Motor vehicle with fixation element for child seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279710-B2
Application number	US-201715693734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2017
Priority date	Sep 2, 2016
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes a passenger compartment having at least one vehicle seat and a fixation element fixing a child seat with a counter-fixation element. A flap with a front side and back side that can be moved between a closed position and an open position, so that the fixation element is inaccessible for the counter-fixation element in the closed position of the flap, and the fixation element is accessible for the counter-fixation element in the open position of the flap. The flap is mounted in such a way that, in the open position of the flap, a back side of the flap forms a ramp for the counter-fixation element to mechanically guide the counter-fixation element to the fixation element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle seat comprising:
at least one seat having a seat part, a back part and a fixation element configured to cooperate with a counter-fixation element of a child seat for securing the child seat to the at least one seat;
a flap having a front side and a back side, the flap being movable around an axis between a closed position such that the fixation element is inaccessible from the flap for the counter-fixation element and an open position such that the fixation element is accessible for the counter-fixation element and the back side of the flap forms a ramp for mechanically guiding the counter-fixation element to the fixation element, the back side of the flap comprising:
a guiding groove having a concave surface extending between a first side and a second side of the back side of the flap, the guiding groove having a first end proximate to the axis and a second end opposite the first end;
a first guide web arranged on the first side of the back side of the flap, the first guide web extending vertically to a height from the guiding groove when the flap is in the open position; and
a second guide web arranged on a second side of the back side of the flap, the second guide web extending vertically to a height from the guiding groove when the flap is in the open position,
wherein the height of the first guide web and the height of the second web increases from the second end of the guiding groove to the first end of the guiding groove.

2. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the flap in its closed position has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the flap is arranged beneath the second end of the flap in a vertical direction when the flap is in the open position.

3. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the guiding groove mechanically guides the counter-fixation element on the child seat toward the fixation element.

4. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the axis comprises a bearing in the region of the second end of the flap such that the flap is swivelable around a pivoting axis between the closed position and open position.

5. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the flap is mounted on a frame.

6. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the frame has a blind hole formed therein and the fixation element is arranged within the blind hole.

7. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein at least 70% of the flap by volume is arranged outside of the blind hole in the open position.

8. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the frame comprises a front lower end bordering the blind hole and arranged beneath the second end of the flap in a vertical direction.

9. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 3 , further comprising a latching device detachably fastening flap in the closed position.

10. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 5 , further comprising a handle on the flap configured to manual apply a force for moving the flap from the closed position to the open position.

11. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the handle is formed by the first end of the flap and a gap between the first end and the frame when the flap is in the closed position for engaging the first end of the flap from behind.

12. The motor vehicle seat according claim 3 , further comprising a spring element biasing the flap in one of the open position or the closed position.

13. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the first end of the flap is spaced less than 1 cm away from a seat surface of the vehicle seat in the open position of the flap.

14. The motor vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein an end region proximate the first end of the flap rests upon a seat surface of the vehicle seat in the open position of the flap.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Wieczorek Roman

Classifications

• B60N2/289

  coupled to the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/2893 Primary

  coupled to the seat sub-frame · CPC title

• B60N2/26

  for children (B60N2/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/28

  Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats {or other parts} of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60N2/2887 Primary

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title