Motor vehicle seat

• US 20040051361A1
• Filed: 09/16/2003
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Coburg
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Company KG Coburg
• Inventors: Schewerdtner, Christina, Rausch, Peter, Suck, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US10/416,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20040051361A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/341
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0705 omega-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0732 Attachment of seat frame to the slide, e.g. eyelets
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0818 inside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/085 about a transversal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/123 and provided with memory locks
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/20 the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/04, B60N2/22 , B60N2/3002 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3011 the back-rest being hinged on the cushion, e.g. "portefeuille movement"

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising: a seat frame, a seat back, which is pivotally mounted on the seat frame, and which can be tilted forward toward a sitting surface of the seat frame; a longitudinal guide, with which the seat frame can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the seat in order to adjust the longitudinal position of the seat; a detent device for locking the seat frame in a pre-adjusted longitudinal position of the seat; an actuating element for unlocking the detent device so that the seat frame can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the seat; and, a coupling mechanism, which acts upon the actuating element and unlocks the detent device when the seat back is tilted forward the seating surface. According to the invention, an actuation stop is provided on a part that can swivel together with the seat back, and when the seat back is tilted forward toward the sitting surface, the actuation stop acts upon a coupling element, which is rotatably mounted on the swivel axis and which forms a component part of the coupling mechanism.

Claims

1. Motor vehicle seat with

a seat frame (G)

a backrest (R) which is mounted pivotally on the seat frame (G) and can be tipped forwards towards a seat surface of the seat frame (G)

a longitudinal guide (101, 102) with which the seat frame (G) can be moved in the seat longitudinal direction (L) to adjust the seat longitudinal position,

a fixing device (120) for locking the seat frame in a previously set seat longitudinal position,

an operating element (120b) for releasing the fixing device (120) so that the seat frame (G) can be moved in the seat longitudinal direction (L)

a coupling mechanism which acts on the operating element (120b) and releases the fixing device (120) when the backrest (R) has been tipped forwards onto the seat surface

characterised in that

an operating stop (182, 183) is provided on a component part (181) which can pivot with the backrest (R) and when the backrest (R) is tipped forwards towards the seat surface this operating stop acts on a rotatably mounted coupling element (185, 187) which forms a constituent part of the coupling mechanism.

2. Motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 characterised in that the coupling element (185, 187) is mounted on the pivotal axis (180) of the backrest (R).

3. Motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 or 2 characteris d in that the operating stop (182, 183) acts from a predeterminable forward incline of the backrest on the rotatably mounted coupling element (185, 187).

4. Motor vehicle seat according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the component part (181) which can swivel together with the backrest (R) is formed by a backrest fitment.

5. Motor vehicle seat according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the operating stop (182) is formed by a section of the outer contour of the component part (181) which can swivel together with the backrest (R).

6. Motor vehicle seat according to one of claims 1 to 4 characterised in that the operating stop (183) projects from the component part (181) which can pivot together with the backrest (R).

7. Motor vehicle seat according to one of the preceding claims characterised in that the coupling mechanism comprises a lever assembly (195, 196, 198, 199) which extends from the component part (187) which can pivot together with the backrest (R) up to the fixing device (120).

8. Motor vehicle seat according to claim 7 characterised in that the lever assembly comprises at least one articulated joint (195a, 195b;

196a, 196b) in order to compensate any change in the height of the pivotal axle (180) of the backrest (R) relative to the longitudinal guide (101, 102).

9. Motor vehicle seat according to claim 7 or 8 characterised in that the lever mechanism has at least one longitudinal guide (187a) in order to compensate any change in the height of the pivotal axis (180) of the backrest (R) relative to the longitudinal guide (101, 102).

10. Motor vehicle seat according to one of claims 7 to 9 charact ris d in that the coupling element (187) forms a constituent part of the lever assembly.

11. Motor vehicle seat according to one of claims 1 to 6 characterised in that the coupling mechanism comprises a Bowden cable (121a) which extends from the component part (185) which can pivot together with the backrest (R) up to the fixing device (120).

12. Motor vehicle seat according to claim 11 characterised in that the core of the Bowden cable (121a) is connected to the component part (185) which can pivot together with the backrest (R).

13. Motor vehicle seat according to one of the preceding claims characterised by a memory device (104, 105, 107) by means of which the seat frame (G) during movement in the seat longitudinal direction can be stopped automatically in a predeterminable seat longitudinal position defined as the memory position.

14. Motor vehicle seat according to claim 13 characterised by adjusting means (105) of the memory device (104, 105, 107) with which the memory position can be adjusted in the seat longitudinal direction (L);

a locking device (104, 107) of the memory device (104, 105, 107) for locking a set memory position;

as well as switch means (106) with which the locking device (104, 107) can be released in order to be able to adjust the memory position.