Vehicle suspension device for vehicle seats or vehicle cabs

• US 8,607,910 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Inventors: Haller, Erwin, Kolb, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): VERLEY, NICOLE T
• Application Number:
  US13/210,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20120043798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 180/89.12
• US Class Current: 180/89.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/39 Seats tiltable to compensate for roll inclination of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/50 Seat suspension devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/506 Seat guided by rods
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/0212 the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/0216 the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a transversal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0604 Cabs insulated against vibrations or noise, e.g. with elastic suspension resilient connections between superstructure sub-units B62D27/04; damping noise in general G10K11/00; for vehicles in general B60R13/08

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle suspension device for a vehicle seat (4, 4a, 4b) or a vehicle cab (3) comprising a lower part (20) and an upper part (4a, 4b) spring-mounted relative to the lower part (20) by means of at least one spring device, wherein the upper part (4a, 4b) is mounted relative to the lower part (20) in such a way that it is pivotable (17) about an imaginary or real axis (15) extending in the vehicle width direction or vehicle length direction (8) when vibrations occur between the upper part (4a, 4b) and the lower part (20).

Claims

1. A vehicle suspension device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cab comprising a lower part and an upper part spring-mounted relative to the lower part by means of at least one spring means, characterized in that the upper part is mounted relative to the lower part in such a way that it is pivotable about an imaginary or real axis extending in a vehicle width direction or a vehicle length direction when vibrations occur between the upper part and the lower part, wherein the imaginary or real axis is disposed below the lower part, wherein an angle of movement of plus or minus approximately 3 degrees relative to a central axis is allowed.

2. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the imaginary or real axis is arranged below the upper part.

3. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein pivoting movements of the pivotable upper part can be acted upon by means of the spring device with a spring force that counteracts the pivoting movement for vibration damping purposes.

4. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the upper part is a vehicle seat upper part and the lower part is a vehicle seat lower part which is connected to a vehicle body part or frame and/or to a vehicle cab part.

5. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle seat upper part comprises a seat part with a backrest.

6. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle seat upper part is connected to the vehicle seat lower part by means of at least one pivot arm extending substantially in the vehicle height direction in such a way that the vehicle seat upper part moves in the forward and backward direction (8) and in an upward and downward direction.

7. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the upper part is the vehicle cab and the lower part is a vehicle frame part.

8. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, further comprising a horizontal suspension extending in the vehicle length direction and a horizontal suspension extending in the vehicle width direction, wherein the imaginary or real axis is displaceable in the transverse direction when vibrations occur.

9. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the upper part is displaceable relative to the lower part when vibrations occur.

10. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the imaginary or real axis is displaceable in the transverse direction when vibrations occur, and wherein the vehicle suspension device includes a horizontal suspension device which runs substantially parallel to a floor of the vehicle allowing the vehicle seat to both pivot around the imaginary or real axis and be displaced horizontally when vibrations occur.

11. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one springs means is aligned substantially with a horizontal plain of the vehicle.

12. A vehicle suspension device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cab comprising:

a lower part;

an upper part;

at least one pivot arm;

wherein the upper part is pivotally connected to the lower part by the at least one pivot arm;

wherein the upper part can pivot plus or minus approximately 3 degrees about an imaginary or real axis extending in a vehicle width direction or a vehicle length direction relative to a central axis;

wherein the at least one pivot arm extends substantially in a vehicle height direction in such a way that the upper part can move in the vehicle length direction and in the vehicle height direction; and

wherein the at least one pivot arm is interconnected to the lower part by at least one spring means, the spring means aligned substantially with a horizontal plain of the vehicle such that pivoting movements of the upper part can be acted upon with a spring force that counteracts the pivoting movements.

13. The vehicle suspension device according to claim 12, wherein the imaginary or real axis is disposed below the lower part.