US Patent Issued to Safran Seats USA on Sept. 2 for "Armrest control mechanism for passenger seat" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,804, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Armrest control mechanism for passenger seat" was invented by Tyler L. Newbold (Sherman, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armrest control mechanism for a passenger seat may be attached to a seat frame and an armrest to control movement of the armrest relative to the seat frame. The armrest control mechanism may include a base member, a gas spring, a pulley attached to the gas spring and moveable relative to the base member, and a cable movable relative to the base member for moving the pulley. The gas spring may provide forces through the pulle...