24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-5.9.R.3

DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AIRPLANE SEAT CUSHIONS

S. Watanabe, S. Fujita*
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Japan; *Osaka Gas Chemicals Co., Ltd., Japan

Keywords: carbon fiber, airplane seat cushion, safety, environment, light weight

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA), Osaka Gas Chemical Co., Ltd. (OGC), and All Nippon Airways Trading Co., Ltd. (ANATC) jointly developed an advanced airplane seat cushion, which is fabricated with a carbon fiber, at the first in the world. The carbon fiber cushion has many beneficial features as a seat cushion in the airplane interior and these are described in the present paper

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