IP Library Granted Patent US 11,673,490
Granted Patent B2
US 11,673,490 · App. 17/595,095 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat and vehicle seat

Inventors: Grit Scholz (Remscheid, DE); Rolf Schueler (Heiligenhaus, DE); Kirubaharan Albert Reginold (Burscheid, DE); Dieter Henkel (Remscheid, DE); Balaji Paramasivam (Leverkusen, DE); Arkadius Rock (Solingen, DE)
Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
B60N2/2251B60N2/2258
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Patent No.
US 11,673,490
App. No.
17/595,095
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustment fitting for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat may have a first fitting part, and a second fitting part which is pivotable about a central axis of rotation relative to the first fitting part and is connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat. The first fitting part and the second fitting part may be components both of a gear unit, such as a planetary gear, of the adjustment fitting and of a locking device, such as a detent lock, of the adjustment fitting. A vehicle seat having the adjustment fitting is also disclosed.

Claims (24)

1. An adjustment fitting for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:

a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat, and

a second fitting part which is pivotable about a central axis of rotation relative to the first fitting part and is connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,

wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are components both of a gear unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking device of the adjustment fitting;

wherein the first fitting part has an inner toothing of the gear unit;

wherein the inner toothing of the gear unit is arranged axially adjacent to an inner toothing of the locking device.

2. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gear unit has a planetary gear system or is a planetary gear system.

3. The adjustment as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first fitting part acts as a ring gear of the planetary gear system and the second fitting part acts as a web of the planetary gear system.

4. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking device has a detent lock or is a detent lock.

5. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second fitting part has at least one guide for at least one locking element of the detent lock.

6. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one locking element is movable by rotating an eccentric subassembly from a central position of the eccentric subassembly into a position unlocking the adjustment fitting and is movable into a position locking the adjustment fitting via an opposing rotation back into the central position of the eccentric subassembly.

7. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 6 , having an interface comprising a drive socket, for connecting the adjustment fitting to a drive comprising a drive shaft.

8. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a rotation of a drive socket from a central position of this drive socket via a clamping coupling effects a rotation of the eccentric subassembly and after rotating the drive socket beyond a defined angle the clamping coupling opens such that the drive socket may rotate further without rotating the eccentric subassembly at the same time.

9. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a sun gear of the gear stage is coupled with an empty angle to the drive socket, such that with a rotation of the drive socket from the central position thereof to a defined rotational angle of the drive socket the sun gear remains immobile, and with a rotation of the drive socket beyond the defined angle the sun gear rotates therewith.

10. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a gear stage comprising a wobble gear is arranged between the drive socket and the sun gear.

11. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fitting part has an inner toothing of the locking device.

12. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner toothing of the gear unit is identical to the inner toothing of the locking device.

13. A vehicle seat comprising an adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 .

14. An adjustment fitting for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:

a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat, and

a second fitting part which is pivotable about a central axis of rotation relative to the first fitting part and is connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,

wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are components both of a gear unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking device of the adjustment fitting;

wherein the gear unit has a planetary gear system or is a planetary gear system;

wherein the first fitting part acts as a ring gear of the planetary gear system and the second fitting part acts as a web of the planetary gear system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: SCHOLZ, GRIT; SCHUELER, ROLF; ALBERT REGINOLD, KIRUBAHARAN; HENKEL, DIETER; PARAMASIVAM, BALAJI; ROCK, ARKADIUS
To: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 112 345.3 · May 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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