An aircraft seat may include a seat back coupled to a shell of one or more passenger compartment shell sections of a passenger compartment installed within an aircraft cabin. The aircraft seat may include a seat pan coupled to a floor of the aircraft cabin proximate to an ottoman installed within the passenger compartment. The seat back may be in contact with a surface of the seat pan when the aircraft seat is in a first position. The seat back may be separated from the surface of the seat pan when the aircraft seat is in a second position. The seat back may be configured to move independently of the seat pan when the aircraft seat transitions between the first position and the second position.

Passenger seating comprises rows of seats with a door assembly at the end of each row for improving a seat occupant's privacy. The door assembly includes a door that slides into and out of a base in a primary mode of operation, and which supports a secondary mode of opening. The secondary mode may involve pivoting on hinges. A latch is provided to prevent the door from being opened routinely in the secondary mode. The door assembly is also capable of retracting with respect to the adjacent seat to improve access.

The present invention provides, an aircraft passenger seat unit comprising a convertible passenger seat, a shell defining a planform of the seat unit, the planform having a first end region across a first end of the planform, a second end region across the second end of the planform, and a middle region extending from the first end region to the second end region, wherein the second end region is offset from the first end region in a direction transverse to the length of the planform, the shell further comprising a moveable partition being moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, in which a sight line is unblocked, wherein the moveable partition is located adjacent the middle region and wherein, when in the lowered position, the partition is located under the bed height of the converted passenger seat.

The invention relates to a seat arrangement, in particular for an aircraft cabin, including: at least one first column of seats extending on one side of an aisle, at least one second column of seats extending on an opposite side of the aisle, the seats of the second column being disposed staggered with respect to the seats of the first column, this arrangement including at least one door that can move between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the door closes an upper space located above a console of the first column, the upper space being defined, on the one hand, by a shell associated with the console and, on the other hand, by a shell associated with a front seat, a lower space extending between the front end of the console and the shell of the front seat being left free, the lower space communicating with the upper space in order to form an access passage between the aisle and
a seat of the second column when the door is in the stowed position.

The field of this disclosure relates to the use of variable transparency technology on aircraft seats. Specifically, there is described a system that uses a transparent material that can be transitioned to become more opaque upon application of a voltage. The transparent material may be used for privacy purposes, may be used to create a video screen on a selected surface, or for other uses described herein.

Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with the operation of a vehicle are provided. For example a vehicle computing system can receive occupancy data that includes information associated with occupancy of a vehicle that includes seats. One or more states of the vehicle can be determined. The states of the vehicle can include a disposition of any object that is within the vehicle. Further, a configuration of the seats in the vehicle can be determined based on the occupancy data and the states of the vehicle. The configuration can include a disposition of the seats inside the vehicle. Furthermore, at least one of the seats can be adjusted based on the configuration that was determined.

An actuatable door for an aircraft passenger suite may include a flexible privacy divider configured to actuate between a stowed divider position and a deployed divider position, a cartridge configured to actuate between a stowed cartridge position and a deployed cartridge position via at least one intermediate cartridge position, and a mechanism housed within the cartridge and configured to actuate the flexible privacy divider between the stowed divider position and the deployed divider position, where the flexible privacy divider may be at least partially stowed within the cartridge when in the stowed divider position. The actuatable door may be configured to actuate between a stowed door position and a deployed door position via at least one intermediate door position, and configured to separate the aircraft passenger suite from an open area within an aircraft cabin when in the deployed door position and provide privacy to the aircraft passenger suite.

A self-sanitizing divider assembly is provided. The assembly includes a planar structure comprising a first surface, a sanitization system and a divider. The sanitization system may include a housing having an interior volume with an opening on one side of the housing, wherein the housing is coupled to the planar structure. The sanitization system may also have a moveable sanitizing members, wherein the sanitizing members move in response to activation of the sanitization system. The divider may be coupled within the housing with a portion of the divider extending through the opening of the housing to extend away from the first surface of the planar structure or may be coupled adjacent the opening of the housing and extending away from the first surface of the planar structure. The sanitization system automatically sanitizes the divider with sanitization solution during movement of the sanitizing members after activation of the sanitization system.

The invention relates to a passenger module for a vehicle cabin, the passenger module comprising a first side element, a second side element, a front partition wall, and two seats arranged between the first side element and the second side element, wherein the first side element and the second side element extending parallel to each other; the seats are arranged substantially one behind another and facing substantially in a same direction; wherein the front partition wall is arranged between the seats and connects the first side element and the second side element.

The invention relates to a passenger module for a vehicle cabin, the passenger module comprising a first side element, a second side element; and two seats arranged between the first side element and the second side element.