Seat, especially co-driver seat in a motor vehicle

• US 4,042,276 A
• Filed: 08/17/1972
• Issued: 08/16/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Breitschwerdt, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilliam, Paul R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US05/281,281
• Time in Patent Office: 1,825 Days
• Field of Search: 297/216, 248/429, 248/499, 248/386, 248/388, 188/1 C
• US Class Current: 297/216.18
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0825 outside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/085 about a transversal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/43 Safety locks for back-rests B60N2/433

Abstract

A seat, particularly a co-driver seat in a motor vehicle with a seat-adjusting mechanism effective in the vehicle longitudinal direction in which the seat-adjusting mechanism, when exceeding a predetermined load which is effective forwardly in the displacement direction, automatically initiates an adjusting movement of the seat in the same direction by a predetermined amount if the seat is occupied by a person whose safety belt is not fastened.

Claims

1. A seat for a vehicle equipped with safety belts operatively associated with the seat, characterized in that adjusting means are provided for permitting selective adjustment of the seat in the vehicle, means are connected to the seat-adjusting means and at least one of the safety belts for automatically initiating a predetermined displacement movement of the seat by a predetermined amount upon exceeding a predetermined load effective on the seat in the displacement direction if the seat is occupied by a person whose safety belt is not fastened.

2. A seat according to claim 1, characterized in that the seat is a seat in a motor vehicle with a seat-adjusting means effective in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

3. A seat according to claim 2, characterized in that the seat is a passenger seat alongside the driver seat of the vehicle.

7. A seat according to claim 1, wherein said means for automatically initiating the displacement of said seat includes a pivotally mounted multi-cranked lever means pivotally connected with a guide lever means guided in a seat bottom portion, and wherein a bolt is provided at the pivotal connection of said cranked lever means and said guide lever means for mounting thereon a free safety belt end.

8. A seat according to claim 7, wherein an elongated slot is provided in the seat bottom portion, and wherein an end of said guide lever means opposite the pivotal connection with said multi-cranked lever means is selectively displaceable in said elongated slot to permit a displacement of the multi-cranked lever means from a normal rest position to a second position upon application of a predetermined tensional load effective at the free safety belt end whereby said multi-cranked lever means prevents a displacement movement of the seat.

9. A seat according to claim 7, wherein said multi-cranked lever means is displaceable from a normal rest position at said guide lever means to a second position, said seat-adjusting means includes an actuating lever having a spring biased tooth-locking means projecting therefrom, a spring means is provided for supporting said multi-cranked lever means in said normal rest position, and wherein one end of said multi-cranked lever means is coordinated to said actuating lever within the area of said tooth-locking means for limiting the upward movement of said actuating lever during a seat-adjusting operation.

4. A seat with a seat-adjusting means to enable adjustment of the seat of a vehicle, characterized in that the seat-adjusting means includes means for automatically initiating, upon exceeding a predetermined load effective forwardly in the displacement direction, a displacement movement of the seat in the same direction by a predetermined amount if the seat is occupied by a person whose safety belt is not fastened, said seat-adjusting means includes a fixed toothed rail means having teeth extending obliquely in the forward vehicle direction, and wherein said seat includes a seat bottom portion, said seat-adjusting means further including an actuating lever having a spring biased tooth-locking means projecting therefrom, said acutating lever being operatively connected with said seat bottom portion.

5. A seat according to claim 4, wherein said toothed rail means is provided at its forward end with an abutment means for abutting said tooth-locking means when reaching a predetermined position of the seat.

6. A seat according to claim 4, wherein said means for automatically initiating the displacement of said seat includes a pivotally mounted multi-cranked lever means pivotally connected with a guide lever means guided in the seat bottom portion, and wherein a bolt is provided at said pivotal connection of said guide lever means and said multi-cranked lever means for operatively connecting a free safety belt end with said multi-cranked lever means and said guide lever means. pg,11

10. A seat according to claim 6, wherein said multi-cranked lever means is displaceable from a rest position to a second position upon the application of a tensional load effective at the free safety belt end exceeding a predetermined tensional force, said multi-cranked lever means in said second position acting on the actuating lever to displace the tooth-locking means to effect a locking with the toothed rail means.

11. A safety seat arrangement for a vehicle having safety belts, comprising:

a seat, means for movably mounting said seat in the vehicle, seat adjusting means for selectively adjusting the position of said seat along said mounting means, means operatively connected with said seat adjusting means and the safety belt for automatically initiating a predetermined displacement of said seat in the forward vehicle direction upon exceeding a predetermined load effective forwardly in the displacement direction if the safety belt of the occupied seat is not fastened.

12. A seat according to claim 11, wherein said means for movably mounting said seat includes a fixed toothed rail means having teeth extending obliquely in the forward vehicle direction, and wherein said seat includes a seat bottom portion, said seat adjusting means including an actuating lever having a spring biased tooth-locking means projecting therefrom, said actuating lever being operatively connected with said seat bottom portion.

13. A seat according to claim 11, wherein said means for automatically initiating the displacement of said seat includes a pivotally mounted multi-cranked lever means, a guide lever means pivotally connected with said cranked lever means guided in said seat bottom portion, and wherein a bolt is provided at the pivotal connection of said guide lever means and said cranked lever means for operatively connecting a free safety belt end with said cranked lever means and said guide lever means.

14. A seat according to claim 13, wherein said cranked lever means is displaceable from a normal rest position at said guide lever means to a second position, and wherein a spring means is provided for supporting said cranked lever means in said normal rest position, and wherein one end of said cranked lever means is coordinated to said actuating lever within the area of said tooth-locking means for limiting the upward movement of said actuating lever during an adjusting operation of said seat.

15. A seat according to claim 14, wherein said toothed rail means is provided at its forward end with an abutment means for abutting said tooth-locking means when reaching said predetermined displacement of said seat.

16. A seat according to claim 15, wherein said cranked lever means is displaced to said second position upon application of a tensional load effective at the free safety belt end exceeding the tensional force of said spring means, said end of said cranked lever means coordinated to said actuating lever acting on said actuating lever to displace said tooth locking means to effect a locking with said tooth rail means.

17. A seat according to claim 16, wherein an elongated slot is provided in said seat bottom portion, and wherein the end of said guide lever means opposite the pivotal connection with said cranked lever means is movably guided in said elongated slot upon application and release of the tensional load effective at the free safety belt end whereby said cranked lever means is selectively displaceable to and from the normal rest position and the second position.