Device for the resilient suspension of a vehicle seat with longitudinal adjustment

• US 4,350,317 A
• Filed: 05/20/1980
• Issued: 09/21/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sable Freres International
• Original Assignee: Sable Freres International
• Inventors: Aondetto, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): Arola, Dave W.
• Application Number:
  US06/151,615
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 248/588, 248/430, 248/562
• US Class Current: 248/588
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/502 attached to the base of the seat B60N2/504 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/508 Scissors-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/544 Compression or tension springs B60N2/542 takes precedence

Abstract

The top frame of a vehicle seat is fitted with upper longitudinal guides for slidably mounting the frame on an articulated system which serves to displace the seat in a vertical direction while also permitting horizontal displacement of the seat in sliding motion. The upper guides are locked in any desired longitudinal position by means of catches and may be disengaged by means of a release control member.

Claims

1. A device for the resilient suspension of a vehicle seat, comprising:

a bottom frame to be mounted on the vehicle,

longitudinal guides in said bottom frame,

a top frame on which the seat is to be mounted,

longitudinal guides in said top frame,

vertical guiding means for guiding the vertical displacement of said top frame with respect to said bottom frame,

resilient means applied against said bottom frame and operatively connected to said top frame in order to urge said top frame in an upward direction,

a bearing slidably mounted within each of said top frame longitudinal guides,

said vertical guiding means comprising scissors-type levers pivotally connected at one end respectively to said bottom frame and to said bearings, a pivot pin for the pivotal connection of said scissors-type levers to said bearings, the ends of said levers being caused to slide within said bottom frame longitudinal guides and within said top frame longitudinal guides,

locking means interposed between at least one of said bearings and the longitudinal guide of the top frame in which said bearing is slidably mounted for locking said top frame longitudinal guides in a selected longitudinal position on said vertical guiding means,

said locking means comprising a catch pivotally mounted directly on said pivot pin, said catch comprising means to directly engage said top frame longitudinal guide which directly supports said seat.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said catch of said locking means has a recess, said locking means further comprising a toothed rack cut in said top frame longitudinal guide, any of the teeth of said toothed rack being selectively engageable by said catch recess corresponding to the longitudinal position of said top frame relative to said vertical guiding means, and spring means to urge said catch toward said toothed rack.

3. A device according to claim 1, further comprising two said locking means and release means for controlling the release of the catches cooperating with each of the two guides of the top frame, said release means comprising a longitudinal rod having two ends bent-back at right angles and mounted on said top frame for pivotal displacement about a longitudinal pin, said longitudinal rod being adapted to rest on a cross-member for connecting the ends of the catches which are adapted to cooperate respectively with the two guides of the top frame, said longitudinal rod being fitted with an operating handle.

4. A device according to claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein at least one of the guides of the top frame comprise two stops to limit the range of sliding motion of the bearing within said guide.