Pumping device for vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099578-B2
Application number	US-201615279532-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2016
Priority date	Oct 1, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a pumping device of a vehicle seat and its operation mechanism. The pumping device includes: a housing encasing a pumping mechanism; a spring guide which has a ring shape formed with a cavity and is seated on a top surface of the housing, a coil spring being inserted in the spring guide; and a lever bracket which has a protruding portion formed on a central portion, an operating lever being coupled to a flange, and a locking protrusion protruding from the flange and locked to the coil spring through the guide slit of the spring guide. In particular, the protruding portion is connected to a cam of the pumping mechanism in a state of being inserted into the cavity of the spring guide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pumping device of a vehicle seat comprising:
a housing configured to encase a pumping mechanism;
a spring guide which has a ring shape formed with a cavity and is seated on a top surface of the housing, an annular space portion being formed inside, a coil spring configured to insert in the annular space portion, a guide slit formed through a top surface of the spring guide along a circular arc direction of the spring guide; and
a lever bracket which has a protruding portion formed on a central portion of the lever bracket, a flange formed along an edge of the protruding portion, an operating lever being coupled to the flange, a locking protrusion protruding from the flange and configured to be locked to the coil spring through the guide slit of the spring guide,
wherein the protruding portion is connected to a cam of the pumping mechanism in a state that the protruding portion is inserted into the cavity of the spring guide, and
wherein a plurality of assembling protrusions protrude from an inner surface or an outer surface of the spring guide, and a plurality of assembly holes are formed on the top surface of the housing so that the assembling protrusions are configured to be inserted and coupled to the corresponding assembling holes.

2. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the spring guide comprises the top surface, an inner surface and an outer surface, a lower surface has an opening, and the annular space portion is formed between the top surface, and the inner and outer surfaces, wherein the coil spring is inserted through the opening of the lower surface.

3. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the guide slit of the spring guide is configured to communicate with the annular space portion, a protruding support portion is formed near a center portion of the guide slit, and the coil spring is assembled to be blocked by the protruding support portion at both end portions to face each other.

4. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 3 , wherein the locking protrusion of the lever bracket is configured to insert into the center portion of the guide slit, and configured to press and compress the end portions of the coil spring when the lever bracket rotates to any one side.

5. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein an operating hole is formed at a center of the top surface of the housing, and a coupling protrusion coupled with the lever bracket through the operating hole is formed in the cam.

6. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 5 , wherein the operating hole is constituted by a combination of fan arc-shaped operating slits having a predetermined length, and a bi-directional movement displacement of the coupling protrusion is limited by the fan arc-shaped operating slits.

7. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a length of the protruding portion of the lever bracket corresponds to a hollow depth of the spring guide, and the flange of the lever bracket is configured to come into a close contact with the top surface of the spring guide.

8. The pumping device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein, when the operating lever rotates while the housing is fixed to the seat of the vehicle, the lever bracket rotates together to rotate the cam of the pumping mechanism, and when an external force to the operating lever is removed, the operating lever and the lever bracket are restored to an original position by restoring force of the coil spring.

9. A pumping device operation mechanism of a vehicle seat, the pumping device operation mechanism comprising:
a spring guide that has a ring shape formed with a cavity, and is seated on a top surface of a pumping mechanism housing, an annular space portion being formed inside of the spring guide, a coil spring being inserted in the annular space portion, a guide slit formed on a top surface of the spring guide along a circular arc direction of the ring shape of the spring guide; and
a lever bracket that has a protruding portion formed on a central portion of the lever bracket, a flange formed along an edge of the protruding portion, an operating lever being coupled to the flange, and a locking protrusion protruding from the flange and configured to be locked to the coil spring through the guide slit of the spring guide,
wherein the protruding portion is connected to a cam of the pumping mechanism in a state that the protruding portion is inserted into the cavity of the spring guide,
wherein a plurality of assembling protrusions protrude from an inner surface or an outer surface of the spring guide, and a plurality of assembly holes are formed on the top surface of the housing so that the assembling protrusions are configured to be inserted and coupled to the corresponding assembling holes.

Assignees

• Hyundai Dymos Inc

Inventors

• Lee Young Sun

Classifications

• B60N2/169

  Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/1635 Primary

  characterised by the drive mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/1665 Primary

  Hydraulic or pneumatic actuation · CPC title

• F16H25/16

  for interconverting rotary motion and oscillating motion · CPC title

• B60N2/167 Primary

  Ratchet mechanism · CPC title