Vehicle seat with rotational adjustment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11208010-B2
Application number	US-202017012375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2020
Priority date	Sep 6, 2019
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a lower part for arrangement on a body part of a commercial vehicle and an upper part for storing a seat part, wherein the vehicle seat has a rotational adjustment device, by means of which at least parts of the upper part are rotatable relative to the lower part about an axis in the height direction of the vehicle seat, wherein the rotational adjustment device comprises an electric motor for rotating a rotary plate unit which is rigidly connected to the upper part and is mounted so as to rotate relative to the lower part about the axis, wherein a driveshaft of the electric motor which mechanically interacts with the rotary plate unit is arranged parallel to the width direction of the vehicle seat, wherein, viewed in each case in the height direction of the vehicle seat, an extension of the electric motor and an extension of the rotary plate unit are arranged to be at least partially overlapping.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a lower part for arrangement on a body part of a commercial vehicle;
an upper part for storing a seat part;
a longitudinal adjustment device connected to the upper part and the lower part; and
a rotational adjustment device arranged between the upper part and the lower part,
wherein at least parts of the upper part are rotatable relative to the lower part about an axis in a height direction of the vehicle seat,
wherein the rotational adjustment device comprises an electric motor for rotating a rotary plate unit,
wherein the rotary plate unit is rigidly connected to the upper part and is mounted so as to rotate relative to the lower part about the axis,
wherein the electric motor is moveable along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat,
wherein a driveshaft of the electric motor is arranged parallel to a width direction of the vehicle seat, and
wherein the electric motor and the rotary plate unit are intersected by a plane perpendicular to the axis in the height direction of the vehicle seat.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is connected to a front end of the upper part.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational adjustment device is designed free of a connection to the lower part.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotational adjustment device has a primary gear unit,
wherein the primary gear unit is mechanically and operatively connected on a drive side to a second electric motor,
wherein the primary gear unit is mechanically and operatively connected on an output side to a secondary gear unit, and
wherein the secondary gear unit is arranged to be mechanically and operatively connected to a rotary plate unit of the rotational adjustment device.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 ,
wherein the secondary gear unit comprises a self-contained ribbon-shaped force transmission element that interacts with a circumference of the rotary plate unit, and
wherein the electric motor drives the ribbon-shaped force transmission element around the circumference of the rotary plate unit.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the rotary plate unit is designed as a chain wheel, and wherein the ribbon-shaped force transmission element is designed as a chain element.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the rotary plate unit is designed as a pulley element, and wherein the ribbon-shaped force transmission element is designed as a belt element.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational adjustment device, starting from an initial position, is rotatable by more than 180° in a first direction and a second direction of rotation.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotational adjustment device comprises a tensioning unit, and
wherein the tensioning unit can adjust a pre-tensioning of a ribbon-shaped force transmission element.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 ,
wherein the tensioning unit comprises an element engaged with the ribbon-shaped force transmission element, and
wherein a position of the element can be adjusted along a guide track.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational adjustment device is designed without an additional locking device for locking the rotational adjustment device in relation to a rotation of the upper part relative to the lower part about the axis in the height direction.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal adjustment device operates independently of the rotational adjustment device.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electric motor defines a boundary, and
wherein the rotational adjustment device moves within the boundary.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational adjustment device is connected to the upper part.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein a first cover plate and a second cover plate couple the rotational adjustment device to the upper part,
wherein the first cover plate is rigidly connected to the rotational adjustment device, and
wherein the second cover plate is not connected to the rotational adjustment device.

Assignees

• Grammer Ag

Inventors

• Haller Erwin

Classifications

• B60N2002/022

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

• B60N2/14 Primary

  rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/10 {, B60N2/2869} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/146

  characterised by the locking device · CPC title

• B60N2002/0236

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2002/024

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic