IP Library Granted Patent US 10,654,381
Granted Patent B2
US 10,654,381 · App. 16/031,052 · Granted May 19, 2020

Vehicle seat comprising adjustable damper

Inventors: Konstantin Lorey (Schmidgaden, DE); Konstantin Krivenkov (Amberg, DE)
Assignee: GRAMMER AG
B60N2/522B60N2/502B60N2/508B60N2/525B60N2/16
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Patent No.
US 10,654,381
App. No.
16/031,052
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Vehicle seat comprising an upper seat part and a lower seat part, the upper seat part and the lower seat part being connected by a scissor-action frame, and comprising a damper, the scissor-action frame comprising a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm, the first scissor arm and the second scissor arm being mounted so as to be rotatable about a common swivel axis, a first end of the damper being rotatably connected to the first scissor arm, a first lever element and a second lever element being provided, a first end of the first lever element being rotatably connected to the first scissor arm and a first end of the second lever element being rotatably connected to the second scissor arm and a second end of the damper being rotatably connected to a second end of the first lever element and to a second end of the second lever element.

Claims (19)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

an upper seat part and a lower seat part, the upper seat part and the lower seat part being connected by a scissor-action frame, and comprising a damper, the scissor-action frame comprising a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm, the first scissor arm and the second scissor arm being mounted so as to be rotatable about a common swivel axis, a first end of the damper being rotatably connected to the second scissor arm,

wherein a first lever element and a second lever element are provided, a first end of the first lever element being rotatably connected to the first scissor arm, a first end of the second lever element being rotatably connected to the second scissor arm, and a second end of the damper being rotatably connected to a second end of the first lever element and to a second end of the second lever element.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the first lever element is rotatably connected to the first scissor arm by means of a first swivel axis and the first end of the second lever element is connected to the second scissor arm by means of a second swivel axis and the second end of the first lever element, and the second end of the second lever element and the second end of the damper are connected by means of a third swivel axis.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein in a first state in which the vehicle seat is completely compressed, a first connection line between the first swivel axis and the third swivel axis and a second connection line between the second swivel axis and the third swivel axis form an acute angle.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein in a second state in which the vehicle seat is completely extended, a first connection line between the first swivel axis and the third swivel axis and a second connection line between the second swivel axis and the third swivel axis form an obtuse angle.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the second lever element is U-shaped when viewed in at least one direction that is perpendicular to the first swivel axis and comprises a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being rotatably connected to the first scissor arm and the second leg being rotatably connected to the third swivel axis.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the first lever element is shaped like a plate.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the second end of the second lever element is arranged between the first leg and the second leg when viewed in the direction of longitudinal extension of the third swivel axis.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the first scissor arm and the second scissor arm each comprise a floating bearing and a fixed bearing, the fixed bearing of the first scissor arm being connected to the upper seat part and the fixed bearing of the second scissor arm being connected to the lower seat part.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between the first swivel axis and the common swivel axis is smaller than a distance between the first swivel axis and the floating bearing of the first scissor arm, and a distance between the second swivel axis and the common swivel axis being smaller than a distance between the second swivel axis and the floating bearing of the second scissor arm.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle seat also comprises a pneumatic spring for cushioning the vehicle seat, the pneumatic spring being connected to the scissor-action frame and to the upper seat part or the lower seat part.

11. A commercial vehicle, comprising a vehicle seat according to claim 1 .

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein in a second state in which the vehicle seat is completely extended, a first connection line between the first swivel axis and the third swivel axis and a second connection line between the second swivel axis and the third swivel axis form an obtuse angle, wherein the angle is larger than 170°.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein in a second state in which the vehicle seat is completely extended, a first connection line between the first swivel axis and the third swivel axis and a second connection line between the second swivel axis and the third swivel axis form an obtuse angle, wherein the angle is larger than 175°.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein in a second state in which the vehicle seat is completely extended, a first connection line between the first swivel axis and the third swivel axis and a second connection line between the second swivel axis and the third swivel axis form an obtuse angle, wherein the angle is 180°.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the angle is smaller than 10°.

16. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the angle is smaller than 5°.

17. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the angle is smaller than 3°.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: GRAMMER AG
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 054922/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2018
From: LOREY, KONSTANTIN; KRIVENKOV, KONSTANTIN
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 046541/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2018
From: LOREY, KONSTANTIN; KRIVENKOV, KONSTANTIN
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 046445/0085 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 115 347 · Jul 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190009697A1 · Jan 10, 2019