Vehicle seat with arrester element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9321380-B2
Application number	US-201414451142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2014
Priority date	Aug 5, 2013
Publication date	Apr 26, 2016
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle seat with a floor component group and a seat frame which is fixed to the floor component group. The seat frame is connected to the floor component group via at least one coupling element and is arranged spaced apart from the floor component group essentially vertically to a longitudinal seat direction, wherein the coupling element is fixed to the seat frame on the one hand and to the floor component group on the other hand, and an arrester element is provided at the seat frame, which arrester element is formed and arranged in such a manner that the coupling element can make contact with the arrester element in case of a crash, and the arrester element then counteracts a deformation of the coupling element transversely to the longitudinal seat direction. The arrester element has a planar section that the coupling element can contact in case of a crash and along which forces from the coupling element are then transferred to the seat frame, in order to counteract a deformation of the coupling element transversely to the longitudinal seat direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising: a floor component group;
a seat frame, which is fixed to the floor component group, wherein the seat frame is connected to the floor component group via at least one coupling element and is spaced from the floor component group essentially vertically to a longitudinal seat direction, wherein the at least one coupling element is fixed to the seat frame and to the floor component group, and
an arrester element on the seat frame, which arrester element is formed and arranged in such a manner that the at least one coupling element can make contact with the arrester element in case of a crash, and the arrester element then counteracts a deformation of the at least one coupling element transversely to the longitudinal seat direction, wherein the arrester element has a planar section that the at least one coupling element can contact in case of a crash and along which forces from the at least one coupling element are then transferred to the seat frame, in order to counteract a deformation of the at least one coupling element transversely to the longitudinal seat direction, wherein a distance of the seat frame from the floor component group can be adjusted essentially vertically to the longitudinal seat direction and wherein the seat frame is connected to the floor component group for this adjustment via the at least one coupling element, and wherein the arrester element is arranged on the seat frame in such a manner that contact of the at least one coupling element with the arrester element is only possible from a predetermined minimum distance between the seat frame and the floor component group.

2. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the arrester element is formed as a sheet metal part.

3. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the planar section extends in a bridge manner over a section of the at least one coupling element.

4. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the arrester element is fixed to a component of the seat frame via at least two mounting points spaced apart from each other, and wherein the arrester element with its planar section extends between these mounting points over the section of the at least one coupling element.

5. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the planar section has a first and a second region, wherein the at least one coupling element can contact the planar section in case of a crash in the first region, and wherein the planar section is supported in the second region by a component of the seat frame.

6. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the first region of the planar section projects from the arrester element in a platform-shape.

7. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the platform-shaped first region of the planar section runs inclined at an angle to the second region of the planar section.

8. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the arrester element can engage behind the coupling element in the first region.

9. The vehicle seat in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the planar section forms a hook-shaped end in the first region.

Assignees

• Brose Fahrzeugteile
• Brose Fahrzeugteile

Inventors

• Ferenc Anthony
• Bhat Anil
• Cui Tracy

Classifications

• B60N2/42709 Primary

  involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure · CPC title

• B60N2/4235

  transversal · CPC title

• B60N2/43

  Safety locks (for back-rests B60N2/433) · CPC title

• B60N2/1615 Primary

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title