VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20110226930A1
• Filed: 06/24/2010
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adient US, LLC (Adient plc)
• Original Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Company KG (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Weber, Thomas, Gundall, Thomas, Enns, Viktor
• Granted Patent: US 8,544,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/569
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/508 Scissors-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/509 Seat guided by slides or the like

Abstract

A vehicle seat, particularly a commercial-vehicle seat is provided with a scissor-type stand (3) which is able to vibrate and which is provided with a top frame (7), two first rocker arms (8a) and two second rocker arms (8b), which intersect in pairs at a scissor axis (10) extending in a transverse seat direction (y). The first two rocker arms (8a) are connected with one another at one end via a transverse tube (18) which extends in the transverse seat direction (y) and are pivotably mounted on the top frame (7) and able to vibrate in the longitudinal seat direction (x) via a bearing mechanism (20). The transverse tube (18) can be locked with the top frame (7) via at least one locking device (31).

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising a scissors-type stand that can vibrate in the principal direction of vibrations and which scissors-type stand comprises:

a top frame;

two first rocker arms and two second rocker arms that intersect in pairs at a scissor axis extending in a transverse seat direction;

a transverse tube, the first two rocker arms being connected with one another at one end via the transverse tube extending in the transverse seat direction;

a bearing mechanism, the transverse tube being pivotably mounted on the top frame by the bearing mechanism;

a pivoting means for vibrating the top frame relative to the transverse tube in a longitudinal seat direction, wherein horizontal vibrations of the top frame in the longitudinal seat direction are undamped by the pivoting means in the case of minor deflections and are damped by the bearing mechanism in case of major deflections.

2. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a stay is hinged to the transverse tube;

the pivoting means comprises a spring, which acts between the stay that is hinged to the transverse tube and the top frame.

3. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pivoting means is provided with the spring and another spring to provide two prestressed springs, one of said springs being guided forward from the stay, in the longitudinal seat direction, and one of said springs being guided backward from the stay, in the longitudinal seat direction.

4. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing mechanism is provided with one guide with a guideway for a bearing roller on the transverse tube.

5. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 4, wherein the guide is configured as a box-shaped, largely closed unit, into which the transverse tube protrudes through an opening.

6. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing mechanism is provided with two limit stops for the transverse tube, the limit stops being configured as dampers and becoming effective in case of major deflections of the horizontal vibrations of the top frame.

7. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 6, wherein the limit stops are made of rubber, EPDM or another elastomer which dissipates energy.

8. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transverse tube can be locked with the top frame by means of at least one locking device.

9. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the scissors-type stand comprises a locking device that locks the transverse tube with the top frame; and

the locking device locks the top frame with the stay of the pivoting means.

10. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 9, wherein the locking device is provided with a support and a locking lever which is hinged to the support, the locking lever getting a locking element and a locking receiver to interact.

11. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 10, wherein the locking lever is provided with the locking element, and the stay is provided with the locking receiver.

12. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 10, wherein the locking lever is hinged to the support by means of a bearing bolt, the bearing bolt protruding through a slot of the stay and being axially secured.

13. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 12, wherein the locking lever is prestressed with respect to the support by means of a locking spring and is pivotable by means of a Bowden cable.

14. A vehicle seat comprising a scissors-type stand that can move in a principal direction of vibration of the scissors-type stand, the scissors-type stand comprising:

a top frame;

two first rocker arms;

two second rocker arms each of the first rocker arms being connected to one of the second rocker arms to form two rocker arm pairs, each with a scissor axis extending in a transverse seat direction;

a transverse tube, the first two rocker arms being connected with one another at one end by the transverse tube extending in the transverse seat direction;

a bearing mechanism, the transverse tube being pivotably mounted on the top frame by the bearing mechanism;

a pivoting means for movement of the top frame relative to the transverse tube in the a longitudinal seat direction, the bearing mechanism including damping structure that allows undamped horizontal movement of the top frame relative to the transverse tube within a defined movement range and dampens horizontal movement of the top frame relative to the transverse tube for horizontal movement larger than the defined movement range.

15. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 14, wherein:

a stay is hinged to the transverse tube;

the pivoting means comprises a spring acting between the stay and the top frame.

16. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pivoting means is provided with the spring and another spring to provide two prestressed springs, one of said springs being guided forward from the stay, in the longitudinal seat direction, and one of said springs being guided backward from the stay, in the longitudinal seat direction.

17. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 14, wherein:

the transverse tube has a bearing roller; and

the bearing mechanism is provided with a guide with a guideway receiving the bearing roller.

18. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 17, wherein:

the guide is configured as a box-shaped unit with an opening; and

the transverse tube protrudes through the opening.

19. A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 14, wherein the bearing mechanism is provided with two spaced apart limit stops for damping movement of the transverse tube and for defining a distance of the defined movement range.

20. A vehicle seat comprising a scissors-type stand that can move in a principal direction of vibration of the scissors-type stand, the scissors-type stand comprising:

a top frame;

two first rocker arms;

two second rocker arms each of the first rocker arms being connected to one of the second rocker arms to form two rocker arm pairs, each with a scissor axis extending in a transverse seat direction;

a transverse tube with a bearing roller, the first two rocker arms being connected with one another at one end by the transverse tube extending in the transverse seat direction;

a bearing mechanism connected to the top frame;

a pivoting means for movement of the top frame being relative to the transverse tube in the a longitudinal seat direction, the bearing mechanism including a guide with a guideway receiving the bearing roller and including damping structure that allows undamped horizontal movement of the transverse tube relative to bearing mechanism within a defined movement range and dampens horizontal movement of transverse tube relative to bearing mechanism for horizontal movement larger than the defined movement range.