Vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat

• US 8,474,910 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2010
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adient US, LLC (Adient plc)
• Original Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Company KG (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Kmmerer, Joachim
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, PETER R
• Application Number:
  US12/853,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• Field of Search: 297/316, 297/321, 297/331, 297/334, 296/65.08, 296/65.09
• US Class Current: 297/334
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/12 slidable and tiltable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/22 the back-rest being adjustable B60N2/2878 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3013 the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3031 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3065 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/309 rods

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a base (9) which includes at least one front foot (11). A seat (3) is connected in an articulated manner to the front foot by at least one front leg (13). At least one rear foot (21) is locked to the base (9) in at least one use position. At least one coupling (42) is provided between the seat and the rear foot. At least one coupler (30) is provided between the backrest and the coupling or the seat. The seat may be transferred from the use position into a boarding position as, after unlocking the rear foot, the seat pivots upwards and the backrest carries out a forward shifting movement by means of the rear foot. The seat may also be transferred from the use position into a flat-floor position, by the backrest pivoting forward and the seat being lowered by the coupler.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle seat comprising:

a base with a front foot;

a front leg;

a seat cushion connected in an articulated manner to the front foot by means of the front leg;

a first locking device;

a rear foot locked to the base by the first locking device in at least one use position suitable for conveying passengers, said rear foot being slidably mounted to said base;

a guide rod between the front foot and the rear foot;

a coupling means for coupling between the seat cushion and the rear foot;

a backrest pivotally mounted to the rear foot;

a coupler between the backrest, on the one hand, and the coupling means or the seat cushion, on the other hand, wherein the vehicle seat is transferable from the use position into a boarding position, after unlocking the rear foot, as a rear edge of the seat cushion pivots upwards and the backrest carries out a forward shifting movement by means of the rear foot, guided by the guide rod and the vehicle seat is transferable from the use position into a flat-floor position, by the backrest pivoting forward and the seat cushion being lowered by means of the coupler;

a turning and sliding joint, the coupler being coupled to the coupling means or the seat cushion by means of the turning and sliding joint; and

a second locking device releasably locking the coupling means.

2. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a fitting, wherein the backrest is adjusted in inclination relative to the rear foot by means of the fitting, whereby a plurality of use positions are defined.

3. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the turning and sliding joint uncouples the seat cushion and the coupling means from the coupler during the adjustment of the inclination of the backrest.

4. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the second locking device locks the coupling means in the use positions during the adjustment of the inclination and when transferring into the boarding position.

5. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the turning and sliding joint acts as a rotary joint when transferred into the boarding position.

6. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the turning and sliding joint comprises a pin and a slot in the coupler, which encompasses the pin with free travel.

7. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein:

the second locking device includes a pawl; and

the pin is also a part of the second locking device and cooperates with the pawl thereof.

8. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 6, further comprising a rear leg forming said coupling means, the rear leg being articulated to the seat cushion and being articulated to the rear foot wherein the rear leg bears the pin.

9. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising another turning and sliding joint forming said coupling means.

10. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 9, wherein:

the turning and sliding joint comprises a pin and a slot in the coupler, which encompasses the pin with free travel; and

the pin is also part of the another turning and sliding joint.

11. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a rear leg forming said coupling means, the rear leg being articulated to the seat cushion and being articulated to the rear foot.

12. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein during the transfer into the flat-floor position the second locking device is unlocked and the backrest lowers the seat cushion, by means of the action of the coupler on the coupling means.

13. A motor vehicle seat comprising:

a base;

a front foot connected to the base;

a front leg;

a seat cushion connected in an articulated manner to the front foot by means of the front leg;

a first locking device;

a rear foot locked to the base by the first locking device in at least one use position suitable for conveying passengers, said rear foot being slidably connected to said base;

a guide rod connecting the front foot and the rear foot;

a coupling between the seat cushion and the rear foot;

a backrest pivotably connected to the rear foot;

a coupler between the backrest and the coupling or the seat cushion wherein the vehicle seat is transferable from the use position into a boarding position, after unlocking the rear foot, as a rear edge of the seat cushion pivots upwards and the backrest carries out a forward shifting movement by means of the rear foot, guided by the guide rod and the vehicle seat is transferable from the use position into a flat-floor position, by the backrest pivoting forward and the seat cushion being lowered by means of the coupler;

a turning and sliding joint, the coupler being coupled to the coupling or the seat cushion by means of the turning and sliding joint; and

a second locking device releasably locking the coupling.

14. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 13, further comprising a fitting, wherein the backrest is adjusted in inclination relative to the rear foot by means of the fitting, whereby a plurality of use positions are defined.

15. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 14, wherein the turning and sliding joint uncouples the seat cushion and the coupling from the coupler during the adjustment of the inclination of the backrest.

16. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 14, wherein the second locking device locks the coupling in the use positions during the adjustment of the inclination and when transferring into the boarding position.

17. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 15, wherein the turning and sliding joint acts as a rotary joint when transferred into the boarding position.

18. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 14, wherein:

the turning and sliding joint comprises a pin and a slot in the coupler, which encompasses the pin with free travel;

the second locking device includes a pawl; and

the pin is also a part of the second locking device and cooperates with the pawl thereof.

19. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 13, wherein:

the turning and sliding joint comprises a pin and a slot in the coupler, which encompasses the pin with free travel;

the coupling comprises another turning and sliding joint; and

the pin is also part of the another turning and sliding joint.

20. A motor vehicle seat according to claim 13, wherein the coupling comprises a rear leg, the rear leg being articulated to the seat cushion and being articulated to the rear foot.