Adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701987-B2
Application number	US-202017595110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2020
Priority date	May 10, 2019
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

An adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat may have a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat. The fitting may also have a second fitting part pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part and connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat. The first fitting part and the second fitting part may be constituent parts both of a gearing unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking unit of the adjustment fitting.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:
a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat,
a second fitting part pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part and connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,
wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are constituent parts both of a gearing unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking unit of the adjustment fitting,
wherein the gearing unit comprises a control mechanism that is coupled to the locking unit such that, in a locking position of the adjustment fitting, both the gearing unit and the locking unit mesh with the fitting parts.

2. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the backrest is coupled to the seat substructure via the gearing unit when the locking unit is open.

3. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a direct drive is coupled to the gearing unit.

4. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an unlocking mechanism is provided and configured such that, when the control mechanism is actuated by the drive, said unlocking mechanism releases the locking unit both in the case of a movement clockwise and in the case of a movement counterclockwise.

5. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gearing unit and the locking unit are formed separately from one another and are coupled to one another in terms of movement.

6. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fitting part has at least one first internal toothing and the second fitting part has at least one second internal toothing, wherein both the gearing unit and the locking unit are configured to mesh both with the first internal toothing and with the second internal toothing.

7. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking unit comprises a number of locking elements, each of which has two radial toothed rings which are arranged axially adjacent to one another.

8. The adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the radial toothed rings of the respective locking element are configured such that in each case only one tooth or a plurality of teeth of the respective radial toothed ring meshes with the associated internal toothing in the engaged state.

9. A vehicle seat having said at least one adjustment fitting as claimed in claim 1 .

10. An adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:
a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat,
a second fitting part pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part and connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,
wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are constituent parts both of a gearing unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking unit of the adjustment fitting,
wherein the first fitting part has at least one first internal toothing and the second fitting part has at least one second internal toothing, wherein both the gearing unit and the locking unit are configured to mesh both with the first internal toothing and with the second internal toothing.

11. An adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:
a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat,
a second fitting part pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part and connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,
wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are constituent parts both of a gearing unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking unit of the adjustment fitting,
wherein the locking unit comprises a number of locking elements, each of which has two radial toothed rings which are arranged axially adjacent to one another.

Assignees

• Adient Us Llc
• Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co Ltd

Inventors

• Scholz Grit
• Albert Reginold Kirubaharan
• Paramasivam Balaji
• Rock Arkadius
• Hübner Daniel
• Yasen Mothanna
• Henkel Dieter
• SCHüLER ROLF

Classifications

• B60N2/2227 Primary

  and provided with braking systems · CPC title

• B60N2/2251 Primary

  with gears having orbital motion, e.g. sun and planet gears · CPC title

• B60N2/2258

  with ratchets · CPC title

• B60N2/236

  linearly movable · CPC title