CONSOLE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONSOLE, AND VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20160137103A1
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Components Gmbh & Co. Kg (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Components Gmbh & Co. Kg (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: LAHAYE, Herbert, SPIES, Eckhard
• Application Number:
  US14/901,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20160137103A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2/015 Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 65/14 the sub-units or components being passenger compartment fittings, e.g. seats, linings, trim, instrument panels

Abstract

A console (101, 201), for a vehicle seat (1), includes a console body (103, 203), which can be connected to the vehicle seat (1). The console (101, 201) includes at least one bottom plate (24), which is connected to the console body (103, 203) and which can be connected to a vehicle floor. A method for producing the console (101, 201), includes connecting the console body (103, 203), which can be connected to the vehicle seat (1), to the bottom plate (24), which can be connected to a vehicle floor. The invention further relates to the vehicle seat (1), which comprises at least one console (101, 201).

Claims

1. A console for a vehicle seat, the console comprising:

a console body, which can be connected to the vehicle seat; and

at least one floor panel connected to the console body and connectable to a vehicle floor.

2. The console as claimed in claim 1, wherein the console body is screwed to the floor panel.

3. The console as claimed in claim 1, wherein the floor panel has holes defining hole positions that are adapted to hole patterns of different vehicle floors.

4. The console as claimed in claim 1, wherein the console body is of cuboidal configuration.

5. The console as claimed in claim 1, wherein the console body is produced from a panel which constitutes a projected development of the console body.

6. The console as claimed in claim 5, wherein the panel comprises a base surface, two cover surfaces, two stiffening surfaces, a front surface, a rear surface, two side surfaces and tabs.

7. The console as claimed in claim 6, wherein the stiffening surfaces, following production of the console body, are angled through approximately 45°

relative to the cover surfaces and project into the interior of the console body.

8. A method for producing a console, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a console body, which can be connected to a vehicle seat;

providing a floor panel, which can be connected to a vehicle floor;

connecting the console body to the floor panel.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the console body is screwed to the floor panel for connecting the console body to the floor panel.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the console body is produced from a panel which constitutes a projected development of the console body, wherein the panel is cut out of a basic metal sheet, and the panel is folded along predetermined lines and then welded so as to form the console body.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the panel has tabs defining welding locations for welding purposes.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the panel is cut out by means of laser trimming.

13. A vehicle seat comprising at least one console comprising:

a console body, which can be connected to the vehicle seat; and

at least one floor panel connected to the console body and connectable to a vehicle floor.

14. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a scissor-action framework, by means of which it is possible to adjust the height of a seat part of the vehicle seat above the console.

15. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a rotating device, by means of which a seat part of the vehicle seat can be rotated relative to the console.