Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11472364-B2
Application number	US-201917283838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2019
Priority date	Oct 9, 2018
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle seat has a lower seat part and a seat backrest. The seat backrest has a backrest structure, a central backrest section which has at least one backrest cushion and a backrest cover, and a left and a right backrest side wall. The seat backrest is provided with at least one expansion element which has at least one cavity that is enclosed by a membrane and can be filled with an expansion fluid from a fluid source. At least one respective fillable cavity of the at least one expansion element is integrated into the backrest cushion of the central backrest section or is provided between the backrest structure and the backrest cushion of the central backrest section to the left and the right of the backrest longitudinal central plane at a lateral distance thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat with a lower seat part, comprising:
a seat backrest having a backrest structure, a backrest center section with at least one backrest cushion and a backrest cover, and a left and a right backrest side member;
at least one expansion body in the seat backrest, which has at least one cavity surrounded by a membrane and fillable with an expansion fluid from a fluid source, wherein
in each case, at least one fillable cavity of the at least one expansion body is integrated in the backrest cushion of the backrest center section, or is provided between the backrest structure and the backrest cushion of the backrest center section, on each side left and right of a backrest longitudinal center plane, in a manner spaced apart laterally from the backrest longitudinal center plane and with a region of the backrest cushion lying between the cavity and the backrest cover, whereby expansion of the expansion body compresses the region.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the expansion body is formed by an airbag unit.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein
the airbag unit has at least, in each case, one inflatable tubular body or tubular body section which is arranged on the left and right of the backrest longitudinal center plane in a manner spaced apart therefrom and which determines the respective cavity.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein
the tubular bodies arranged in pairs on the left and right of the backrest longitudinal center plane are inflatable synchronously.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein
the tubular bodies of a paired tubular body arrangement are assigned a common gas generator which is connected to the tubular bodies via gas supply lines of identical length.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein
each tubular body of a paired tubular body arrangement is assigned a separate gas generator, and
a control device is provided so that the gas generators of the paired tubular body arrangement are triggered synchronously.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat backrest has an active headrest.

8. A motor vehicle comprising at least one vehicle seat according to claim 1 .

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein
the motor vehicle has a plurality of vehicle seats, of which the at least one vehicle seat is directed counter to a direction of travel.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Huf Andreas
• Kleindl Sylvia
• Koehler Fabian
• Martin Robert
• Unger Martin

Classifications

• B60N2/64

  Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/4221 Primary

  due to impact coming from the front · CPC title

• B60N2/143

  taking a position opposite to the original one · CPC title

• B60N2/70

  Upholstery springs {; Upholstery} · CPC title

• B60R21/207 Primary

  in vehicle seats · CPC title