DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING AND REDUCING THE BACKWARD DISPLACEMENT OF A VEHICLE SEAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT
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Abstract
A device for selectively monitoring and reducing a backward displacement of a vehicle seat in the event of an accident, having at least one stop element (4) which arranged on a pair (1) of seat rails and has a stop face (5) which is inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the pair (1) of seat rails, and having at least one stop body (6) which is arranged on the vehicle seat, having a contact face (8) which is arranged in a normal position at a distance from the stop face. In order to make available a device which efficiently reduces a backward displacement movement of a motor vehicle seat in a simple way in the event of an accident of the motor vehicle, there is provision that the stop element (4) and the stop body (6) are embodied and arranged with respect to one another in the mounted state in such a way that in a crash position which occurs in a tail-end impact with a motor vehicle having the vehicle seat, the stop face (5) of the stop element (4) and the contact face (8) of the stop body (6) enter into contact and as a result the backward displacement of the vehicle seat which is caused by the accident is reduced.
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Citations
30 Claims
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11. A device for selectively controlling and reducing backward displacement of a seat in a vehicle relative to a vehicle floor in the event of an accident, the device comprising;
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a stop element arranged on a pair of seat rails, said stop element having a stop face which is inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of said pair of seat rails; and a stop body arranged on the vehicle seat and having a contact face, said contact face being arranged in a normal position at a distance from said stop face, said stop element and said stop body being arranged in a mounted state with respect to each other so that in a crash position which occurs during an impact on the vehicle, said stop face of said stop element and said contact face of said stop body enter into contact, as a result of the contact, backward displacement of the seat which is caused by the impact is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A seat arrangement for a vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
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a vehicle seat mounted on a floor of the vehicle; a safety system in the vehicle, said safety system protecting an occupant of the seat within a safety range of positions of the seat when an impact force exceeding a predetermined amount is applied to the vehicle; a support system supporting said vehicle seat in the vehicle, said support system including a stop element and a stop body, said stop element being arranged closer to the floor of the vehicle then said stop body, said stop body being arranged closer to said vehicle seat than said stop element, said stop element having a stop face, said stop body having a contact face, said stop face and said contact face being spaced from each other in a first state of the seat arrangement, said stop face and said contact face being arranged to contact each other in a second state of the seat arrangement, said second state occurring when the impact force is applied to the vehicle, said stop face and said contact face contacting each other in said second state to block movement of said vehicle seat out of said safety range when said impact force is applied to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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Specification