Safety seat for motor vehicles

• US 8,911,013 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2011
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SCHROTH Safety Products GmbH
• Original Assignee: SCHROTH Safety Products GmbH
• Inventors: Reinck, Wilko
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARRISON, ALEXANDER SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US13/191,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20120025570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 297/338, 297/337, 297/344.18, 297/344.12, 297/484, 297/452.2, 297/383, 297/216.1, 297/216.13
• US Class Current: 297/216.13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/24 for particular purposes or particular vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4242 vertical
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42709 involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42754 of the cushion
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0619 with energy absorbing means specially adapted for mitigating impact loads for passenger seats, e.g. at a crash
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0646 Seats characterised by special features of stationary arms, foot or head rests
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 25/04 Seat modifications

Abstract

A safety seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat unit and a back unit having an upper part and a lower part. The safety seat can be connected by way of the upper part to the structure of a motor vehicle, and the lower part can be dropped with respect to the upper part. The lower part is guided on the upper part and is connected to the upper part by at least one energy-absorbing support strap. The seat unit has a forward part connected in articulated fashion to the upper part of the back unit, and a rear part which is connected in articulated fashion to the lower part of the back unit. The rear part of the seat unit drops farther than the forward part of the seat unit when a force resulting from an accident or an explosion acts on the vehicle.

Claims

1. Safety seat for motor vehicles with the following features:

(a) the safety seat (1) comprises a seat unit (2) and a back unit (3);

(b) the back unit (3) comprises an upper part (4) and a lower part (5), wherein the safety seat (1) can be connected by way of the upper part (4) to the structure of a motor vehicle, and wherein the lower part (5) can be dropped with respect to the upper part (4) by telescoping relative to the upper part;

(c) the lower part (5) is guided on the upper part (4) and is connected to the upper part (4) by at least one energy-absorbing support strap (11);

(d) the seat unit (2) has a forward part (17), which is connected in articulated fashion to the upper part (4) of the back unit, and a rear part (18), which is connected in articulated fashion to the lower part (5) of the back unit (3), wherein the rear part (18) of the seat unit (2) is intended to drop farther than the forward part (17) of the seat unit (2) when a force resulting from an accident or an explosion acts on the motor vehicle.

2. Safety seat according to claim 1, characterized in that the support strap (11) comprises a strap section (20) with at least two layers of strap material lying on top of each other, which are connected to each other by at least one tear seam or adhesive bond configured to serve as a predetermined break point.

3. Safety seat according to claim 1, characterized in that a bracing strap (19) connects the forward part (17) of the seat unit (2) to the upper part (4) of the back unit (3), wherein the center of rotation (D) at which the bracing strap (19) is connected to the seat unit (2) is a greater horizontal distance away from the back unit (3) than the horizontal distance between the center of rotation (D) and the forward part (17) of the seat unit (2).

4. Safety seat according to claim 1, characterized in that a safety belt arrangement (22) with shoulder belts (23) is provided, wherein the shoulder belts (23) pass around the upper part (4) of the back unit (3) and can be pulled tight when the lower part (5) at the back unit (3) drops.

5. Safety seat according to claim 4, characterized in that the shoulder belts (23) are fastened to the lower part (5) of the back unit (3).

6. Safety seat according to claim 3, characterized in that the bracing straps (19) support a backrest unit (25) of textile fabric, which extends between the bracing straps (19).

7. Safety seat according to claim 1, characterized in that a footrest (26), which extends underneath, a certain distance away from, and parallel to the seat unit (2) without touching the floor of the motor vehicle, is connected to the lower part (5) of the back unit (3).

8. Safety seat according to claim 1, characterized in that the support strap (11) comprises means for indicating an overload.

9. Safety seat according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined break point of the support strap (11) has a falling load level.

10. Safety seat for motor vehicles with the following features:

(a) the safety seat (1) comprises a seat unit (2) and a back unit (3);

(b) the back unit (3) comprises an upper part (4) and a lower part (5), wherein the upper part (4) is rigidly connectable to the structure of a motor vehicle, and wherein the lower part (5) can be dropped with respect to the upper part (4);

(c) the lower part (5) is guided on the upper part (4) and is connected to the upper part (4) by at least one energy-absorbing support strap (11);

(d) the seat unit (2) has a forward part (17), which is connected in articulated fashion to the upper part (4) of the back unit, and a rear part (18), which is connected in articulated fashion to the lower part (5) of the back unit (3), wherein the rear part (18) of the seat unit (2) is intended to drop farther than the forward part (17) of the seat unit (2) when a force resulting from an accident or an explosion acts on the motor vehicle to cause the lower part (5) to drop with respect to the upper part (4).