LILOT'S SEAT Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: flying vehicles; cockpit equipment. SUBSTANCE: pilot's seat has backrest hinge connected to cushion and seat adjuster arranged under cushion. Seat adjuster has lower frame with parallel guides rigidly secured to cockpit floor, upper frame secured on cushion and connected with lower frame by leverage whose members are connected in crosswise manner and are furnished with rollers. Members are interconnected by pull-back springs. Seat has additional guides secured on upper frame. Upper ends of outer member rockers are connected through rollers with frame guides. Lower ends of rockers are connected through rollers with lower frame guides. Rollers of upper ends of inner member rockers and those of lower ends of outer member rockers are furnished with locks installed on axle of each roller. Locks of upper ends of inner member rockers are connected with seat horizontal adjusting handle, and lock of lower ends of outer member rockers are connected with seat vertical adjusting handle. EFFECT: increased range of seat adjustment for pilots, 2.5 to 97.5 percentile. 6 dwg