third gears (246) rotationally mounted to the countershaft (242); an output shaft (114); a plurality of fourth gears (260) mounted to the output shaft (114), each fourth gear (260) being selectively driven by a corresponding third gear (246); a first shift assembly (248) for selectively rotationally fixing any one second to the countershaft (242); a second shift assembly (250) for selectively rotationally fixing any one third gear (246) to the co

Abstract: Electric scooter having: a footboard; at least one driving wheel that is coupled to the footboard and is arranged in a front or rear position; at least one driven wheel which is coupled to the footboard and is arranged in a rear or front position; a handlebar operatively coupled to the footboard to turn a front wheel; an electric motor that is suitable for turning the driving wheel; and a gearbox with two or more gear ratios that is interposed between the electric motor and the driving wheel to receive the motion from the electric motor and transmit motion to the driving wheel.

Abstract: A gear set arrangement (10) for a bicycle gearbox (400) includes a planetary assembly, a stationary component (24), a first and a second brake (B1, B2), and a first and a second freewheel clutch (F1, F2). One planetary gear set (12) of the planetary assembly includes a first rotary element, a second rotary element, and a third rotary element. The first rotary element is rotationally fixable on the stationary component (24) by the first brake (B1). The first rotary element is connectable to the output (36) by the first freewheel clutch (F1). The second rotary element is rotationally fixable on the stationary component (24) by the second brake (B2). The second rotary element is connectable to the output (36) by the second freewheel clutch (F2). The third rotary element is connected to the input (34) for conjoint rotation. The gear set arrangement (10) is configured to provide three ratios.

Abstract: A water sports equipment storage rack includes a seat configured to receive a first portion of a water sport device, an engagement member configured to linearly move in outward and inward directions between extended and retracted positions and to rotatably move about a pivot axis between an open position where the engagement member is spaced from the water sport device and a closed position where the engagement member abuts the water sport device thereby securing the water sport device within the water sports equipment storage rack, and a drive mechanism configured to linearly move the engagement member in the outward direction during a first portion of the linear movement of the engagement member and configured to rotatably move the engagement member from the closed position to the open position during a second portion of the linear movement of the engagement member.

Abstract: A water sports equipment storage rack includes first and second seats configured to receive a water sport device, an first engagement member aligned with the first seat and a second engagement member aligned with the second seat where each engagement member is configured to linearly move outward and inward with respect to the seat between an extended and retracted positions and to rotatably move about a pivot axis between an open position where the engagement member is spaced from the water sport device and a closed position where the engagement member abuts the water sports device thereby securing the water sport device within the storage rack, and a first drive mechanism configured to linearly move the first engagement member between the extended and retracted positions and rotatably move the first engagement member between the open and closed positions.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a floating structure is provided. The floating structure includes an open top end; an open bottom end opposite the open top end; an annular wall extending between the open top end and the open bottom end; and a cylindrical structure arranged off center of the floating structure and configured to support a tower. The annular wall forms a circumferential peripheral of the floating structure to provide a central moonpool. At least part of the cylindrical structure extends alongside and coupled to the annular wall. According to further embodiments, an apparatus including the floating structure and a tower supported by a cylindrical structure of the floating structure is also provided.

Abstract: A cage culture platform for comprehensively utilizing new marine energy is provided, which includes a wave power generation device, a platform main body, solar power generation devices, a wind power generation device, a culture cage and a mooring system. The wave power generation device is arranged around the platform main body, the solar power generation devices and the wind power generation device are arranged at an upper part of the platform main body, and the culture cage is arranged below the platform main body under water.

Abstract: Systems, assemblies, and methods for conveniently operating marine devices associated with a watercraft are provided herein. An example system includes a controller, a sensor module, and a marine device. The controller is configured to receive a user input indicating a desired action via the sensor module and transmit a signal to the marine device to cause the marine device to operate in a particular manner. The sensor module may include one or more motion sensors, and the controller may be configured to filter unintentional movement from the raw motion data sensed by the sensor module, such as due to movement of the watercraft floating on the surface of the water. Thus, the system may enable convenient and intuitive control over various marine devices associated with the watercraft.

Abstract: A hydraulic boat lift includes an underlying framework and a pair of elongate bunks. Each bunk is pivotally connected to the framework by a respective pair of leading and trailing vertical support beams. A respective hydraulic cylinder actuator operatively interengages each trailing vertical support beam and its connected bunk. The actuators operate to selectively alternate the lift between raised and lowered conditions.

