IP Library Granted Patent US 8,973,967
Granted Patent B2
US 8,973,967 · App. 13/610,435 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

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

Inventor: Jens Kolb (Konigstein, DE)
Assignee: Grammer AG
B60N2/506B60N2/502B60N2/507B60N2/508
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Patent No.
US 8,973,967
App. No.
13/610,435
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
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 (9)

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 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: GRAMMER AG
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 054922/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2012
From: KOLB, JENS
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 029513/0024 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 053 647 · Sep 15, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130069409A1 · Mar 21, 2013