IP Library Granted Patent US 8,783,666
Granted Patent B2
US 8,783,666 · App. 13/230,713 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Sprung multipoint mounting for vehicle seat with elastomer spring element

Inventor: Jens Kolb (Königstein, DE)
Assignee: Grammer AG
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Patent No.
US 8,783,666
App. No.
13/230,713
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) comprising a sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) arranged between a vehicle seat ( 2 ) or driver's cab and a base element ( 3 ) of a vehicle arranged below and suitable for rotative springing and/or damping of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) and/or driver's cab in relation to the base element ( 3 ), wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) is formed of several pieces and comprises at least one fluid spring element and/or fluid damping element ( 5 ) and at least one elastomer spring element ( 6 ).

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) comprising a sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) arranged between a vehicle seat ( 2 ) or driver's cab and a base element ( 3 ) of a vehicle arranged below and suitable for rotative springing and/or damping of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) and/or driver's cab in relation to the base element ( 3 ), wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) is formed of several pieces and comprises at least one elastomer spring element ( 6 ), and wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) comprises at least one separate fluid spring element and/or a fluid damping element ( 5 ), wherein the fluid spring element and/or fluid damping element ( 5 ) and the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) are arranged between the vehicle seat or the driver's cab and the base element ( 3 ), and wherein the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) in at least one dimension has a cross section which at least in portions has substantially the form of a triangle spanned by two legs ( 16 ), wherein the legs ( 16 ) of the triangle are arranged obliquely in relation to a vertical connection between the base element ( 3 ) and an underside ( 8 ) of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) or the driver's cab and comprises a material with elastic properties.

2. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid spring element is an air spring and/or the fluid damping element ( 5 ) is an air bearing.

3. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) is configured for cushioning/absorbing/damping rotative and vertical and/or horizontal movements of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) or driver's cab.

4. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) is arranged substantially parallel to a plane spanned by a vehicle longitudinal axis ( 7 ) or vehicle transverse axis and a vertical.

5. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) comprises a multiplicity of physically separate elastomer spring elements ( 6 ).

6. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) comprises a multiplicity of physically separate fluid spring elements and/or fluid damping elements ( 5 ).

7. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a fluid spring element and/or a fluid damping element ( 5 ) remotely arranged further from a centre of an underside surface of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) or the driver's cab than an elastomer spring element ( 6 ).

8. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a fluid spring element and/or a fluid damping element ( 5 ) adapted in its springing and/or damping properties to allow an active tilt compensation of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) or the driver's cab.

9. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) is arranged substantially parallel to a plane spanned by a vehicle longitudinal axis ( 7 ) or vehicle transverse axis and a vertical.

10. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) comprises a multiplicity of physically separate elastomer spring elements ( 6 ).

11. A vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) comprising a sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) arranged between a vehicle seat ( 2 ) or driver's cab and a base element ( 3 ) of a vehicle arranged below and suitable for rotative springing and/or damping of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) and/or driver's cab in relation to the base element ( 3 ), wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) is formed of several pieces and comprises at least one elastomer spring element ( 6 ), and wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) comprises at least one separate fluid spring element and/or a fluid damping element ( 5 ), wherein the fluid spring element and/or fluid damping element ( 5 ) and the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) are arranged between the vehicle seat or the driver's cab and the base element ( 3 ), and wherein the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) in at least one dimension has a cross section which at least in portions has substantially the shape of the letter W, wherein at least one leg ( 16 ) of the W-shaped elastomer spring element ( 6 ) is oblique in relation to a vertical connection between the base element ( 3 ) and an underside ( 8 ) of the vehicle seat ( 2 ) or the driver's cab and comprises a material with elastic properties.

12. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , wherein the elastomer spring element ( 6 ) is arranged substantially parallel to a plane spanned by a vehicle longitudinal axis ( 7 ) or vehicle transverse axis and a vertical.

13. The vehicle oscillation device ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , wherein the sprung multipoint mounting ( 4 ) comprises a multiplicity of physically separate elastomer spring elements ( 6 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 23, 2021
From: GRAMMER AG
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 056610/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2011
From: KOLB, JENS
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 027436/0894 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2010 045 115 · Sep 13, 2010 · national
DE 10 2010 054 752 · Dec 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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