Seat Assembly for a Motor Vehicle

• US 20080203792A1
• Filed: 04/12/2006
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Original Assignee: Kuka Schweissanlagen GmbH
• Inventors: Makala, Jerome, Cabrie, Dominique
• Granted Patent: US 7,597,376 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/248
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/005 Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles , e.g. dismountable auxiliary seatsB60N2/02 takes precedence ; for railway vehicles B61D1/04
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0735 Position and orientation of the slide as a whole
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/16 height-adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/242 Bus seats

Abstract

A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a central support element, fixed essentially vertically in a vehicle cabin to which the seats are fitted. The seat assembly includes connector bodies arranged at one end of the support element for fixing to a part of the cabin, the connector bodies permitting a displacement of the assembly along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A seat assembly for a motor vehicle including a central supporting element configured to be mounted generally vertically in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and on which the seats are mounted, said assembly comprising:

connecting members disposed at one end of a portion of the passenger compartment, the connecting members configured to permit a movement of the assembly along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle,

wherein at least one of the seats comprises side connecting members disposed between the seat and the supporting element, and configured to permit a longitudinal translational movement of the seat in relation to the supporting element.

10. The assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of the seats is mounted permanently on the supporting element.

11. The assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of the seats comprises first lower connecting members configured to connect a seat cushion of the seat to a lower portion of the passenger compartment.

12. The assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the connecting members comprise upper connecting members disposed at an upper end of the supporting element, and configured to be mounted on an upper portion of the passenger compartment, the upper connecting members configured to permit a movement of the assembly along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

13. The assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the connecting members further comprise lower connecting members disposed at a lower end of the supporting element, and configured to be mounted on a lower portion of the passenger compartment, the lower connecting members configured to permit the movement of the assembly along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

14. The assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one seat comprises a device for adjusting a vertical position of a movable seat cushion of the seat.

15. The assembly as claimed in claim 9, further comprising at least one safety belt disposed on the supporting element.

16. A motor vehicle fitted with a seat assembly as claimed in claim 9.