A lower leg restraint for a side-facing passenger seat including a panel configured to deploy from a first position proximate a seat to a second position forward of the seat in response to an abrupt deceleration event, an actuator coupled with the panel for driving panel deployment from the first position to the second position, and a sensor communicatively coupled with the actuator, the sensor configured to sense the abrupt deceleration event and trigger actuator movement in response thereto. A side-facing aircraft passenger seat having an automatically deployable lower leg restraint.


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    Title :

    Leg restraint device for side-facing seated vehicle occupants


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    Publication date :

    2016-03-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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