Vehicle vibration device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10012286-B2
Application number	US-201615375709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2016
Priority date	Dec 14, 2015
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

Vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cabin, comprising a lower part and an upper part which is resiliently mounted relative to the lower part by a damper means, wherein the upper part is mounted in a suspended manner on the lower part by means of at least one pivot bearing, wherein the at least one first pivot bearing comprises at least one first lever, the first end of which is attached to the lower part by a first pivot axis and the second end of which is attached to the upper part by a second pivot axis, wherein the second end is located below the first end when viewed in a vertical direction, wherein at least the position of the first end of the lever can be changed by an adjustment means.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cabin, comprising:
a lower part; and
an upper part resiliently mounted relative to the lower part by a damper means,
wherein the upper part is mounted in a suspended manner on the lower part by at least one first pivot bearing, the at least one first pivot bearing comprising at least one first lever, the first end of which is attached to the lower part by a first pivot axis and the second end of which is attached to the upper part by a second pivot axis, the second end being located below the first end when viewed in a vertical direction, wherein the first end of the first lever is connected to a first end of at least one first lever element at the first pivot axis, wherein a second end of the at least one first lever element is connected to the lower part at an axis of rotation, wherein at least the position of the first end of the first lever relative to the lower part can be changed by pivoting the at least one first lever element relative to the lower part about the axis of rotation using an adjustment means.

2. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pivot bearing comprises at least one second lever, the first end of which is arranged on the lower part by a first pivot axis and the second end of which is arranged on the upper part by a second pivot axis, the second end being located below the first end when viewed in the vertical direction.

3. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle vibration device has at least one second pivot bearing and the lower part and the upper part can be interconnected by the at least one first and at least one second pivot bearing.

4. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first lever element of the lower part substantially extends in the vertical direction or at an angle to the vertical direction.

5. A vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cabin, comprising:
a lower part; and
an upper part which is resiliently mounted relative to the lower part by a damper means,
wherein the upper part is mounted in a suspended manner on the lower part by at least one first pivot bearing, the at least one first pivot bearing comprising at least one first lever, the first end of which is attached to the lower part by a first pivot axis and the second end of which is attached to the upper part by a second pivot axis, the second end being located below the first end when viewed in a vertical direction, wherein at least the position of the first end of the first lever can be changed by an adjustment means, wherein at least one first lever element of the lower part, which substantially extends in the vertical direction or at an angle to the vertical direction, can be pivoted about a pivot axis by the adjustment means and the first end of the first lever being connected to the first lever element by the first pivot axis, and wherein the adjustment means has at least one crank element, arranged on the lower part, having a first and a second end, a first end of a first connecting rod being pivotally arranged at least at the first end of the crank element, and a second end of the first connecting rod being pivotally arranged on the first lever element.

6. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 5 , wherein a first end of a second connecting rod is arranged on the second end of the crank element, and the second connecting rod is pivotally connected to at least one second lever element of the lower part by a second end of the connecting rod.

7. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 4 , wherein the adjustment means comprises at least one actuator which can be connected to the lower part and by means of which the first lever element can be pivoted about the axis of rotation.

8. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means can be actuated manually or automatically.

9. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein a pivot movement of the pivotable upper part can be subjected, by a damper means, to a damping force which counteracts the pivot movement, it being possible for the damper means to be connected to the first lever, or the damper means being arranged between the upper part and the lower part.

10. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the lower part is a lower part of a vehicle seat which is connected to at least one of a vehicle body part, a frame, and a vehicle cabin part.

11. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the first lever is unchanged during a pivoting movement of the first end of the first lever.

12. The vehicle vibration device according to claim 5 , wherein the second end of the first lever is unchanged during a pivoting movement of the first end of the first lever.

Assignees

• Grammer Ag

Inventors

• Haller Erwin
• Kolb Jens

Classifications

• B60N2002/0212

  the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a longitudinal axis · CPC title

• B60N2/50 Primary

  Seat suspension devices · CPC title

• B60N2/522

  characterised by dampening means · CPC title

• B60N2/506

  Seat guided by rods · CPC title

• B60N2002/0216

  the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a transversal axis · CPC title