IP Library Granted Patent US 8,534,646
Granted Patent B2
US 8,534,646 · App. 13/178,244 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Seat suspension device for a vehicle seat

Inventors: Rupert Bauer (Schmidgaden, DE); Nikolaus Haller (Ammerthal, DE); Johann Meier (Fensterbach, DE); Hubert Wittmann (Floss, DE)
Assignee: Grammer AG
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Patent No.
US 8,534,646
App. No.
13/178,244
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a seat suspension device for a vehicle seat, in particular a commercial vehicle seat, comprising at least one air spring, said air spring being disposed between an upper seat portion of the vehicle seat and a lower seat portion of the vehicle seat, and at least one hose-like member connected to the air spring via a first connection line for an extension volume of the air spring is provided, said hose-like member being arranged along at least one fold of a bellows-like facing extending between an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion of a vehicle seat.

Claims (17)

1. A seat suspension device for a vehicle seat, in particular a commercial vehicle seat, comprising:

at least one air spring, said air spring being mounted between an upper seat portion of the vehicle seat and a lower seat portion of the vehicle seat;

at least one hose member connected to the air spring via a first connection line for an extension volume of the air spring, said hose member being arranged along at least one fold of a bellows facing extending between the upper seat portion and the lower seat portion of the vehicle seat; and

wherein a course of the fold is partially, preferably completely filled with said hose member.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first connection line includes a throttle element for adjusting a flow cross section in the first connection line.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hose member extends along a course of a web with the greatest web height, with the bellows facing including two folds orientated parallel to each other, wherein the folds are connected to each other via webs extending in the height direction.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said hose member is annularly formed.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hose member has a circular or polygonal, preferably a quadrangular, cross section.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hose member is fixed to the bellows facing, and is preferably integrated into the bellows facing.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hose member is preferably made from plastic.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a valve for controlling the pressure in the air spring and/or in the hose member is mounted in the bellows facing between the upper seat portion and the lower seat portion of the vehicle seat.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an internal cross section of the first connection line is smaller at least in sections than an internal cross section of the hose member.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a throttle element of the first connection line can be controlled by means of a control unit.

11. A seat suspension device for a vehicle seat, in particular a commercial vehicle seat, comprising:

at least one air spring, said air spring being mounted between an upper seat portion of the vehicle seat and a lower seat portion of the vehicle seat;

at least one hose member connected to the air spring via a first connection line for an extension volume of the air spring, said hose member being arranged along at least one fold of a bellows facing extending between the upper seat portion and the lower seat portion of the vehicle seat; and

wherein a means for increasing a pressure in the air spring and/or in the hose member is mounted in the bellows facing between the upper seat portion and the lower seat portion of the vehicle seat.

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 Sep 28, 2011
From: BAUER, RUPERT; HALLER, NIKOLAUS; MEIER, JOHANN; WITTMANN, HUBERT
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 026985/0791 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 026 568 · Jul 8, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120007293A1 · Jan 12, 2012