IP Library Granted Patent US 12,594,861
Granted Patent B2
US 12,594,861 · App. 18/419,972 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Adjustment device and vehicle seat with adjustment device

Inventors: Oliver Kuntz (Wermelskirchen, DE); Van-Toan Ho (Solingen, DE); Frank Schlueter (Moers, DE)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60N2/164
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Patent No.
US 12,594,861
App. No.
18/419,972
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A height adjustment device for a component of a vehicle seat may have at least one drive unit having a motor and two height adjustment units. A shaft is arranged between each one of the height adjustment units and the motor and makes it possible to transmit a rotation of the motor to the respective height adjustment unit.

Claims (12)

1 . A height adjustment device for a component of a vehicle seat, comprising:

at least one drive unit having a motor arranged and held in a motor bridge and two height adjustment units, each of the two height adjustment units is configured as a spindle unit and coupled to the motor by a shaft,

wherein each one of the shafts is arranged between each one of the height adjustment units and the motor and makes it possible to transmit a rotation of the motor to one of the two height adjustment units,

wherein the two spindle units, the motor bridge, the motor and the two shafts of the both height adjustment devices are pre-mounted in a mounting unit,

wherein the two spindle units are connected to one another by a crossmember which is formed as the motor bridge.

2 . The height adjustment device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each shaft is in the form of a flexible shaft.

3 . The height adjustment device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each height adjustment unit comprises a spindle unit and the motor is coupled in terms of movement directly to the associated spindle unit on either side via one of the shafts.

4 . The height adjustment device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a first end portion of the spindle unit is articulated on a seat base part and a second end portion of the spindle unit is articulated on a movable seat part or on the gear unit fixedly connected to the seat part.

5 . The height adjustment device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each height adjustment unit additionally comprises a gear unit and the motor is coupled in terms of movement to the spindle unit, indirectly via the gear unit, on either side via one of the shafts.

6 . The height adjustment device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motor bridge has a middle receiving portion for receiving and holding the motor and two side portions, adjoining the middle receiving portion, for receiving and holding the shaft.

7 . The height adjustment device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the motor bridge is in the form of an upwardly open profile.

8 . A vehicle seat with the height adjustment device as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2025
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073872/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2024
From: KUNTZ, OLIVER; HO, VAN-TOAN; SCHLUETER, FRANK
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 066214/0783 →