Seat-depth adjustable vehicle seat with a first seat part and a second seat part

• US 7,874,621 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2008
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Company Limited
• Original Assignee: C ROB Hammerstein GmbH & Company KG (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Gumbrich, Markus, Gebauer, Stefan, Magnus, Nils
• Primary Examiner(s): Cranmer; Laurie K
• Application Number:
  US12/334,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20090152920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 772 Days
• Field of Search: 297/311, 297/312, 297/337, 297/284.11, 297/384.3
• US Class Current: 297/337
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0284 Adjustable seat-cushion length B60N2/0224 takes precedence

Abstract

The seat depth adjustable motor vehicle seat comprises a first seat part, a second seat part and a longitudinal adjustment device interposed between the first seat part and the second seat part and allowing for displacement movement in a first seat direction of the first seat part relative to the second seat part. The seat further comprises a toothed rack connected to the second seat part and extending substantially in the first seat direction. A primary gear meshes with the toothed rack. A secondary gear is in rotating communication with the primary gear. A toothed bar extends substantially in a second seat direction and engages the secondary gear. A third seat part is slidably disposed in the second seat direction and is connected to the toothed bar.

Claims

1. A seat depth adjustable motor vehicle seat comprising:

a first seat part, a second seat part and a longitudinal adjustment device interposed between the first seat part and the second seat part, the longitudinal adjustment device allowing for displacement movement in a first seat direction of the first seat part relative to the second seat part, wherein a toothed rack is provided, the toothed rack extends substantially in the first seat direction and is connected to the second seat part, a primary gear is provided and meshes with the toothed rack, a secondary gear is provided and rotates with the primary gear, a toothed bar is provided, the toothed bar extends substantially in a second seat direction and en-gages the secondary gear, and a third seat part is provided, the third seat part is slidably disposed in the second seat direction and is connected to the toothed bar.

2. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the toothed rack has teeth, and an axis having an axis line extending in an x-z plane and transverse to the teeth is connected to the second seat part and the primary gear is disposed for rotation about an axis line of the axis.

3. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein a toothed rod is provided, is parallel to the first toothed rack and engages the primary gear.

4. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the primary gear has a diameter that is at least 10% smaller than the secondary gear.

5. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the primary gear and the secondary gear are rigidly joined together.

6. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first seat direction is substantially parallel to the second seat direction, and the first seat direction and the second seat direction extend in an x-z plane.

7. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the longitudinal adjustment device comprises a spindle drive with a spindle and a drive housing.

8. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the primary gear has a diameter that is at least 30% smaller than the secondary gear.

9. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the primary gear and the secondary gear are made from one piece.

10. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first seat direction and the second seat direction extend in an x-z plane and the first seat direction is inclined at an angle to an x-axis that is at least 5 degrees greater than an angle between the x-axis and the second seat direction.

11. The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first seat direction and the second seat direction extend in an x-z plane.