Seat arrangement for a means of transport

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11285845-B2
Application number	US-202017020996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	Sep 16, 2019
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

A seat arrangement for passenger transport, wherein the seat arrangement can be arranged on the vehicle by a fastening device. The seat arrangement is intended and suitable for providing a sitting position at standing height, wherein the seat arrangement comprises at least one frame element. The frame element is arranged on the fastening device by at least one mounting shaft, wherein the at least one frame element can be pivoted relative to the fastening device about a pivot axis extending along a width axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat arrangement for a passenger vehicle,
wherein the seat arrangement can be arranged on the vehicle by a fastening device,
wherein the seat arrangement is intended and suitable for providing a sitting position at standing height,
wherein the seat arrangement comprises at least one frame element, which is arranged on the fastening device by only one mounting shaft,
wherein the at least one frame element can be pivoted relative to the fastening device about a pivot axis extending parallel to a width axis,
wherein the at least one frame element is pivotable into at least two pivoting positions,
wherein the mounting shaft is received in at least one receiving device of the fastening device,
wherein the mounting shaft extends through a through channel of the at least one frame element, and
wherein the mounting shaft is non-rotatably connected to the fastening device.

2. The seat arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one frame element comprises an upper region for supporting the back of a passenger and at least one seat region integrated into the at least one frame element, and
wherein the seat region is arranged at a height between 40 cm and 150 cm.

3. The seat arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein a lower portion and an upper portion form the at least one frame element,
wherein the lower portion comprises at least one first transverse portion extending substantially parallel to the width axis and one second transverse portion extending substantially parallel to the width axis,
wherein the upper portion comprises a third transverse portion extending parallel to the width axis,
wherein the first transverse portion and the second transverse portion have an enlarged extension along a depth axis, the depth axis being relative to the at least one frame element, and
wherein the first transverse portion or the second transverse portion forms a seat region, at least in portions.

4. The seat arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one frame element is pivotable into three pivoting positions,
wherein the at least one frame element is pivotable into a first pivoting position,
wherein the at least one frame element extends substantially perpendicular to an imaginary plane which extends parallel to the floor of the passenger vehicle in the first pivoting position,
wherein the at least one frame element is pivotable into a second pivoting position, which is inclined relative to the first pivoting position by a first angle of inclination,
wherein the at least one frame element is pivotable into a third pivoting position, which is inclined relative to the first pivoting position by a second angle of inclination, and
wherein the at least one frame element is inclined in opposite directions along a depth axis in the second pivoting position and the third pivoting position,
wherein the first angle of inclination and the second angle of inclination have the same amount.

5. The seat arrangement according to claim 4 ,
wherein the mounting shaft has at least one stop element,
wherein at least one further stop element is arranged in the through channel,
wherein, during a pivoting movement of the at least one frame element, the at least one further stop element of the through channel is displaced along a circumferential direction relative to the mounting shaft,
wherein, in the second pivoting position, the at least one further stop element of the through channel rests on a first stop surface of the at least one stop element of the mounting shaft,
wherein, in the third pivoting position, the at least one further stop element of the through channel rests on a second stop surface of the at least one stop element of the mounting shaft, and
wherein the mounting shaft and the through channel each have two stop elements arranged opposite one another.

6. The seat arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat arrangement only comprises one frame element, which is arranged on the fastening device,
wherein the frame element is arranged between two receiving devices of the fastening device,
wherein each of the receiving devices is arranged on a fastening element, and wherein the fastening elements comprise arm elements which extend along the height axis and which end in a base element.

7. The seat arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein a latching apparatus is provided, by means of which the at least one frame element can be latched in at least one pivoting position, and
wherein a latching apparatus is provided, by means of which the at least one frame element can be latched in a first pivoting position, a second pivoting position, and a third pivoting position.

8. The seat arrangement according to claim 7 ,
wherein the latching apparatus is arranged on the at least one frame element,
wherein the latching apparatus comprises a first locking element, which can be brought into engagement with at least one further locking element of the mounting shaft, and
wherein a further locking element of the mounting shaft is associated with each pivoting position of the at least one frame element.

9. The seat arrangement according to claim 8 ,
wherein the latching apparatus comprises an operating element, by means of which the first locking element can be displaced,
wherein the first locking element disengages the at least one further locking element of the at least one mounting shaft when the first locking element is displaced,
wherein a reset device is actuated during a displacement movement in order to release this engagement,
wherein the reset device is a compression spring element or an elastic element, and
wherein, after actuation of the operating element, the first locking element can be displaced by the reset device, as a result of which an engagement with the at least one further locking element of the mounting shaft is made possible.

10. The seat arrangement according to claim 9 ,
wherein an operating element is arranged on the lower portion of the at least one frame element by means of a holding element,
wherein the operating element is arranged pivotably on the first locking element by a shaft,
wherein at least one support portion of the operating element rests against a collar of the holding element, and
wherein, when the operating element is actuated, a lever force acts on the shaft in a radial outward direction due to the support portion resting on the collar.

11. The seat arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat arrangement comprises two frame elements which are arranged on the fastening device,
wherein the two frame elements are arranged next to one another along the width axis, and
wherein the two frame elements can be pivoted independently of one another about a common pivot axis extending parallel to the width axis.

12. The seat arrangement according to claim 11 ,
wherein only one mounting shaft is provided,
wherein the mounting shaft extends at least over the entire width extension of the two frame elements,
wherein the mounting shaft is received in at least two receiving devices of the fastening device,
wherein each of the receiving devices is arranged on a fastening element, and
wherein at least one fastening element comprises an arm element extending along the height axis.

13. An interior device in a passenger vehicle comprising at least one seat arrangement according to claim 1 .

14. The interior device according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one seat arrangement is arranged on the passenger vehicle in a stationary manner, or displaceably, by a guide device.

15. A seat arr

Assignees

• Grammer Ag

Inventors

• Meier Dominik
• Wegmann Sebastian

Classifications

• B61D33/005

  Head, arm or footrests · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B61D1/04

  General arrangements of seats (B61D1/06 takes precedence; seats per se B61D33/00) · CPC title

• B61D33/0028

  for reversible seats · CPC title

• B60N2/015

  Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis · CPC title