IP Library Granted Patent US 9,821,687
Granted Patent B2
US 9,821,687 · App. 15/100,036 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Seat system for a vehicle

Inventors: Antonios Simeonidis (Wuppertal, DE); Ivan Krizic (Bergisch Gladbach, DE)
Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
B60N2/3009B60N2/015B60N2/3013B60N2205/35
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Patent No.
US 9,821,687
App. No.
15/100,036
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat system ( 1 ) for a vehicle, includes a plurality of seats ( 2.1 to 2.3 ) which are disposed next to one another and at least two of which are pivotable about a common pivot axis (S). At least one of the seats ( 2.2 ) that are pivotable about the common pivot axis (S) is designed in such a way that when the seat is unlocked and the backrest thereof is pivoted by more than a predefined angle of inclination, the adjacent other seat ( 2.1 ) is blocked in the unlocked state or at least the folding movement of the backrest thereof is dampened or prevented.

Claims (12)

1. A seat system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

a plurality of seats which are arranged one beside another, each of the plurality of seats comprising a seat part and a backrest, at least two of the plurality of seats being independently pivotable about a common pivot axis, wherein at least one of the at least two seats pivotable on the common pivot axis is configured such that, in the event of an unlocking and the backrest thereof being pivoted from a normal or seating position beyond a predetermined angle of inclination into a forward position, an adjacent seat of the at least two seats pivotable on the common pivot axis is blocked in an unlocked state or a folding action of the backrest thereof is damped or blocked, wherein a spring device or a damping device or both a spring device and a damping device is arranged in a region of the common pivot axis of the at least one of the plurality of the seats which is to be pivoted.

2. The seat system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a smaller-width seat of the at least two pivotable seats is configured such that, in the event of unlocking and the backrest thereof being pivoted beyond a predetermined angle of inclination, the other, adjacent seat, which is of greater width, is blocked in the unlocked state or at least a folding action of the backrest thereof is damped or blocked.

3. The seat system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjacent seat in the non-folded state, in the event of unlocking, is spring-loaded in relation to a pivoted seat.

4. The seat system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring device or the damping device or both the spring device and the damping device comprises a spring element, the spring element comprising at least one wrap spring.

5. The seat system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring device or the damping device or both the spring device and the damping device comprises a spring element, the spring element comprising at least one helical torsion spring.

6. The seat system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring device or the damping device or both the spring device and the damping device comprises a damping element, the damping element comprising at least one guide sleeve or friction clamp.

7. The seat system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the guide sleeve or the friction clamp is slit.

8. The seat system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:

the spring device or the damping device or both the spring device and the damping device comprises a spring element; and

the spring element wraps around the guide sleeve or the friction clamp.

9. The seat system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spring element has one spring end articulated on the backrest of the at least one of the seats which is to be pivoted and has another spring end articulated on the seat part of the at least one of the seats.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 058751/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 044531/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2016
From: SIMEONIDIS, ANTONIOS; KRIZIC, IVAN
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 040146/0707 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 224 605 · Nov 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170001545A1 · Jan 5, 2017