Vehicle seat console

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11834006-B2
Application number	US-201917284030-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2019
Priority date	Oct 9, 2018
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle seat console has at least one vehicle-side guide element and at least one seat-side guide element which is arranged parallel to the vehicle-side guide element. The vehicle seat console also has at least one longitudinal adjustment device which is acted upon by a drive device and is designed to produce a relative adjustment between the vehicle-side guide element and the seat-side guide element. A force-limiting device with a force-limiting element is provided between the longitudinal adjustment device and the vehicle-side guide element and/or between the longitudinal adjustment device and the seat-side guide element. The force-limiting element has a first deformation section which deforms under the effect of a force acting thereon above a specified force threshold. The force-limiting element has a second deformation section which is guided by a deflecting assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat console, comprising:
at least one vehicle-mounted guide element;
at least one seat-mounted guide element arranged parallel to the vehicle-mounted guide element;
at least one longitudinal adjustment device, which is activatable by a drive device and is configured to effect a relative adjustment between the vehicle-mounted guide element and the seat-mounted guide element;
a force-limiting apparatus, with a force-limiting element, provided between the longitudinal adjustment device and the vehicle-mounted guide element and/or between the longitudinal adjustment device and the seat-mounted guide element, wherein
the force-limiting element has a first deformation section which deforms under a force acting thereon above a predetermined force threshold value,
the force-limiting element has a second deformation section; and
a deflecting arrangement which guides the second deformation section of the force-limiting element.

2. The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal adjustment device has a spindle shaft and a spindle nut which is in meshing engagement with the spindle shaft.

3. The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , wherein the force-limiting element is coupled on a first side to the longitudinal adjustment device and on a second side to the seat-mounted guide element.

4. The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , wherein the force-limiting element is coupled on a first side to the longitudinal adjustment device and on a second side to the vehicle-mounted guide element.

5. The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , wherein the deflecting arrangement is formed from at least three deflecting elements, which are arranged in an alternating manner on two sides of a translation plane of the second deformation section, and which each have a deflecting section which projects into the translation plane or through the translation plane.

6. The vehicle seat console according to claim 5 , wherein the deflecting elements are deflecting rollers.

7. The vehicle seat console according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second deformation sections comprise a plastically deformable material or an elastically deformable material.

8. The vehicle seat console according to claim 7 , wherein at least the second deformation section comprises a metal sheet.

9. The vehicle seat console according to claim 7 , wherein at least the second deformation section has different deformation properties over its longitudinal extent.

10. The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rigid connecting device which is interrupted in an event of a collision, wherein
the rigid connecting device is provided, parallel to the force-limiting element, between the longitudinal adjustment device and an associated seat-mounted or an associated vehicle-mounted guide element.

11. A vehicle seat, comprising:
the vehicle seat console according to claim 1 ; and
a seat mounted on the vehicle seat console.

12. A motor vehicle, comprising:
the vehicle seat according to claim 11 ; and
a floor on which the vehicle seat is mounted.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B60R7/043 Primary

  mounted on or under a seat · CPC title

• B60N2/42

  the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats (for protecting children B60N2/26; arm-rests B60N2/75; head-rests B60N2/888) · CPC title

• B60N2/42709

  involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure · CPC title

• B60N2/42727

  involving substantially rigid displacement · CPC title

• B60N2/42781

  mechanical triggering · CPC title