Apparatus for vibrating seats

• US 6,056,357 A
• Filed: 09/23/1996
• Issued: 05/02/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yukihiko Saitoh
• Original Assignee: Yukihiko Saitoh
• Inventors: Fukuoka, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US08/717,728
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• Field of Search: 297/260.2, 297/217.3, 297/217.1, 297/330, 601/56, 601/57, 601/58, 601/59, 601/60
• US Class Current: 297/217.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/502 attached to the base of the seat B60N2/504 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/544 Compression or tension springs B60N2/542 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/981 Warning systems, e.g. the seat or seat parts vibrates to warn the passenger when facing a danger

Abstract

An apparatus for vibrating a seat for effectively preventing a driver from dozing off during driving is provided which includes a seat fixed on a sliding mechanism mounted on a floor surface of an automobile, a direct current motor placed within a seat bottom of the seat, unbalanced weights connected with a rotation shaft of the direct current motor whereby the direct current motor is actuated so as to rotate the unbalanced weights and produce vibration for vibrating the seat.

Claims

1. An apparatus for vibrating a seat comprising:

a seat including a seat back and a seat bottom, wherein said seat bottom includes a urethane pad seat cushion member fixedly supported on a seat-support member and said seat bottom is installed on legs, within a rectangular cover, at a predetermined distance above a floor surface of a vehicle; and

means for vibrating said seat, positioned towards the right or left of the middle ot said seat bottom and thus arranged approximately under a driver'"'"'s hip, wherein said means for vibrating said seat is directly installed on an under surface of said urethane pad seat cushion of said seat bottom of said seat.

2. The apparatus for vibrating a seat according to claim 1, wherein said means for vibrating said seat has a rotation shaft, said rotation shaft projecting through an exterior wall of said means for vibrating said seat and an unbalanced weight is installed on a portion of said rotation shaft which projects outwardly from said exterior wall.

3. The apparatus for vibrating a seat according to claim 1, wherein said means for vibrating said seat includes a rotation shaft, said rotation shaft projecting through an exterior wall of said means for vibrating said seat, and said means for vibrating said seat also includes a rotation shaft body, said rotation shaft body being combined with an end of said rotation shaft which projects outwardly from said exterior wall of said means for vibrating said seat via a coupling member, and said means for vibrating said seat also includes an unbalanced weight which is installed on said rotation shaft body.