Vehicle seat

• US 10,562,422 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2017
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Coburg
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Ioppolo, Leo
• Primary Examiner(s): Kwiecinski, Ryan D
• Application Number:
  US15/427,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20180222351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,105 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4221 due to impact coming from the front
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42709 involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2205/20 Measures for elimination or compensation of play or backlash

Abstract

A vehicle seat comprises a seat part including a seat cushion pan 1 for a seat occupant, two side parts between which a cross tube 6 extends along a pivot axis, and seat part mounting brackets 7 for connecting the seat cushion pan 1 and the cross tube 6. The cross tube 6 has a clearance opening 61 within the range of at least one of the seat part mounting brackets 7 and a local bead 62 opposite from the clearance opening 61. The local bead 62 engages an indentation or slot 72 within the surface of the seat part mounting bracket 7 facing the cross tube 6 for limiting a lateral movement of the seat cushion pan 1.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat part comprising a seat cushion pan for a seat occupant and two side parts between which a cross tube having a substantially cylindrical surface extends along a pivot axis,

seat part mounting brackets for connecting said seat cushion pan and said cross tube,

said cross tube having a clearance opening in its cylindrical surface in a connecting section of at least a first mounting bracket said seat part mounting brackets and a cam opposite from said clearance opening,

said cam positively engaging a lock of said first mounting bracket for limiting a lateral movement of said seat cushion pan.

2. The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein said clearance opening is formed as a hole or slot punched into a bottom of the cylindrical surface of said cross tube with respect to a Z direction of the Cartesian car coordinate system) to provide access to a tool to create said cam opposite from said clearance opening.

3. The vehicle seat of claim 2, wherein said cam is formed on an opposite side on top of the cylindrical surface of said cross tube with respect to the Z direction of the Cartesian car coordinate system.

4. The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein said cam radially expands from the cylindrical surface of said cross tube.

5. The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the lock which said cam engages is an indentation or slot within the surface of said seat part mounting bracket facing said cross tube.

6. The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein said cross tube has an additional clearance opening in its cylindrical surface in the connecting section of a second seat part mounting bracket being separated from the first seat part mounting bracket by a predetermined distance and cams opposite from said clearance openings, said cams abutting inner edges of said first and second seat part mounting brackets facing each other.

7. The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein said cross tube has an additional clearance opening in its cylindrical surface in a connecting section of a second seat part mounting bracket being separated from said first seat part mounting bracket by a predetermined distance and cams opposite from said clearance openings, said cams abutting outer edges of said first and second seat part mounting brackets being oriented to said side parts of said seat part.

8. The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein said vehicle seat further comprises an adjustment mechanism including a plurality of rockers which are pivotally coupled to said seat part and which are connected in a torsionally locked manner to said cross tube.

9. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat part comprising a seat cushion pan for a seat occupant and two side parts between which a cross tube extends along a pivot axis,

seat part mounting brackets for connecting said seat cushion pan and said cross tube,

said cross tube having a mounting opening in a connecting section of at least one of said seat part mounting brackets,

said at least one of said seat part mounting brackets in the connecting section of said mounting opening having a cam expanding from the inner surface of said at least one said seat part mounting brackets facing said mounting opening of said cross tube,

said cam of said at least one of said seat part mounting brackets engaging said mounting opening of said cross tube for limiting a lateral movement of said seat cushion pan.

10. The vehicle seat of claim 9, wherein said mounting opening is formed as a hole or slot punched into the bottom of said cross tube with respect to a Z-direction of the Cartesian car coordinate system, said at least one of said seat part mounting brackets in the connecting section of said mounting opening having a mounting part opposite said cam for connecting said seat cushion pan to said at least one of said seat part mounting brackets.

11. The vehicle seat of claim 9, wherein said mounting opening is formed as a hole or slot punched into the top side of said cross tube with respect to the Z-direction of the Cartesian car coordinate system, said at least one of said seat part mounting brackets in the connecting section of said mounting opening having a cam expanding from the lower surface of the mounting part of said at least one of said seat part mounting brackets facing said mounting opening of said cross tube.

12. The vehicle seat of claim 9, wherein said vehicle seat further comprises an adjustment mechanism including a plurality of rockers which are pivotally coupled to said seat part and which are connected in a torsionally locked manner to said cross tube.