ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,089, issued on May 27, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Aircraft seat" was invented by Stephen Howard Fagan (Wichita, Kan.), Paul Stokholm Warren (Wichita, Kan.), Emily O'Kelley Pearson (Wichita, Kan.), Jeremy Joseph Kneuper (Hesston, Kan.) and Phillip Kendrick (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat base includes a plurality of linear actuators each having a first end pivotally mounted to a base member and a second end pivotally mounted to a seat member. A controller is adapted for controlling an extension length of each of the plurality of linear actuators in a coordinated manner for adjust...