Multi-joint seat back for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793029-B2
Application number	US-201916439255-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Nov 26, 2018
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a multi-joint seat back for a vehicle, which may include a plurality of partitioned seat back components provided to have a structure in which a seat pad is inserted into a front portion of a skeletal frame and configured to be hinged to one another in a manner of rotating angularly in a forward or backward direction; elastic wires, each of which is connected between two partitioned seat back components selected from the plurality of partitioned seat back components; pulling wires bound to predetermined positions of the elastic wires respectively; and a drive unit connected to the pulling wires such that it winds the pulling wires to pull the elastic wires or otherwise releases the pulling wires to restore the elastic wires.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A multi-joint seat back for a vehicle, comprising:
A skeletal frame;
a plurality of partitioned seat back components attached to the skeletal frame;
each of the plurality of partitioned seat back components configured to receive a seat pad;
each of the plurality of partitioned seat back components inserted into a front portion of the skeletal frame and configured to be hinged to one another for angular rotation in a forward or backward direction;
a plurality of elastic wires, each of which is connected between two adjacent partitioned seat back components selected from the plurality of partitioned seat back components;
a plurality of pulling wires, wherein the pulling wires are bound to predetermined positions of the elastic wires, respectively; and
a drive unit connected to the pulling wires such that the drive unit winds the pulling wires to pull the elastic wires or release the pulling wires to restore the elastic wires.

2. The multi-joint seat back of claim 1 , wherein the skeletal frame comprises front and rear faces and top and bottom faces on which hinge fastening ends are formed, a first wire joining bracket and a second wire joining bracket are formed on the front and rear faces, respectively.

3. The multi-joint seat back of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of partitioned seat back components of the skeletal frame comprises a seat pad insertion space on a front portion for inserting the seat pads.

4. The multi-joint seat back for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the drive unit comprises pulleys connected to and for winding the pulling wires, motors coaxial with and attached to shafts of the pulleys, respectively, and a controller for controlling a rotational drive amount of the motors.

5. The multi-joint seat back for a vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the controller is connected to a mode switch for selective angle adjustment of each partitioned seat back component.

6. The multi-joint seat back for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partitioned seat back components comprise four or more partitioned seat back components spaced apart from one another in a vertical direction so that they are hinged to one another to rotate angularly in a forward or backward direction.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Jung Chan Ho
• Kim Gil Ju
• Yun Seong Mun
• Na Seon Chae
• Kong Ju Yeol
• Kim Mu Young
• Park Hyung Jin
• Yu Sang Uk
• Moon Hyun Kyu

Classifications

• B60N2205/30

  Seat or seat parts characterised by comprising plural parts or pieces · CPC title

• B60N2/2222 Primary

  the back-rest having two or more parts · CPC title

• B60N2/0228

  Hand-activated mechanical switches (B60N2/0229 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/643

  shape of the back-rests (B60N2/66 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title