Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11351897-B2
Application number	US-202017036718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Sep 30, 2019
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle seat, comprising: a lower frame, intended to be connected to the floor of a vehicle, having: a base, intended to be connected to the floor of the vehicle, and a seating portion frame, comprising at least two seating places to accommodate at least two users, a first backrest pivotally hinged to the base, a second backrest pivotally hinged to the base, wherein the seat further comprises a connection system connecting the first backrest to the seating portion frame, configured so that the pivoting of the first backrest relative to the base causes the simultaneous movement of the seating portion frame relative to the base in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction of the seat, in the two pivoting directions of the first backrest relative to the base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat configured to accommodate at least two users, the vehicle seat comprising:
a lower frame, intended to be connected to the floor of a vehicle having:
a base, intended to be connected to the floor of the vehicle and
a seating portion frame, comprising at least two seating places to accommodate at least two users, having a front edge and a rear edge interconnected by a first side edge and a second side edge,

a first backrest hinged to the base of the lower frame so as to pivot about a first transverse axis of the seat, extending along a first width portion of the seating portion frame in the transverse direction of the seat, and configured to pivot relative to the base about the first transverse axis between at least one raised position and a folded position,
a second backrest hinged to the base of the lower frame so as to pivot about a second transverse axis of the seat, able in particular to be coincident with the first transverse axis, the second backrest extending along a second width portion of the seating portion frame in the transverse direction of the seat, and configured to pivot relative to the base about the second transverse axis between at least one raised position and a lowered position,
wherein the seat further comprises a first connection system connecting the first backrest to the seating portion frame, configured so that the pivoting of the first backrest relative to the base about the first transverse axis between the at least one raised position and the folded position causes the simultaneous movement of the seating portion frame relative to the base in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction of the seat between a first position and a second position, in the two pivoting directions of the first backrest relative to the base, about the first transverse axis of the seat.

2. The seat of claim 1 , wherein the second backrest is configured to pivot relative to the base about the second transverse axis, independently of the movement of the seating portion frame relative to the base in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction, driven, by means of the first connection system, by the pivoting of the first backrest relative to the base about the first transverse axis, at least to enable the second backrest to be folded down from the at least one raised position to the folded position with the first backrest remaining in the raised position, and without causing the simultaneous movement of the seating portion frame relative to the base.

3. The seat of claim 2 , wherein the second backrest is connected to the base by means of a second connection system configured so that the movement of the second backrest relative to the base is independent of the movement of the seating portion frame relative to the base.

4. The seat of claim 3 , wherein the second connection system comprises only a pivoting connection along the second transverse axis of the seat between the second backrest and the base.

5. The seat of claim 1 , wherein the first connection system between the first backrest and the seating portion frame comprises a pivoting connection along a third transverse axis of the seat, distinct from the first transverse hinging axis between the first backrest and the base, connecting the first backrest and the seating portion frame, near its rear edge.

6. The seat of claim 5 , wherein the first connection system comprises a tab provided on the seating portion frame, projecting from the rear edge, the tab having two longitudinal ends, with:
a first longitudinal end integral to the seating portion frame, at the rear edge of the seating portion frame, and
a second longitudinal end connected to the first backrest by means of the pivoting connection along the third transverse axis of the seat.

7. The seat of claim 5 , wherein the pivoting connection along the third transverse axis of the seat is positioned such that the third transverse axis is located above the first transverse axis of the seat hinging the first backrest and the seating portion frame, in the vertical direction of the seat, the distance separating the first transverse axis from the third transverse axis preferably being between 50 cm and 70 cm.

8. The seat of claim 6 , wherein the seating portion frame has a central edge, substantially parallel to the first side edge and to the second side edge of the seating portion frame, and interposed between the first side edge and the second side edge along the transverse direction of the seat, and positioned so that the first width portion extends substantially between the first side edge and the central edge of the seating portion frame and so that the second width portion extends substantially between the central edge and the second side edge of the seating portion frame, and wherein the first connection system has two tabs, each projecting respectively from the first side edge and the central edge of the seating portion frame, defining the first width portion, the second longitudinal end of the tabs each being connected to the first backrest by means of a separate pivoting connection along the third transverse axis of the seat, each at a separate side flange of the first backrest.

9. The seat of claim 8 , wherein each tab is provided as one piece, and integral with respectively the first side edge and the central edge of the seating portion frame.

10. The seat of claim 1 , wherein the lower frame further has connection means configured to connect the lower frame to the floor of the vehicle.

11. The seat of claim 10 , wherein the seating portion frame is connected to the connection means by at least one connecting rod having two longitudinal ends, wherein the first longitudinal end of the connecting rod is hinged to the connection means so as to pivot about a fourth transverse axis of the seat and the second longitudinal end of the connecting rod is hinged to the seating portion frame, at its front edge, so as to pivot about a fifth transverse axis of the seat, and wherein:
the forward pivoting of the first backrest relative to the base about the first transverse axis of the seat causes the forward pivoting of the connecting rod about the fourth transverse axis of the seat so as to move the front edge of the seating portion frame relative to the connection means, at least in the vertical direction of the seat, and vice versa,
the rearward pivoting of the first backrest relative to the base about the first transverse axis of the seat causes the rearward pivoting of the connecting rod about the fourth axis transverse of the seat so as to move the front edge of the seating portion frame relative to the connection means, at least in the vertical direction of the seat.

12. The seat of claim 10 , wherein the base is mounted to be movable relative to the connection means in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction of the seat, so as to be able to move closer to or away from the connection means.

13. The seat of claim 12 , wherein the base is connected to the connection means by at least two connecting rods aligned along a longitudinal axis of the seat, each connecting rod having two longitudinal ends, wherein the first longitudinal end of each connecting rod is hinged to the connection means so as to pivot respectively about a sixth transverse axis of the seat and a seventh transverse axis of the seat, and the second longitudinal end of each connecting rod is hinged to the base so as to pivot respectively about an eighth transverse axis and a ninth transverse axis of the seat.

14. The seat of claim 10 , wherein the connection means comprises two sliders arranged one

Assignees

• Faurecia Sieges Dautomobile

Inventors

• Epaud David
• Bouzid Farouk

Classifications

• B60N2205/35

  Seat, bench or back-rests being split laterally in two or more parts · CPC title

• B60N2/06

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

• B60N2/015 Primary

  Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis · CPC title

• B60N2/02

  the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable (adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806) · CPC title

• B60N2/3004

  by rotation only · CPC title