1. A passenger seat, comprising:
a backrest;
a seat frame coupled to said backrest;
a seat cushion carrier with a seat cushion mounted on said seat frame, said seat cushion having a front edge; and
an adjustment mechanism coupled to said seat cushion for moving said front edge relative to said backrest and fixing said front edge in various adjusted positions relative to said backrest, said adjustment mechanism including at least one variable-volume energy accumulator bag having at least one elastomeric enclosing wall biasing said front edge toward a retracted position, each of said adjusted positions being associated with one volume level of said accumulator bag, said bag being chargeable with and emptiable of a pressure medium, said accumulator bag being charged with said medium in an initial state to locate said front edge in an extended position with increased seat depth, and emptied or evacuated to locate said front edge in said retracted position with decreased seat depth.
2. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said medium is a fluid.
3. A passenger seat cording to claim 2 wherein
said fluid is a gas.
4. A passenger seat according to claim 3 wherein
said gas is ambient air.
5. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag comprises a first side facing said seat cushion carrier, said first side resting on one of said seat cushion carrier, said seat frame, cover material and compressed cushion foam material.
6. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag is located in a pouch between cushion materials in an area of said front edge.
7. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag comprises an elongated accumulator tube with a longest dimension thereof extending along said front edge, and with a transverse dimension perpendicular to said front edge smaller than said longest dimension.
8. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag is connected to a supply pump.
9. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag encloses large-pore foam.
10. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag is formed of large-pore foam.
11. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag is housed in said seat cushion adjacent said front edge, said accumulator bag being expandable and contractible.
12. A passenger seat according to claim 11 wherein
said accumulator bag is restrained from expanding toward said backrest.
13. A passenger seat according to claim 11 wherein
said accumulator bag is restrained to expand and contract only in directions moving said front edge respectively toward and away from said backrest.
14. A passenger seat according to claim 1 wherein
said accumulator bag extends along only said front edge.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising an active-element substrate, a counter-substrate provided above and opposite to the active-element substrate, and a liquid crystal provided between the active-element substrate and the counter-substrate,
wherein the active-element substrate includes a display area in which an image is displayed and a non-display area in which no image is displayed, and comprises:
an image signal line;
an active element including a scanning line and connected to the image signal line;
a driving circuit which is connected to the scanning line and the image signal line and applies a voltage;
a common electrode;
a first electrode electrically connected to the common electrode and provided in the non-display area; and
a second electrode a voltage of which is lower than that of the common electrode and which is provided in the non-display area,
at least part of the second electrode is located in a position different from that of the first electrode as seen from above, and
the scanning line is located below the first electrode.
2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein
the first electrode includes a slit formed therein, and
the second electrode is located within the slit as seen from above.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein
a plurality of first electrodes identical to the first electrode are provided, and
the second electrode is located between the first electrodes as seen from above.
4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is located in an upper layer than a layer in which the second electrode is located.
5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 4, wherein
the active-element substrate includes an alignment film which is in contact with the liquid crystal, and
the first electrode is located in the same layer as the alignment film.
6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is located in the same layer as the second electrode.
7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5, wherein
the active-element substrate includes an alignment film which is in contact with the liquid crystal, and
the first electrode is located in the same layer as the alignment film.
8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is located in a lower layer than a layer in which the second electrode is located.
9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is located inward of the second electrode as seen from above.
10. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is located outward of the second electrode as seen from above.
11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein
a plurality of scanning lines identical to the scanning line are provided, one or more of the scanning lines are low-voltage scanning lines each having an hourly average voltage which is lower than a voltage of the common electrode, and
at least part of the low-voltage scanning lines is located in a different position from that of the first electrode as seen from above.
12. A liquid crystal display device comprising an active-element substrate, a counter-substrate provided above and opposite to the active-element substrate, and a liquid crystal provided between the active-element substrate and the counter-substrate,
wherein the active-element substrate includes a display area in which an image is displayed and a non-display area in which no image is displayed, and comprises:
an image signal line;
an active element including a scanning line and connected to the image signal line;
a driving circuit which is connected to the scanning line and the image signal line and applies a voltage;
a common electrode; and
a first electrode electrically connected to the common electrode and provided in the non-display area,
the scanning line is located below the first electrode,
a plurality of scanning lines identical to the scanning line are provided, and one or more of the scanning lines are low-voltage scanning lines each having an hourly average voltage which is lower than that of the common electrode, and
at least part of the low-voltage scanning lines is located in a different position from that of the first electrode as seen from above.