Abstract: Flexible lifesaving devices, such as life vests, pilot suits, lifeboats, lifebuoys, providing flotation to their users. An internal inflation space, integral to the device, has a volume sufficient when inflated, to provide flotation to a person or persons having up to a predetermined weight, using the device. Pressurized flotation gas, having a volume in its gaseous phase sufficient to inflate the internal space, is contained in a flexible pressurized gas container, such as a length of tubing or a pouch in a wall of the device, and enables the device to be both flexible and foldable. A valve connects the flexible container with the internal inflatable space of the device, such that when the valve is opened, the volume of pressurized flotation gas flows into the internal space. The flexible container is a regulatory required part of the device, which is thus flexible and foldable.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an electric motor including an output shaft extending in an upper-lower direction, a gearing connected to the output shaft of the electric motor and including gears to rotate around a rotation shafts extending in the upper-lower direction, and a housing chamber to accommodate the gearing and oil. The housing chamber includes a peripheral wall extending around one of the gears. The peripheral wall includes a sloped portion between the one gear and the peripheral wall that is inclined upward along a rotating direction of the gear.

Abstract: An outboard engine assembly has an engine unit including an engine unit housing, an internal combustion engine disposed in the engine unit housing, the engine defining at least one combustion chamber, a gearcase connected to the engine unit housing, and an exhaust system, the exhaust system including an idle relief passage fluidly communicating with an exhaust passage, the idle relief passage having an idle relief outlet, the idle relief passage extending through the engine unit housing for supplying exhaust gases from the at least one combustion chamber to an exterior of the engine unit housing via the idle relief outlet, the idle relief outlet being disposed vertically higher than the exhaust outlet and vertically lower than a waterline when the outboard engine assembly is mounted to a watercraft and the watercraft is at rest, and a propulsion device operatively connected to the engine.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an electric motor including an output shaft extending along an up-down direction; a gearing located in a gear case and including a first gear including a first gear shaft extending along the up-down direction and connected to the output shaft of the electric motor, and a second gear including a second gear shaft extending along the up-down direction and meshing with the first gear; and a housing chamber to accommodate the gearing and oil. The gearing is located higher than a lower case of the outboard motor, and the gear case includes a refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant can flow.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an electric motor, a motor control board to control the electric motor and having one end higher than another end, a case between the electric motor and the motor control board and including a cooling chamber, a supply flow path connected to the cooling chamber of the case to supply refrigerant to the cooling chamber, and a discharge flow path connected to the cooling chamber to discharge the refrigerant from the cooling chamber. A discharge port of the discharge flow path is located at the one end of the motor control board, a supply port of the supply flow path is located at the another end of the motor control board, a lower end of the discharge port is higher than a lower end of the supply port, and a first wall surface of the cooling chamber extends along the motor control board.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an electric motor including an output shaft extending in an upper-lower direction, a first helical gear including a first gear shaft extending in the upper-lower direction and including a first end connected to the output shaft of the electric motor, a first bearing to support the first end of the first gear shaft, a second bearing to support a second end of the first gear shaft, a second helical gear including a second gear shaft extending in the upper-lower direction and meshing with the first helical gear, and a case accommodating at least the first helical gear, the first bearing, and the second bearing. At least one of the first bearing or the second bearing defines a fixing mechanism to fix the first gear shaft at a predetermined position in the upper-lower direction with respect to the case when the first and second helical gears rotate.

Abstract: Deployable landing gear systems and related methods for vehicles descending from high altitude balloons. A deployable landing gear system may include a support assembly configured to deploy from an undeployed state to a deployed state. The landing support assembly may include a strut and two swing arms. The strut may include an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and a compression spring. The outer cylinder may have a compressible material positioned therein. The inner cylinder may be slidably disposed within the outer cylinder. The compression spring may be positioned around the outer cylinder between a fixed first bracket and a slidable second bracket. In response to deployment, the compression spring may compress between the first and second brackets and the inner cylinder may compress the compressible material. The two swing arms may share a common axis of rotation that is offset from the an axis of rotation of the strut.

