IP Library Patent Application 12494974
Patent Application
App. No. 12/494,974

PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE SEAT OF A MIDDLE SEAT ROW

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App. No.
12/494,974
Abstract

A passenger automobile, in particular a van, is provided having three seat rows situated one behind another in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the middle seat row having at least one seat adjustable as a whole in the vehicle longitudinal direction, which has a seat part and a backrest part, which is settable and fixable at an angle to the seat part, and a footwell being formed in front of the seat located in the usage position. The seat with unchanged position of seat part and backrest part is positionable in a nonusage position in the footwell. In such a vehicle, the third seat row is well accessible through the vehicle door which is situated in the area of the second seat row. Independently of mounted child seats on the second seat row, it is possible to pass through the vehicle door associated with the second seat row to the rear to the third seat row.

Claims (16)

1 . A passenger automobile, comprising:

a first seat row;

a second seat row situated behind the first seat row in a longitudinal direction of the passenger automobile, the second seat row comprising a seat adjustable as a whole in the longitudinal direction that has a seat part and a backrest part, which is settable and fixable at an angle to the seat part, and a footwell formed in front of the second seat row located in a usage position, wherein the second seat row with an unchanged position of the seat part and the backrest part can be positioned in the footwell in a nonusage position; and

a third seat row situated behind the second seat row in the longitudinal direction of the passenger automobile;

2 . The passenger automobile according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the seat part is oriented inclined forward and downward relative to the horizontal in the nonusage position.

3 . The passenger automobile according to claim 1 , wherein a support surface of the backrest part is situated essentially vertically in the nonusage position.

4 . The passenger automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the seat part is mounted in a floor of the passenger automobile with a rail guide.

5 . The passenger automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the seat part and the backrest part are implemented separately and connected to one another.

6 . The passenger automobile according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of bearing blades are connected to the seat part on both sides of the seat part for the mounting, the plurality of bearing blades settable and fixable relative to the seat part.

7 . The passenger automobile according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of bearing blades are adapted to receive the backrest part and pivotable around an axis situated substantially parallel to a pivot axis of the plurality of bearing blades in the seat part.

8 . The passenger automobile according to claim 7 , wherein the pivot axis of the backrest part in the plurality of bearing blades, relative to the usage position is situated in the plurality of bearing blades between an upper free end of the backrest part and the pivot axis and the plurality of bearing blades at approximately half a distance of the pivot axis from the seat part and the plurality of bearing blades and from the pivot axis of the backrest part.

9 . The passenger automobile according to claim 6 , wherein the backrest part and the plurality of bearing blades are fixable to one another.

10 . The passenger automobile according to claim 9 , wherein the backrest part and the plurality of bearing blades are fixable to one another in the usage position that forms a component of a cargo space floor of the passenger automobile.

11 . The passenger automobile according to claim 6 , wherein with the plurality of bearing blades pivoted to a rear, the backrest part mounted in the plurality of bearing blades, is situated essentially horizontally to form a section of a cargo space floor with a rear side of the backrest part directed upward.

12 . The passenger automobile according to claim 6 , wherein an armrest is mounted in one of the plurality of bearing blades.

13 . The passenger automobile according to claim 11 , wherein the backrest part having a rear side directed upward essentially forms a plane with a second rear side that is directed forward of a second backrest part that is folded forward of the third seat row that is directed upward of a third backrest part that is folded forward of the first seat row.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2011
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 025781/0299 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2010
From: LEOPOLD, FRANK
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 024001/0347 →
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 →