Seat frame of a motor vehicle seat with a seat carrier and a padding support

• US 6,921,058 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2003
• Issued: 07/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: C ROB Hammerstein GmbH & Company KG (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: C ROB Hammerstein GmbH & Company KG (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Beneker, Wilfried, Becker, Burckhard
• Primary Examiner(s): WOOD, KIMBERLY T
• Application Number:
  US10/442,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20030230695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 248/397, 248/419, 248/398, 248/370, 248/424, 248/371, 248/421, 248/422, 297/344.17, 297/325, 297/328, 297/330
• US Class Current: 248/419
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/16 of cooking or boiling devices

Abstract

A frame of a motor vehicle seat with a longitudinal guide (20), a seat carrier (26), a front pair of oscillating cranks disposed between the longitudinal guide (20) and the seat carrier (26), and a padding support for a seat padding. A pinion (48) is rotatably disposed on one of the oscillating cranks (22, 23), an actuator (71) being associated with the pinion. A pivot unit (54) is disposed between the two oscillating cranks (22, 23) and is rotationally linked to the two oscillating cranks (22, 23) so as to be pivotal about an axial line. The pivot unit (54) is provided with a sector gear (62) that is centered on the axial line and meshes with the pinion (48), and an adjusting arm (64) is provided which is disposed between the pivot unit (54) and the padding support (30) so that the height of a front edge of the padding support (30) is adjustable by adjusting the sector gear (62).

Claims

1. A frame of a motor vehicle seat comprising;

a longitudinal guide;

a seat carrier;

a front pair of oscillating cranks disposed between the longitudinal guide and the seat carrier;

a padding support for a seat padding;

a pinion rotatably disposed on one of the oscillating cranks of the pair of oscillating cranks;

an actuator associated with said pinion;

a pivot unit disposed between the two oscillating cranks, rotationally linked to said two oscillating cranks and pivotal about an axial line, said pivot unit being provided with a sector gear that is centered on the axial line and meshes with the pinion; and

an adjusting arm disposed between the pivot unit and the padding support so that the height of a front edge of the padding support is adjustable by adjusting the sector gear.

2. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the oscillating crank is hinge-linked to the longitudinal guide in a lower joint and to the seat carrier in an upper joint and wherein the axial line is located substantially between the lower and the upper joint, nearer to the upper joint than to the lower joint.

3. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the oscillating crank is hinge-linked to the longitudinal guide in a lower joint and to the seat carrier in an upper joint and wherein the axial line is offset toward the front edge of the padding support relative to a line joining the lower joint with the upper joint.

4. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the pivot unit is provided with a rod-shaped connected part being cranked relative to the axial line, away from the front edge of the padding support, with the pinion being in the middle position on the sector gear.

5. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the pivot unit comprises a rod-shaped connecting part, wherein a driver is disposed on the padding support in proximity to the front edge thereof and wherein a linear actuator is provided between the rod-shaped connecting part and the driver, the padding support being displaced relative to the seat carrier upon actuation of said linear actuator.

6. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 5, wherein the actuator disposed approximately in the center between the two oscillating cranks.

7. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 5, wherein the actuator is provided with a motor-driven spindle and with a nut surrounded by said spindle.

8. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 7, wherein the nut is rotationally connected to the pivot unit.

9. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein a guide means is provided between a rear region of the padding support and a rear region of the seat carrier, said guide means allowing the padding support to be displaced longitudinally relative to the seat carrier and substantially parallel to the longitudinal guide and, in addition thereto, the padding support to be pivoted relative to the seat carrier about a rear pivot line which is oriented parallel to the axial line.

10. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the axial line is located nearer to the upper joint than to the lower joint.

11. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the axial line is spiced from the lower joint a distance approximately 1.5 to 2 times greater than the distance separating the axial line from the upper joint.

12. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the oscillating crank is hinge-linked to the longitudinal guide in a lower joint and to the seat carrier in an upper joint and wherein the axial line is offset a distance from 1 to 5 cm toward the front edge of the padding support relative to a line joining the lower joint with the upper joint.

13. The frame of a motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the pivot unit comprises a rod-shaped connecting part that is cranked backward, away from the front edge of the padding support, with the pinion being in the middle position on the sector gear.