Apparatus for preventing rotation of seat frame for vehicle

• US 8,408,510 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Dymos Inc. (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.), Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Dymos Inc. (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.), Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Jeong, Chan Ho, Park, Sang Do, Kim, Hak Gyun, Kim, Bong Ku, Lee, Tae Hoon, Pyun, Jong Kweon, Park, Sang-Nam, Shin, Yong-Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): McKinnon, Terrell
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARSH, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US13/174,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20120139306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 248/157, 248/419, 248/420, 248/421, 248/422, 248/423, 248/424, 248/425, 297/344.12, 297/344.13, 297/344.14, 297/344.15, 297/344.16, 297/344.17, 297/344.18, 297/344.19, 297/344.2
• US Class Current: 248/421
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1615 Parallelogram-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/167 Ratchet mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/43 Safety locks for back-rests B60N2/433

Abstract

An apparatus for preventing rotation of a seat frame for a vehicle having the seat frame that includes an inner link portion and an outer link portion that may be provided with a height adjustment device to adjust a height of a seat and a rack gear link may include a height link, wherein one end portion of the height link may be pivotally connected to a set bracket and the other end portion thereof may be pivotally connected to a cushion side member, and a rotation prevention link provided on the inner link portion wherein one end portion of the rotation prevention link may be pivotally hinged to the height link and the other end portion thereof may be movably installed on the set bracket.

Claims

1. An apparatus for preventing rotation of a seat frame for a vehicle having the seat frame that includes an inner link portion and an outer link portion that is provided with a height adjustment device to adjust a height of a seat and a rack gear link, comprising:

a height link, wherein a first end portion of the height link is pivotally connected to a set bracket and a second end portion of the height link is pivotally connected to a cushion side member; and

a rotation prevention link provided on the inner link portion wherein a first end portion of the rotation prevention link is pivotally hinged to the height link and a second end portion of the rotation prevention link is movably installed on the set bracket,

wherein a first end portion of an elastic member is provided on the second end portion of the rotation prevention link and a second end portion of the elastic member is fixed to the height link, and

wherein;

while an inertial force acts on the rotation prevention link in one direction of the vehicle in a front vehicle collision, the second end portion of the rotation prevention link is inserted and locked in a gear portion to suppress rotation of the rotation prevention link and the height link, and

while an inertial force acts on the rotation prevention link in the other direction of the vehicle in a rear vehicle collision, the rotation prevention link is pressed toward the set bracket by rotation of the height link and the second end portion of the rotation prevention link is pressingly supported on a lower surface of a slot framed on the set bracket and slidably receiving the second end portion of the rotation prevention link to suppress the rotation of the rotation prevention link and the height link by spring force of the elastic member.

2. The apparatus for preventing rotation of the seat frame according to claim 1,

wherein the slot is formed on the set bracket to slidably receive the second end portion of the rotation prevention link so as to enable the second end portion of the rotation prevention link to move therein;

and

wherein the gear portion is formed on an inner circumference of the slot to selectively lock the second end portion of the rotation prevention link thereto.

3. The apparatus for preventing rotation of the seat frame according to claim 2, wherein the second end portion of the rotation prevention link includes a lock pin and the lock pin is selectively locked to the gear portion.

4. The apparatus for preventing rotation of the seat frame according to claim 1, wherein the first end portion of the rotation prevention link is pivotally hinged to the height link between the first end portion and the second end portion of the height link.