Seat apparatus for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11273731-B2
Application number	US-202016831597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2020
Priority date	Oct 31, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A seat apparatus for a vehicle is provided, wherein a base bracket and a moving bracket are mounted to a body floor to lift and lower a seat, and a seat track is mounted to the moving bracket to move the seat in forward and rearward directions, so that the seat is moved and lifted and lowered. Accordingly, since the lifting/lowering structure of the seat is mounted to the body floor, space is secured below the seat, so indoor atmosphere is improved due to the increase of the space efficiency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat apparatus for a vehicle, wherein the seat apparatus is mounted to a body floor, the apparatus comprising:
a base bracket fixed to the body floor;
a moving bracket coupled to the base bracket to lift and lower in upward and downward directions via a guide portion extending in the upward and downward directions from the base bracket;
a drive mechanism mounted to the base bracket and connected to the moving bracket, the drive mechanism providing power so that the moving bracket selectively moves along the guide portion;
a seat track mounted to the moving bracket and configured for lifting and lowering with the moving bracket, the seat track allowing a seat frame to move in forward and rearward directions thereof; and
an auxiliary drive portion rotatably connected to the body floor at a first end portion of the auxiliary drive portion and rotatably connected to the moving bracket at a second end portion of the auxiliary drive portion,
wherein the auxiliary drive portion is configured to be variable in length of the auxiliary drive portion to assist the lifting and lowering of the moving bracket.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion is mounted to the base bracket by diagonally extending in the forward or rearward direction therefrom or vertically extending therefrom.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion includes a guide rail extending in the upward and downward directions and a sliding portion coupled to the guide rail to slide thereon.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 ,
wherein the guide rail is in pair to form a pair of guide rails,
wherein the sliding portion is in pair to form a pair of sliding portions,
wherein the base bracket includes a pair of base panels, with the pair of sliding portions being mounted on an internal surface of each of the base panels, and
wherein the moving bracket is located between the pair of base panels and has the pair of guide rails mounted at each of a first opposite side and a second opposite side of the moving bracket, the pair of guide rails being connected to the pair of sliding portions.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 ,
wherein at least a support rod is mounted in the base bracket, and
wherein the at least a support rod is connected with each of the base panels.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the moving bracket includes a pair of moving panels, with the pair of guide rails being mounted on a surface of each of the pair of moving panels opposite to the base panels.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein at least a connecting rod is mounted in the moving bracket, the at least a connecting rod being connected with each of the pair of moving panels.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the base bracket includes a fixing portion fixed to the body floor and a plurality of extension portions extending upwards from the fixing portion, and
wherein the moving bracket includes a mount portion to which the seat track is mounted and a plurality of connection portions extending downwardly from the mount portion.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein one of the plurality of extension portions of the base bracket and one of the plurality of connection portions of the moving bracket are collinear with each other, and the guide portion is mounted in the one of the plurality of extension portions which is collinear with the one of the plurality of connection portions.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the drive mechanism includes:
a motor portion mounted to the base bracket; and
a conveying portion extending in an extending direction of the guide portion from the motor portion and connected to the moving bracket, the conveying portion allowing the moving bracket to move along the guide portion during an operation of the motor portion.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 ,
wherein the motor portion is configured to provide a rotational force,
wherein the conveying portion includes a lead screw extending along an extending direction of a guide rail, and
wherein a moving portion is mounted in the moving bracket, the moving portion being screwed to the lead screw and being moved along the conveying portion rotated during an operation of the motor portion.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary drive portion is configured to be variable in length in an extending direction of the guide portion and to provide a repulsive force to the moving bracket in a lifting direction thereof.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary drive portion is elastically variable in length.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the seat track includes:
a fixed rail fixed to an upper end portion of the moving bracket and extending in the forward and rearward directions;
a moving rail connected to the fixed rail to slide in the forward and rearward directions thereon and to which the seat frame is mounted; and
a drive motor mounted to the moving rail and moving the moving rail in the forward and rearward directions.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the seat track further includes:
a guide rod to which the moving rail is mounted,
wherein the drive motor is engaged with the guide rod to rotate the guide rod.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Daechang Seat Co Ltd Dongtan

Inventors

• Park Hyung Jin
• Park Guk Mu
• Kim Byeong Kwang
• Yu Sang Uk
• Yoo So Young
• Na Seon Chae
• Choi Byung Yong
• Lee Myung Soo
• Cho Chan Ki
• Lee Gyeong Jae

Classifications

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/0707

  J-shaped · CPC title

• B60N2/005

  Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles {, e.g. dismountable auxiliary seats}(B60N2/02 takes precedence {; for railway vehicles B61D1/04}) · CPC title

• B60N2/0722

  Constructive details · CPC title

• B60N2/067

  by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms · CPC title