ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,647, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG (Schwabisch Hall, Germany).
"Aircraft seat module" was invented by Daniel Udriste (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany), Maik Thiele (Stuttgart, Germany), Thomas Drenzeck (Michelfeld, Germany) and Hermann Hoffmann (Schwaebisch Hall, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft seat module, which forms an aircraft seat region, includes an aircraft seat that is configured to be mounted in an aircraft cabin at an angle Alpha of 30 degrees to 80 degrees, preferably 45 degrees to 65 degrees, and that comprises at least a base frame and a cinematics unit, with an enclo...