IP Library Patent Application 12419848
Patent Application
App. No. 12/419,848

MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT HAVING LOCKABLE WING REST AND SEATING CONFIGURATION HAVING SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT

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12/419,848
Abstract

A motor vehicle seat is provide that includes, but is not limited to a backrest which is pivoted from an essentially upright usage position into an essentially horizontal non-usage position, the backrest having a wing rest which is pivotable in the non-usage position of the backrest from an armrest non-usage position, which is essentially parallel to a middle backrest par of the backrest, around the pivot axis into an armrest usage position to implement an armrest, and having a locking configuration which is lockable in two positions and by which the wing rest is lockable in both the armrest usage position and also the armrest non-usage position.

Claims (25)

1 . A motor vehicle seat, comprising:

a backrest which is pivotable from an essentially upright usage position into an essentially horizontal non-usage position;

a wing rest which is pivotable in a non-usage position of the backrest from an armrest non-usage position, which is essentially parallel to a middle backrest part of the backrest around a pivot axis into an armrest usage position to implement an armrest; and

a locking configuration which is lockable in at least two positions, and by which the wing rest is lockable in both the armrest usage position and also the armrest non-usage position.

2 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the locking configuration has at least one first rotary catch lock for locking the wing rest in one of the armrest usage position or the armrest non-usage position.

3 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the locking configuration has at least one second rotary catch lock adapted to lock the wing rest in the other of the armrest usage position or the armrest non-usage position.

4 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the wing rest is mounted so it is axially displaceable in a direction of the pivot axis on the middle backrest part of the backrest in such a way that it is lockable in a formfitting way on the middle backrest part in the other of the armrest usage position or the armrest non-usage position.

5 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein a bolt of a rotary catch lock is at least situated in one of an essentially parallel or perpendicular position relative to the pivot axis.

6 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the locking configuration has at least one bolt lock adapted to lock the wing rest in at least one of the armrest usage position or the armrest non-usage position.

7 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein a bolt lock has a bolt that is rotationally fixed in one of the middle backrest part or the wing rest, having at least one radially movable protrusion that engages in a first depression in the other of the middle backrest part or the wing rest in the armrest usage position and engages in a second depression in the other of the middle backrest part and the wing rest in the armrest non-usage position.

8 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of a radially protruding or intrusion has at least one of conical or chamfered tip.

9 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the locking configuration is lockable in a spring-loaded way in at least one of the armrest usage position or the armrest non-usage position.

10 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the wing rest is elastically preloaded by at least one of a torsion bar spring or leg spring, in at least one of the armrest usage position, the armrest non-usage position, or an intermediate position.

11 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a damper adapted to dampen a pivot movement of the wing rest.

12 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising an unlocking actuator adapted for unlocking the locking configuration.

13 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 12 , wherein a locking actuator is situated on at least one of the middle backrest part or the wing rest.

14 . The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a second wing rest that is kinematically coupled to the wing rest in such a way that it is pivotable thereby between the armrest non-usage position and the armrest usage position and is lockable by the locking configuration in both the armrest usage position and also the armrest non-usage position.

15 . A seating configuration, comprising:

a first motor vehicle seat, comprising:

a backrest which is pivotable from an essentially upright usage position into an essentially horizontal non-usage position;

a wing rest which is pivotable in a non-usage position of the backrest from an armrest non-usage position, which is essentially parallel to a middle backrest part of the backrest around a pivot axis into an armrest usage position to implement an armrest; and

a locking configuration which is lockable in at least two positions, and by which the wing rest is lockable in both the armrest usage position and also the armrest non-usage position; and

a second motor vehicle seat situated adjacent to the first motor vehicle seat in a row of seats,

wherein the wing rest is situated on a side of the first motor vehicle seat facing toward the second motor vehicle seat.

16 . The seating configuration according to claim 17 , further comprising a third motor vehicle seat in the row of seats, at least one of the second motor vehicle seat or third motor vehicle seat displaceable inward in the transverse direction in such a way that at least partially extend into a free space provided by a pivoting the wing rest from the armrest non-usage position into the armrest usage position.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2011
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 025781/0245 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 8, 2010
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 025324/0555 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 025315/0091 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2010
From: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 025246/0056 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 28, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST
Reel/Frame 023162/0048 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 27, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Reel/Frame 023201/0118 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2009
From: MAIER, JUERGEN
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 022871/0337 →