Vehicle seat with a deformable backrest

• US 7,874,618 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2006
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Inventors: Erker, Christian, Kohl, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): Cranmer; Laurie K
• Application Number:
  US11/279,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20070080570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,751 Days
• Field of Search: 297/284.4, 297/284.8, 297/341
• US Class Current: 297/284.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2209 by longitudinal displacement of the cushion, e.g. back-rest hinged on the bottom to the cushion and linked on the top to the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/643 shape of the back-rests B60N2/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/66 Lumbar supports

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a backrest (1) and a seat part (2a), wherein the seat part (2a) can be displaced in the forward and backward direction (4) with respect to a base frame (3, 11) and the backrest (1) has a lumbar spine region (14) which can be deformed in the forward and backward direction (13), wherein a rocker-like element (8) is provided which is arranged in the lumbar spine region (14) such that it can pivot about a horizontally running pivot axle (9), said rocker-like element extending at least partially along the longitudinal direction of the backrest, wherein the pivot axle (9) can be displaced together with the seat part (2a) in the forward and backward direction (4) and a pivotable section (8b) of the rocker-like element (8) is attached to the base frame (3, 11) in a backrest region of the base frame (3, 11).

Claims

1. A vehicle seat with a backrest and a seat part, wherein the seat part can be displaced in the forward and backward directions with respect to a base frame and the backrest has a lumbar spine region which can be deformed in the forward and backward directions, the seat comprising:

a first pivot axle attached to the seat part;

a rocker element which is arranged in the lumbar spine region such that the rocker element is attached at a first end to the first pivot axle, said rocker element extending at least partially along the longitudinal direction of the backrest, wherein the first pivot axle can be displaced together with the seat part in the forward and backward directions;

a backrest frame being rotatably attached to the base frame at only a single point axle;

a post having one end fixedly attached to the backrest frame;

a second pivot axle located on a second end of the post,

wherein the rocker element is rotatably attached to the second pivot axle of the post at a point between ends of the rocker element,

wherein the rocker element is covered on a front side by a backrest pad which is transitional between a lordosis and kyphosis shape by changing an angle between the rocker element and the post.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat part includes a sliding bearing region, which is angled with respect to the surface of the seat part, said sliding bearing region being provided to bring about height adjustment of a portion of the seat part during a displacement of the seat part in the forward direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the rocker element is designed as a U-shaped rod.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the rocker element is designed as a plate element.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising one or more S-shaped rods that extend along the backrest pad, wherein the rocker element is connected at its upper end to the S-shaped rods.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5, wherein the upper end of the rocker element can be displaced along the rods during a pivoting movement of the rods, the pivoting movement of the rods alters the shape of the backrest pad.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein by displacing the upper end of the rocker element, the rods can be rotated about a respective axle extending in the longitudinal direction of the backrest.