Vehicle seat

• US 9,333,881 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adient US, LLC (Adient plc)
• Original Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Company KG (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Roth, Michael, Jung, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Allred, David E
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARRISON, ALEXANDER SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US14/122,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20150035334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,448 Days
• Field of Search: 297/344.24, 297/344.21, 297/344.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/005 Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles , e.g. dismountable auxiliary seatsB60N2/02 takes precedence ; for railway vehicles B61D1/04
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/067 by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/14 rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/10 , B60N2/2869 take precedence

Abstract

A vehicle seat having a seat shell, includes a first upper rail, which is arranged on the tunnel side and is movably guided in a first lower rail, and a second upper rail, which is arranged on the sill side and is movably guided in a second lower rail. The first upper rail can be displaced relative to the second upper rail, and due to that displacement the seat shell carries out a rotation about a vertically extending pivot axis. A main memory device is provided on the second upper rail, and at least one spring unit is provided, which acts upon the first upper rail relative to the second upper rail in the longitudinal direction.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat having a seat shell, comprising:

a first top rail, which is arranged on a tunnel side and is guided movably in a first bottom rail;

a second top rail, which is arranged on a sill side and is guided movably in a second bottom rail, wherein the first top rail is configured to be displaced relative to the second top rail, and the seat shell experiencing a rotation about a vertically running pivot axis as a result of a displacement of the first top rail relative to the second top rail;

a main memory apparatus provided on the second top rail; and

at least one spring unit which loads the first top rail in the longitudinal direction relative to the second top rail.

2. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spring unit is arranged between the first top rail and the second top rail.

3. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein an additional memory apparatus is provided on the first top rail.

4. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 3, wherein the two memory apparatuses are activated at the same time.

5. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 3, wherein the two memory apparatuses are activated during a rotation of the seat shell around the vertically running pivot axis.

6. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spring unit loads the first top rail in the driving direction relative to the second top rail.

7. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spring unit is a gas pressure spring.

8. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spring unit can be blocked.

9. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bracket rests on the first and second top rails, which bracket is mounted on the second top rail such that it can be rotated about a vertically running rotational axis.

10. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 9, wherein the seat shell is mounted on the bracket.

11. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 9, wherein the rotational axis is aligned with the pivot axis.

12. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 9, wherein the spring unit is arranged between the first top rail and the bracket.

13. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 9, wherein the spring unit is arranged between the second top rail and the bracket.