US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on June 30 for "Aircraft passenger seat assembly with over center breakover link" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,365, issued on June 30, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aircraft passenger seat assembly with over center breakover link" was invented by Jeremy F. Malecha (Pfafftown, N.C.) and Isaac Hale (Winston Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft passenger seat assembly including spaced frame members and a pivotally attached seat bottom and seat back positioned between the spaced frame members. The seat bottom and the seat back are coupled to the frame members by upper and lower links positioned on opposite lateral sides of the seat back. During normal use of the seat, the upper and lower links rotate...