Railless variable seatback type rear seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11970090-B2
Application number	US-202117380504-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	Mar 17, 2021
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

A railess variable seatback type rear seat includes: a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement; a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and a reclining angle change device configured to convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cushion, forward or to recline the seatback backward.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rear seat comprising:
a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement;
a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and
a reclining angle change device configured to:
convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cushion, forward or to recline the seatback backward,
wherein the linear movement device includes:
the motor in which the rotation of the motor is generated;
a sliding member configured to convert the rotation of the motor into the linear movement and to generate, by the linear movement, the sliding movement for the sliding movement device; and
a motor mounting bracket configured to fix the motor on a first side portion of the seat cushion.

2. The rear seat of claim 1 , wherein:
the motor and the sliding member are connected by a gear mechanism, and
the gear mechanism includes a pinion gear configured to receive the rotation of the motor, and a rack gear formed on a rack gear rod that performs the linear movement and configured to be engaged with the pinion gear.

3. The rear seat of claim 2 , wherein:
the pinion gear is positioned at a gear interval of the motor mounting bracket, and
the rack gear rod is fixed to a rear seat cross member of the sliding movement device and form a sliding angle upward.

4. The rear seat of claim 2 , wherein:
the rack gear rod forms a sliding stopper on an opposite side of the rack gear, and
the sliding stopper limits, by a sliding stroke, a movement distance of the sliding movement.

5. The rear seat of claim 4 , wherein the sliding stopper includes a front end protrusion and a rear end protrusion contacting an interval pin of the motor mounting bracket, and
the sliding stroke sets an interval of the front end protrusion and the rear end protrusion.

6. The rear seat of claim 1 , further comprising a motor reducer configured to connect the motor and the sliding member,
wherein the sliding member is a lead screw.

7. The rear seat of claim 1 , wherein the sliding movement device includes:
a rear seat cross member configured to fix a sliding member of the linear movement device and forming a seat cushion movement distance by the sliding movement;
a side upper bracket fixed to the rear seat cross member and forming a side upper bracket movement distance by the sliding movement;
a leg bracket coupled such that the side upper bracket has a relative movement; and
a slot pin configured to allow the relative movement of the side upper bracket with respect to the leg bracket.

8. The rear seat of claim 7 , wherein the rear seat cross member fixes the sliding member on a lower surface portion or an upper surface portion thereof.

9. The rear seat of claim 7 , wherein the slot pin is positioned on a guide slot of the leg bracket and is configured to be moved together with the side upper bracket.

10. The rear seat of claim 9 , wherein:
the guide slot includes a front inclination slot and a rear inclination slot, the front inclination slot and the rear inclination slot being spaced apart from each other at an interval, and
each the front inclination slot and the rear inclination slot including the slot pin positioned therein, and
each the front inclination slot and the rear inclination slot forms an upward inclination that aligns with a sliding angle of the linear movement device.

11. The rear seat of claim 1 , wherein the sliding movement device includes:
a rear seat cross member fixing a sliding member of the linear movement device and forming a seat cushion movement distance by the sliding movement;
a pair of a side upper movement bracket and a side upper tilt bracket separated from each other, the pair configured to be moved together with the rear seat cross member by the sliding movement, to form a side upper bracket distance, and to increase a height of the seat cushion to a seat cushion tilt height;
a tilt link connecting the side upper movement bracket to the side upper tilt bracket;
a leg bracket coupled such that a side upper bracket has a relative movement; and
a slot pin fixed to the tilt link and configured to allow the relative movement of the side upper movement bracket and the side upper tilt bracket with respect to the leg bracket.

12. The rear seat of claim 11 , wherein the slot pin is positioned on a guide slot of the leg bracket and is configured to be moved together with the side upper movement bracket and the side upper tilt bracket.

13. The rear seat of claim 12 , wherein:
the guide slot includes a reference inclination slot and a tilt inclination slot, the reference inclination slot and the tilt inclination slot being spaced apart from each other at an interval,
the slot pin is positioned on each of the reference inclination slot and the tilt inclination slot, and
the tilt link provides the sliding movement to the side upper movement bracket and the side upper tilt bracket and allows the seat cushion tilt height to be formed by a relative movement of the side upper tilt bracket with respect to the side upper movement bracket.

14. The rear seat of claim 13 , wherein an upward angle difference is formed by setting a tilt inclination angle of the tilt inclination slot to be greater than a reference inclination angle of the reference inclination slot.

15. The rear seat of claim 13 , wherein the seat cushion tilt height is formed by an upward angle difference between the reference inclination slot and the tilt inclination slot.

16. The rear seat of claim 1 , wherein the reclining angle change device includes:
a hinge connecting the seat cushion to a seat back; and
a back mounting bracket forming a shaft long hole and forming the reclining movement at a seatback reclining distance at which a fixing shaft fixed to the seatback moves in the shaft long hole.

17. The rear seat of claim 16 , wherein the back mounting bracket is positioned on an upper portion of the seatback.

18. A rear seat comprising:
a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement;
a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and
a reclining angle change device configured to:
convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cushion, forward or to recline the seatback backward,
wherein the sliding movement device includes:
a rear seat cross member configured to fix a sliding member of the linear movement device and forming a seat cushion movement distance by the sliding movement;
a side upper bracket fixed to the rear seat cross member and forming a side upper bracket movement distance by the sliding movement;
a leg bracket coupled such that the side upper bracket has a relative movement; and
a slot pin configured to allow the relative movement of the side upper bracket with respect to the leg bracket.

19. A rear seat comprising:
a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement;
a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and
a reclining angle change device configured to:
convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cus

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp
• Daechang Seat Co Ltd Dongtan
• Hyundai Transys Inc

Inventors

• Kim Seung-Hyun
• Lee Sang-Hyun
• Lee Min-Ju
• Choi Byung-Yong
• Jung Chan-Ho
• Na Seon-Chae
• Choi Young-Woon
• Lee Jae-Jin
• Kim Dong-Hwan
• Hwang In-Chang

Classifications

• B60N2/067 Primary

  by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms · CPC title

• B60N2/02246

  Electric motors therefor · CPC title

• B60N2/065 Primary

  Rear seats · CPC title

• B60N2/2209

  by longitudinal displacement of the cushion, e.g. back-rest hinged on the bottom to the cushion and linked on the top to the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/02253

  characterised by the transmission between the electric motor and the seat or seat parts · CPC title