Seat height adjusting apparatus for vehicle

• US 9,010,737 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2011
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Han Il E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: HAN II E-Hwa Company Limited
• Inventors: Shin, Chun-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): IRVIN, THOMAS W
• Application Number:
  US13/704,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20130140865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 267/64.28, 267/64.27, 267/120, 267/131, 267/142, 297/344.12, 297/338, 248/421, 248/422, 248/423
• US Class Current: 267/64.28
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/162 Scissors-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1665 Hydraulic or pneumatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/502 attached to the base of the seat B60N2/504 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/505 Adjustable suspension including height adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/508 Scissors-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/525 using gas

Abstract

A seat height adjusting apparatus for a vehicle includes an air spring configured to raise or lower a seat of the vehicle, a control valve connected to the air spring and configured to selectively supply air to the air spring, a push rod configured to selectively press an air injection pin or an air discharge pin of the control valve, an arm rod fastened to the push rod and configured to rotate the push rod, a height adjusting cable fastened to one side of the arm rod and configured to rotate the arm rod, and a height adjusting lever configured to move the height adjusting cable in one direction.

Claims

1. A seat height adjusting apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

an air spring configured to raise or lower a seat of the vehicle;

a control valve connected to the air spring and configured to selectively supply air to the air spring;

a push rod configured to selectively press an air injection pin or an air discharge pin of the control valve;

an arm rod fastened to the push rod and configured to rotate the push rod;

a height adjusting cable fastened to one side of the arm rod and configured to rotate the arm rod; and

a height adjusting lever configured to move the height adjusting cable in one direction, wherein the push rod includes;

an upper push rod rotated in a downward direction to selectively press the air injection pin; and

a lower push rod rotated in an upward direction to selectively press the air discharge pin, and wherein

the push rod further includes a push rod spring connecting the upper and lower push rods.

2. The seat height adjusting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an X-shaped link fastened to one side of the vehicle seat and subjected to a variation in width by an air pump.

3. The seat height adjusting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the upper and lower push rods are coupled with a rotational shaft of the arm rod.