Vehicle seat and vehicle seat system for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11794612-B2
Application number	US-201816644552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2018
Priority date	Sep 11, 2017
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle seat ( 10 ) for a motor vehicle, having a backrest ( 12 ), a height-adjustable headrest ( 14 ) and a seatbelt guide ( 22 ) integrated in the vehicle seat ( 10 ) for a seatbelt ( 18 ), wherein the height-adjustable headrest ( 14 ) is coupled to the backrest ( 12 ), and wherein the headrest ( 14 ) can be mechanically coupled to a seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ), which mechanically adjusts the seatbelt guide ( 22 ) when adjusting the height of the headrest ( 14 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat ( 10 ) for a motor vehicle, having a backrest ( 12 ), a height-adjustable headrest ( 14 ) and a seatbelt guide ( 22 ) integrated in the vehicle seat ( 10 ) for a seatbelt ( 18 ), wherein the height-adjustable headrest ( 14 ) is coupled to a headrest section ( 16 ) of the backrest ( 12 ), the headrest ( 14 ) having a first surface configured to receive a vehicle occupant's head and an opposite second surface directly facing the headrest section ( 16 ) such that the headrest ( 14 ) overlies the headrest section ( 16 ) in a direction that is transverse to a height-adjusting direction of the headrest ( 14 ), the headrest ( 14 ) moving along the headrest section ( 16 ) in the height-adjusting direction during a height-adjustment of the headrest ( 14 ), and wherein the headrest ( 14 ) is mechanically coupled to a seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ), which mechanically adjusts the seatbelt guide ( 22 ) when a height of the headrest ( 14 ) is adjusted.

2. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the headrest ( 14 ) is permanently mechanically coupled to the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ).

3. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the headrest ( 14 ) is designed free of the seatbelt guide.

4. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) comprises a driver ( 38 ) with a deflection section ( 40 ) for a seatbelt strap ( 20 ), the deflection section ( 40 ) comprising a bearing point ( 42 ) for the seatbelt strap ( 20 ), the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) mechanically adjusting the height of the bearing point ( 42 ) when the height of the headrest ( 14 ) is adjusted.

5. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) comprises a driver ( 38 ) with a deflection section ( 40 ) for a seatbelt strap ( 20 ), and wherein a reference point of the headrest ( 14 ) and the deflection section ( 40 ) constantly have a defined spacing from each other, regardless of the adjusted height of the headrest ( 14 ).

6. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the headrest ( 14 ) comprises a headrest base element ( 30 ) to which the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) is firmly connected.

7. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the headrest base element ( 30 ) is coupled to a movement guide ( 34 ) provided on the backrest ( 12 ), along which the headrest ( 14 ) can be moved in translation.

8. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 6 , wherein at least one actuator ( 26 ) is provided, which is mechanically coupled to the headrest base element ( 30 ) in order to adjust the position of the headrest ( 14 ).

9. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a belt retractor ( 50 ) and/or a belt pretensioner ( 52 ) is integrated in the vehicle seat ( 10 ).

10. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle seat ( 10 ) comprises a tilt adjusting mechanism ( 60 ) for the backrest ( 12 ).

11. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a height adjusting mechanism ( 24 ) for the headrest ( 14 ) is provided, being coupled at least by control engineering to the tilt adjusting mechanism ( 60 ) for the backrest ( 14 ), so that a changing of the inclination of the backrest ( 12 ) results in a changing of the height of the headrest ( 14 ).

12. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle seat ( 10 ) comprises a seat shell ( 44 ), having a seat shell deflection region ( 46 ) of the seatbelt guide ( 22 ), a seatbelt strap ( 20 ) in a starting position lying against a seat shell bearing point ( 48 ) in the seat shell deflection region ( 46 ).

13. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the height-adjustable headrest ( 14 ) and the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) in a basic setting can be adjusted by the vehicle occupant in a starting position independently of each other and the coupling of the height-adjustable headrest ( 14 ) and the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) occurs after adjusting the starting position, so that during further use the headrest ( 14 ) and the seatbelt guide ( 22 ) are coupled in their relative position to each other during a further adjustment of the vehicle seat ( 10 ).

14. A vehicle seat system ( 62 ) for a motor vehicle, having a control and/or evaluation unit ( 64 ) and a vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control and/or evaluation unit ( 64 ) is electrically connected to at least one actuator ( 26 ) in order to actuate it.

15. The vehicle seat system ( 62 ) as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the at least one actuator ( 26 ) is coordinated with a tilt adjusting mechanism ( 60 ) and/or a height adjusting mechanism ( 24 ) for the headrest ( 14 ).

16. The vehicle seat system ( 62 ) as claimed in claim 14 , wherein at least one sensor ( 66 ) is provided, wherein the control and/or evaluation unit ( 64 ) is adapted to actuate the at least one actuator ( 26 ) in dependence on data acquired by the sensor ( 66 ).

17. The vehicle seat system ( 62 ) as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the control and/or evaluation unit ( 64 ) is adapted to store and process data acquired by the sensor ( 66 ) and/or to apply learning models to the data acquired by the sensor ( 66 ).

18. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a seat shell ( 44 ) having an opening ( 47 ) through which a strap ( 20 ) of the seatbelt ( 18 ) extends, wherein the seatbelt guide adjusting mechanism ( 36 ) comprises a driver ( 38 ) that is adjacent the opening ( 47 ) and fixed to the headrest ( 14 ), the driver ( 38 ) having a deflection section ( 40 ) for the seatbelt strap ( 20 ), the deflection section ( 40 ) having a bearing point ( 42 ) for engaging the seatbelt strap ( 20 ), a height-adjusting movement of the headrest ( 14 ) causing both the bearing point ( 42 ) to move relative to the opening ( 47 ) and a height of the bearing point ( 42 ) to be adjusted.

19. The vehicle seat ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the backrest ( 12 ) has a first section ( 54 ) coupled to a second section ( 58 ) by a joint ( 56 ), the headrest ( 14 ) being coupled to the first section ( 54 ) of the backrest ( 12 ), the second section ( 58 ) having a first end coupled to a seat base, the second section ( 58 ) extending away from the seat base to a second end, the second end of the second section ( 58 ) being connected to the joint ( 56 ), the vehicle seat ( 10 ) further comprising:
a tilt adjusting mechanism ( 60 ) configured to adjust an inclination of the backrest ( 12 ) by adjusting the first and second sections ( 54 , 58 ) of the backrest ( 12 ) relative to one another; and
a height adjusting mechanism ( 24 ) for adjusting a height of the headrest ( 14 ), the height adjusting mechanism ( 24 ) being coupled to the tilt adjusting mechanism ( 60 ) so that an adjustment of the inclination of the backrest ( 12 ) results in an adjustment of the height of the headrest ( 14 ).

Assignees

• Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh
• Faurecia Autositze Gmbh

Inventors

• Gumprecht Michael
• Seyffert Martin
• Klein Artur
• Zagula Alexander
• Reich David
• Schaub Swen

Classifications

• B60N2/829 Primary

  characterised by their adjusting mechanisms, e.g. electric motors · CPC title

• B60N2/0022

  for sensing anthropometric parameters, e.g. heart rate or body temperature · CPC title

• B60N2210/24

  Cameras · CPC title

• B60N2/0252 Primary

  with relations between different adjustments, e.g. height of headrest following longitudinal position of seat · CPC title

• B60N2/0272 Primary

  using sensors or detectors for detecting the position of seat parts · CPC title