Vehicle seat, motor vehicle and method for spring-mounting a vehicle seat

• US 8,973,967 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2012
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kolb, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): Morrow, Jason S
• Application Number:
  US13/610,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20130069409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• Field of Search: 296/65.02, 296/65.05, 297/344.11
• US Class Current: 296/65.02
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/502 attached to the base of the seat B60N2/504 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/506 Seat guided by rods
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/507 Parallelogram-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/508 Scissors-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A vehicle seat having a seat surface, a backrest and a suspension device. The suspension device may comprise at least one upper part on a seat surface side, a lower part on the body side, suspension mechanisms and damping mechanisms. At least the scissor-type frame is positioned between the upper part on the seat surface and the lower part on a vehicle body. The vehicle seat may comprise a tilting mechanism which can be actuated by a vertical deflection of the suspension device for tilting the upper part on the seat surface side relative to the lower part on the body side.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat having a seat surface, a backrest and a suspension device, the suspension device comprising at least one upper part on the seat surface side, one lower part on a body side, a suspension mechanism, a damping mechanism and a tilting mechanism, each of the damping mechanism, suspension mechanism and tilting mechanism being positioned between the upper part on the seat surface side and the lower part on the body side, wherein the suspension device comprises a lever assembly comprising a first lever mechanism and a second lever mechanism vertically offset from one another, wherein the tilting mechanism is configured to actuate by means of a vertical deflection of the suspension device for tilting the upper part on the seat surface side relative to the lower part on the body side, wherein the first lever mechanism consists of an individual lever rod mounted in a lower swivel joint on the lower part on the body side and an upper swivel joint on the upper part on the seat surface side such that it can be moved in rotation.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the upper part on the seat surface side comprises a point of rotation positioned outside the suspension device, about which the upper part on the seat surface side is positioned such that it can rotate during vertical deflection of the suspension device.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, characterized by a rotational suspension mechanism for producing a longitudinal horizontal offset in particular regarding the upper part on the seat surface side with respect to the lower part on the body side, which is proportional to a vertical spring deflection.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the two lever mechanisms have different lengths, and at least one of the lever mechanisms comprises more than one lever arm component.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the upper part on the seat surface side is mounted such that it can be positioned at different angles with respect to the lower part on the body side by means of the suspension device.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the upper part on the seat surface side has different spring deflections in passing from its front side to its rear side relative to the lower part on the body side.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 4, wherein the first lever mechanism is shorter than the second lever mechanism.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the suspension device comprises at least one vertical suspension mechanism and one rotational suspension mechanism for producing a longitudinal horizontal spring deflection which is positioned such that it can be actuated as a function of the vertical suspension mechanism.

9. A motor vehicle, utility vehicle or agricultural vehicle having a vehicle seat characterized by a vehicle seat according to claim 1.