Adjustment arrangement for an adjusting device of a vehicle seat and a method for producing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11148559-B2
Application number	US-201815947950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2018
Priority date	Apr 18, 2017
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

An adjustment arrangement for an adjustment device of a vehicle seat comprises a transverse tube and at least one connecting part connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the transverse tube. The transverse tube is inserted into a bore in the connecting part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjustment device of a vehicle seat for adjusting a vehicle seat component, comprising
a transverse tube and at least one connecting part connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the transverse tube, wherein the transverse tube is arranged to lie in a bore in the connecting part,
a connecting part-bearing surface chamfered by an angle and formed on the connecting part in the region of the bore, an opposing chamfered transverse tube-bearing surface of the transverse tube bearing against said connecting part-bearing surface for limiting an axial movement of the transverse tube, and
an end region of the transverse tube on a connecting part-rear face of the connecting part being radially outwardly shaped such that the connecting part is clamped between the transverse tube-bearing surface which bears against the connecting part-bearing surface and the outwardly shaped end region,
wherein at least one indentation is formed on the connecting part-bearing surface of the connecting part in the region of the bore and a convex portion is provided on the transverse tube opposing said at least one indentation such that a rotation between the transverse tube and the connecting part is blocked,
wherein the convex portion on the transverse tube is configured to be formed by at least partial deformation of a surface of the transverse tube in the region of the convex portion,
wherein the convex portion on the transverse tube is configured to be formed during a connecting process of the transverse tube and the connecting part, and the transverse tube has an external radius which is larger than an internal radius of the bore so that the surface of the transverse tube is deformed by an insertion of the transverse tube into the bore during the connecting process such that the convex portions are formed opposite the at least one indentation, and
wherein the external radius of the transverse tube is constant between a connecting part front face opposite the connecting part-rear face and a point on said transverse tube spaced apart from the connecting part front face and the end region of the transverse tube.

2. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein said at least one indentation comprises four indentations, said indentations being arranged offset to one another by 90° in the region of the bore.

3. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein each convex portion on the transverse tube is configured to be formed by at least partial deformation of a surface of the transverse tube in the region adjacent to each convex portion.

4. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the transverse tube-bearing surface is configured to be formed by a deformation of a surface of the transverse tube.

5. The adjustment device of claim 4 , wherein the surface of the transverse tube is deformed by an insertion of the transverse tube into the bore during the connecting process such that the transverse tube-bearing surface is formed opposite the connecting-bearing surface.

6. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the chamfered connecting part-bearing surface on the connecting part is chamfered by an angle between 50° and 70°.

7. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the chamfered connecting part-bearing surface on the connecting part is chamfered by an angle of about 60°.

8. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the shaped end region is configured to bear against a connecting part-rear face of the connecting part.

9. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment device includes a height adjustment device.

10. The adjustment device of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment device includes a tilt adjustment device.

11. A method for producing an adjustment device, the method comprising the steps of
providing a transverse tube with an external radius and with a shapeable end region and a connecting part with a bore, which has an internal radius which is smaller than the external radius of the transverse tube, and with a connecting part-bearing surface which is chamfered by an angle;
inserting the transverse tube in a direction of insertion into the bore in the connecting part by deforming a surface of the transverse tube such that due to the difference in the radii on the surface of the transverse tube a transverse tube-bearing surface which is chamfered opposite the connecting part-bearing surface is formed, wherein the transverse tube is inserted into the bore at least until the end region protrudes from the bore on a connecting part-rear face; and
shaping the end region of the transverse tube such that the connecting part is clamped between the transverse tube-bearing surface and the shaped end region, so that the transverse tube is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the connecting part,
wherein at least one indentation is formed on the connecting part-bearing surface of the connecting part in the region of the bore and a convex portion is provided on the transverse tube opposing said at least one indentation such that a rotation between the transverse tube and the connecting part is blocked,
wherein the convex portion on the transverse tube is configured to be formed by at least partial deformation of a surface of the transverse tube in the region of the convex portion such that the convex portions are formed opposite the at least one indentation, and
wherein the external radius of the transverse tube is constant between a connecting part front face opposite the connecting part-rear face and a point on said transverse tube spaced apart from the connecting part front face and the end region of the transverse tube.

12. An adjustment device of a vehicle seat for adjusting a vehicle seat component, comprising
a transverse tube and at least one connecting part connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the transverse tube, wherein the transverse tube is arranged to lie in a bore in the connecting part,
a connecting part-bearing surface chamfered by an angle and formed on the connecting part in the region of the bore, an opposing chamfered transverse tube-bearing surface of the transverse tube bearing against said connecting part-bearing surface for limiting an axial movement of the transverse tube, and
an end region of the transverse tube on a connecting part-rear face of the connecting part being radially outwardly shaped such that the connecting part is clamped between the transverse tube-bearing surface which bears against the connecting part-bearing surface and the outwardly shaped end region,
wherein at least one indentation is formed on the connecting part-bearing surface of the connecting part in the region of the bore and a convex portion is provided on the transverse tube opposing said at least one indentation such that a rotation between the transverse tube and the connecting part is blocked,
wherein the convex portion on the transverse tube is configured to be formed by at least partial deformation of a surface of the transverse tube in the region of the convex portion,
wherein the convex portion on the transverse tube is configured to be formed during a connecting process of the transverse tube and the connecting part, and the transverse tube has an external radius which is larger than an internal radius of the bore so that the surface of the transverse tube is deformed by an insertion of the transverse tube into the bore during the connecting process such that the convex portions are formed opposite the at least one indentation, and
wherein the transverse tube has a constant thickness between a connecting part front face opposite the connecting part-rear face and a point on said transverse tube spaced apart from the connecting part bearing surface

Assignees

• Faurecia Autositze Gmbh

Inventors

• Sulaiman Hosen
• Völlmecke Jörg
• Schenke Markus
• Schaper Michael
• Witt Jens

Classifications

• B60N2/682 Primary

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/02

  the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable (adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806) · CPC title

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B21D39/06

  of tubes in openings, e.g. rolling-in · CPC title