Pumping device for seat of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11267373-B2
Application number	US-202016903776-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2020
Priority date	Jul 3, 2019
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle is proposed. In the pumping device, a spring providing a restoring force to a lever bracket is directly connected to a housing without a separate component, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced and a layout size is reduced in response to removal of the component supporting the spring.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle, the pumping device comprising:
a lever bracket configured to be rotated by an external operational force;
a spring connected to the lever bracket and configured to generate an elastic force, wherein the spring is configured to be transformed in a circumferential direction thereof so that the lever bracket can be restored to an initial position thereof; and
a housing having an outside surface on which the lever bracket and the spring are seated and a flange protruding from the outside surface to contact with the spring to fix a position of the spring,
wherein the spring has a ring shape in which a partial section thereof is cut, and opposite ends of the cut section have bending portions, respectively, which are upward bent and extended in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction so as to be connected to the lever bracket, and
wherein the lever bracket has a center portion that is seated on the outside surface of the housing, and an extension portion extended from the center portion, wherein the extension portion has an open hole to which the bending portions of the spring are coupled, the open hole penetrating from top to bottom of the extension portion.

2. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein each of the bending portions is extended with an inclination in a direction opposite to an associated one of directions in which the opposite ends of the spring face each other.

3. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein the open hole is a slit extended in the circumferential direction, and rotational displacement of the lever bracket is limited by an extended length of the open hole.

4. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the spring is larger than an outer diameter of the center portion of the lever bracket.

5. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein the flange is one of a plurality of flanges, the plurality of flanges being in contact with the bending portions of the spring, respectively, and being arranged opposite to directions in which the bending portions face each other.

6. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a support at the outside surface thereof, the support protruding from the outside surface so as to be in contact with an outside of the spring.

Assignees

• Hyundai Transys Inc

Inventors

• Kim Won

Classifications

• B60N2/505

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• B60N2/168 Primary

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• B60N2/938

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• B60Y2304/01

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• B60N2/165

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