Abstract: A fastener bracket configured to be installed on a holding structure. The fastener bracket is formed as a single piece comprising a plate portion and at least two pins protruding in parallel from a first surface of the plate portion. The at least two pins are at least partially made of a remoldable material. Also a fastener kit comprising such fastener bracket and at least one counter component. Moreover, an aircraft structure comprising at least one fastener bracket or fastener kit. Also an installation method of installing a fastener bracket.

Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes a wiper arm configured to sweep along a sweep zone defined between a start position and an end sweep position, a wiper drive shaft operatively connected at a proximal end to the wiper arm to drive the wiper arm between the start position and the end sweep position, a tracer operatively connected to a distal end of the wiper drive shaft configured to mimic movement of the wiper arm, and one or more position indicators disposed proximate a distal end of the tracer corresponding to at least the start position and the end sweep position, where the distal end of the tracer configured interact with the one or more limiters during operation of the wiper arm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft. The aircraft comprises a fuselage, a propulsion mounting spar, a propulsion unit, and a tillable wing. The propulsion unit is mounted to the fuselage by the propulsion mounting spar. The ti liable wing is spaced apart from the propulsion mounting spar. The tillable wing is disposed in the wake from the propulsion unit. The tillable wing is arranged to tilt to vary the angle of attack of the tillable wing. In use, the propulsion unit forces air over the tillable wing such that lift is generated by the wing. The angle of attack of the wing can be increased by tilting the wing to increase the amount of lift generated by the wing. The aircraft may be configured for vertical take-off and/or landing (VTOL), or short take-off and/or landing (STOL).

Abstract: A seal between two aircraft surfaces which are able to move relative to each other. A wing tip device moves between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the fixed wing such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The fixed wing and wing tip device each comprise an outer surface, and a male seal and female seal are arranged such that when the wing tip device is in the flight configuration the female seal receives the male seal, and the female seal and male seal cooperate to provide a smooth transition from the fixed wing outer surface to the wing tip device outer surface.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to control propeller pitch in dual acting propellers. An example propeller control system comprising: a piston including a piston rod; a first valve connected to the piston rod via a first piston line and a second piston line, wherein the first valve selectively allows, based on an input signal, hydraulic fluid to transfer to the piston via the first piston line and the second piston line, wherein in the first valve is a three-state valve; and an independent valve connected to the piston rod via a third piston line, wherein the independent valve selectively allows, based on an input signal, hydraulic fluid to transfer to the piston via the third piston line and wherein the independent valve operates independently of the first valve.

Abstract: An anti-resonance system for a blade defining an elongated channel therein and affixed to a helicopter rotor includes a moveable mass disposed within the elongated channel of the blade so as to be able to slide along elongated channel. A moving device coupled to the moveable mass is configured to move the moveable mass within the elongated channel. A controller is configured to cause the moving device to move the moveable mass to a selected position within the elongated channel so as to avoid the resonance vibrations of the blade during a rotor speed change. In a method of avoiding resonance of a helicopter blade, a current rotational speed of the blade is determined. A position of the moveable mass so as to avoid a resonance point at a current rotational speed is obtained. The moveable mass is moved to the position.

Abstract: A crew rest system for an internal cabin of a vehicle, such as a commercial aircraft, includes a monument having a cart compartment configured to retain three or more galley carts. An access area having an entrance is on a side of the monument. The entrance leads into an internal passage having steps.

Abstract: A galley cart restraint mechanism is provided. The galley cart restraint mechanism including a base portion, a post portion coupled to the base portion, and a foot portion coupled to the post portion. At least the foot portion is configured to engage with a floor track to prevent movement of the galley cart in at least a first direction.

Abstract: The invention is based on an aircraft seat device having a seat divider, having an armrest, which is pivotable, with respect to the seat divider, between a position of use and a position of non-use and which has an armrest base body, and having an attachment module, which is configured to support the armrest in a pivotable manner with respect to the seat divider, wherein the armrest base body, in a fully installed state, is coupled with the seat divider via the attachment module. It is proposed that the attachment module is pivotably connected to the seat divider and is configured, in an installation state in which the attachment module is connected to the seat divider, for coupling with the armrest base body, wherein the attachment module, in the fully installed state, is received at least substantially in an attachment space of the armrest.

Abstract: Vehicle seat systems, especially seat systems for aircraft passengers are provided. In preferred forms, the aircraft seat systems according to the embodiments disclosed herein will include a seat base assembly, a seat tracking/swivel assembly fixed to the seat base assembly and a seat bucket fixed to the seat tracking/swivel assembly.