Vehicle seat console

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12454202-B2
Application number	US-202118016952-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2021
Priority date	Sep 10, 2020
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

A vehicle seat base, also known as a console, movably attaches a vehicle seat on a vehicle interior floor. The vehicle seat is movably arranged parallel to the vehicle longitudinal direction and parallel to the vehicle lateral direction via a first rail assembly running parallel to the vehicle longitudinal direction and a second rail assembly running parallel to the vehicle lateral direction. The vehicle interior floor has a step running in the vehicle lateral direction that divides the floor in the vehicle longitudinal direction into a first floor region lying at a lower height and a second floor region lying at a higher height, and the floor is constricted by wheel housings that penetrate into the floor from the respective exterior, behind the vehicle seat. The second rail assembly ascends towards the vertical vehicle longitudinal central plane from the vehicle exterior running parallel to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A vehicle seat console for movably attaching a reclinable vehicle seat in a vehicle which has a vehicle body, comprising:
a vehicle body base structure that forms a vehicle interior base on which the reclinable vehicle seat is movably arranged parallel to a longitudinal vehicle direction and parallel to a transverse vehicle direction via at least a first rail arrangement which extends parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction and at least a second rail arrangement which extends parallel to the transverse vehicle direction, wherein the vehicle interior base has a step which extends in the transverse vehicle direction and which subdivides the vehicle interior base in the longitudinal vehicle direction into a lower first base region and a higher second base region, wherein the vehicle interior base is constricted behind the reclinable vehicle seat by way of wheel housings which penetrate from the respective outer side, and wherein the second rail arrangement rises from an outer vehicle side which extends parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction toward a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane, wherein a control device is configured to move the reclinable vehicle seat in both the longitudinal vehicle direction and the transverse vehicle direction to perform seat adjustment.

2 . The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , wherein
for seat adjustment, the control device is constructed such that the vehicle seat, when displaced from a front seat position into a reclining or resting position which is inclined toward the rear, is initially displaced relative to the vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane and is, in this instance, raised parallel to the vehicle vertical axis direction and subsequently displaced to the rear parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction.

3 . The vehicle seat console according to claim 1 , wherein
for seat adjustment, the control device is constructed such that the vehicle seat, when displaced from a front seat position into a reclining or resting position which is inclined toward the rear, is initially displaced relative to the vehicle longitudinal center plane and is, in this instance, raised parallel to the vehicle vertical axis direction and synchronously or subsequently the vehicle seat backrest is inclined toward the rear.

4 . A vehicle seat comprising a vehicle seat console according to claim 1 .

5 . A vehicle comprising at least one vehicle seat according to claim 4 .

6 . A vehicle seat console for movably attaching a vehicle seat in a vehicle which has a vehicle body, comprising:
a vehicle body base structure that forms a vehicle interior base on which the vehicle seat is movably arranged parallel to a longitudinal vehicle direction and parallel to a transverse vehicle direction via at least a first rail arrangement which extends parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction and at least a second rail arrangement which extends parallel to the transverse vehicle direction, wherein the vehicle interior base has a step which extends in the transverse vehicle direction and which subdivides the vehicle interior base in the longitudinal vehicle direction into a lower first base region and a higher second base region, wherein the vehicle interior base is constricted behind the at least one vehicle seat by way of wheel housings which penetrate from the respective outer side, and wherein the second rail arrangement rises from an outer vehicle side which extends parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction toward a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane, wherein the first rail arrangement has at least one lower guiding element which is connected to the base structure and at least one upper guiding element which is connected to the second rail arrangement, of which at least one is in the form of a lower guide rail.

7 . A vehicle seat console for movably attaching a vehicle seat in a vehicle which has a vehicle body, comprising:
a vehicle body base structure that forms a vehicle interior base on which the vehicle seat is movably arranged parallel to a longitudinal vehicle direction and parallel to a transverse vehicle direction via at least a first rail arrangement which extends parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction and at least a second rail arrangement which extends parallel to the transverse vehicle direction, wherein the vehicle interior base has a step which extends in the transverse vehicle direction and which subdivides the vehicle interior base in the longitudinal vehicle direction into a lower first base region and a higher second base region, wherein the vehicle interior base is constricted behind the at least one vehicle seat by way of wheel housings which penetrate from the respective outer side, and wherein the second rail arrangement rises from an outer vehicle side which extends parallel to the longitudinal vehicle direction toward a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane, wherein the second rail arrangement has at least one lower guiding element which is connected to the first rail arrangement and at least one upper guiding element which is connected to the vehicle seat, of which at least one is in the form of an upper guide rail.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Strasser Dieter

Classifications

• B60N2002/0208

  the seat or seat part turning about or moving along an inclined axis · CPC title

• B60N2/074

  rotated about the transversal axis · CPC title

• B60N2/065 Primary

  Rear seats · CPC title

• B60N2002/0055

  characterised by special measures to ensure that no seat or seat part collides, during its movement, with other seats, seat parts or the vehicle itself · CPC title

• B60N2/062 Primary

  transversally slidable · CPC title