Adjustable seat assembly for a tilting vehicle and tilting vehicle with such an adjustable seat assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11396337-B2
Application number	US-201917414807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2019
Priority date	Jan 24, 2019
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

Abstract

An adjustable seat assembly for a tilting vehicle includes a seat pan configured to be secured in a fixed position with respect to a frame of the tilting vehicle, at least one cushion unit arranged on the seat pan and forming a seat surface, and at least one adjustment device by which the seat surface is transferable from a low seat position into at least one raised seat position. In addition or alternatively, the at least one adjusting device may alter an inclination of the seat surface relative to the seat pan. The cushion unit has at least one base cushion secured in a fixed position on the seat pan, and at least one adjustable cushion which is movable relative to the base cushion by the adjustment device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable seat assembly for a tilting vehicle, comprising:
a seat pan configured to be fixed in a stationary manner with respect to a frame of the tilting vehicle;
at least one cushion unit arranged on the seat pan and forming a seat face on a side of the at least one cushion unit which faces away from the seat pan; and
at least one adjusting device configured to at least one of
transfer the seat face from a low seat position into at least one elevated seat position in which a spacing of the seat face from the seat pan is increased relative to the low seat position, and
adjust an inclination of the seat face relative to the seat pan,

wherein
the adjusting device is located at a transverse center region of the adjustable seat assembly relative to a travel direction when the adjustable seat assembly is installed on the tilting vehicle,
the cushion unit has at least one base cushion fixable in a stationary manner on the seat pan and is not movable relative to the seat pan, and at least one adjusting cushion which covers at least a portion of the base cushion, includes the seat face and is movable relative to the base cushion by the adjusting device,
when in an installed position on the tilting vehicle, one of the base cushion and the adjusting cushion has at least one recess extending along a vertical axis of the tilting vehicle, and the other of the base cushion and the adjusting cushion has at least one engaging portion configured to engage the at least one recess along the vertical axis of the tilting vehicle,
the adjusting cushion includes at least one stop section configured to protrude transverse to the vertical axis beyond the at least one recess, and
the base cushion and the adjusting cushion bear against one another at least in the low seat position on a side of the base cushion which faces away from the seat pan with the at least one stop section being at least partially above at least one portion of the base cushion outside of the at least one recess.

2. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one recess includes, at least in sections, a cross section which tapers, and the at least one engaging portion has a cross section which corresponds to the recess cross section in the low seat position.

3. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjusting cushion and the base cushion at least in the low seat position form an outer seat contour which is flush and stepless relative to one another.

4. The seat assembly according to claim 3 , further comprising:
at least one covering configured to surround the base cushion and the adjusting cushion on an outer side of the seat in the low seat position and in the elevated seat position.

5. The seat assembly according to claim 4 , wherein
the covering is fixed directly on the seat pan, and
the covering at least one of
includes a reserve surface configured to compensate for a surface difference between the low seat position and the elevated seat,
is elastically deformable, and
is fixable fixed indirectly on the seat pan by an elastic tensioner.

6. The seat assembly according to claim 4 , wherein
the covering at least one of
prestresses the adjusting cushion into the low seat position, and
includes a film or an elastic textile.

7. The seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjusting device includes at least one fluid cushion which is adjustable at least one of pneumatically and hydraulically, and
the adjusting device is arranged between the adjusting cushion and the seat pan or between the adjusting cushion and the base cushion.

8. A tilting vehicle with at least one seat assembly, comprising:
a seat pan configured to be fixed in a stationary manner with respect to a frame of the tilting vehicle;
at least one cushion unit arranged on the seat pan and forming a seat face on a side of the at least one cushion unit which faces away from the seat pan; and
at least one adjusting device configured to at least one of
transfer the seat face from a low seat position into at least one elevated seat position in which a spacing of the seat face from the seat pan is increased relative to the low seat position, and
adjust an inclination of the seat face relative to the seat pan,

wherein
the adjusting device is located at a transverse center of the adjustable seat assembly relative to a travel direction when the adjustable seat assembly is installed on the tilting vehicle,
the cushion unit has at least one base cushion fixable in a stationary manner on the seat pan and is not movable relative to the seat pan, and at least one adjusting cushion which covers at least a portion of the base cushion, includes the seat face and is movable relative to the base cushion by the adjusting device,
when in an installed position on the tilting vehicle, one of the base cushion and the adjusting cushion has at least one recess extending along a vertical axis of the tilting vehicle, and the other of the base cushion and the adjusting cushion has at least one engaging portion configured to engage the at least one recess along the vertical axis of the tilting vehicle,
the adjusting cushion includes at least one stop section configured to protrude transverse to the vertical axis beyond the at least one recess, and
the base cushion and the adjusting cushion bear against one another at least in the low seat position on a side of the base cushion which faces away from the seat pan with the at least one stop section being at least partially above at least one portion of the base cushion outside of the at least one recess.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Beuting Guido
• Seiler Joerg
• Wamser Rainer

Classifications

• B62J1/18 Primary

  Covers for saddles or other seats; Paddings · CPC title

• B62J1/00

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

• B60N2/914

  Hydro-pneumatic adjustments of the shape · CPC title

• B60N2/185

  characterised by the drive mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/1635

  characterised by the drive mechanism · CPC title