Adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle, and motorcycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11312439-B2
Application number	US-201917292759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2019
Priority date	Dec 14, 2018
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle includes a seat pan with a first portion and a second portion, and an adjustment mechanism. The first portion of the seat pan has a fastening portion for the non-adjustable fastening of the first portion on the motorcycle, preferably on a tank of the motorcycle. The adjustment mechanism is connected to the second portion of the seat pan and is configured to adjust the height and/or inclination of the second portion of the seat pan in relation to the first portion. A motorcycle with the adjustable seat assembly is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle, comprising:
a seat pan having a first section and a second section; and
an adjusting device,
wherein
the first section of the seat pan has a fastening section configured for fixed and non-adjustable fastening of the first section to the motorcycle,
the first section of the seat pan does not extend in a longitudinal direction of the motorcycle beyond a rear end of the second section of the seat pan, and
the adjusting device is connected to the second section of the seat pan and is configured to adjust at least one of a height and an inclination of the second section of the seat pan with respect to the first section.

2. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjusting device includes a supporting element attachable to the motorcycle and configured to support the second section; and
the supporting element is configured to define at least one of the height and the inclination of the second section with respect to the first section.

3. The seat assembly according to claim 2 , wherein
the supporting element is replaceable.

4. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjusting device is at least one of electrically and mechanically actuatable.

5. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjusting device is configured to adjust the second section of the seat pan such a that a seat face of the second section is displaceable substantially parallel to an initial orientation of the seat face.

6. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the first section and the second section of the seat pan are connected to one another via at least a part of the adjusting device.

7. The seat assembly according to claim 6 , wherein
the adjusting device includes at least one hinged element which connects the first section and the second section such that they are pivotable relative to one another.

8. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat assembly has a first seat cushion and a second seat cushion, the first seat cushion and the second seat cushion each being arranged respectively on first section and the second section of the seat pan.

9. The seat assembly according to claim 8 , wherein
the first seat cushion and the second seat cushion are covered with a common seat cushion cover.

10. A motorcycle comprising:
an adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle having a seat pan having a first section and a second section, and an adjusting device,
wherein
the first section of the seat pan has a fastening section configured for fixed and non-adjustable fastening of the first section to the motorcycle,
the first section of the seat pan does not extend in a longitudinal direction of the motorcycle beyond a rear end of the second section of the seat pan,
the adjusting device is connected to the second section of the seat pan and is configured to adjust at least one of a height and an inclination of the second section of the seat pan with respect to the first section, and

the first section of the seat pan is connected fixedly and non-adjustably to a component of the motorcycle.

11. The motorcycle according to claim 10 , wherein
the motorcycle component is a tank of the motorcycle, and
the first section of the seat pan adjoins and is connected to the tank of the motorcycle.

12. The motorcycle according to claim 11 , wherein
the adjusting device includes a supporting element arranged between the second section of the seat pan and the tank, and
the supporting element is at least one of in contact with and attached fixedly to the tank.

13. The motorcycle according to claim 11 , wherein
the adjusting device includes a supporting element arranged between the second section of the seat pan and the tank, and
the supporting element is at least one of in contact with and attached fixedly to the tank.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Beuting Guido
• Diehl Helmut
• Hahn-Woernle Christian
• Nikolic Miroslav
• Schell Raimund
• Seiler Joerg

Classifications

• B62J1/00 Primary

  Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts · CPC title

• B62J1/10 Primary

  Internal adjustment of saddles · CPC title

• B62J1/12

  Box-shaped seats; Bench-type seats, e.g. dual or twin seats · CPC title