Vehicle seat

US9499076B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9499076-B2
Application numberUS-201315024222-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 27, 2013
Priority dateSep 27, 2013
Publication dateNov 22, 2016
Grant dateNov 22, 2016

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Abstract

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A vehicle seat includes: a slide mechanism including an inner-side slide rail and an outer-side slide rail; a seat cushion; and a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward a wall portion of a vehicle. The outer-side slide rail includes: a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the seat cushion in a vertical direction; and a second slide rail fixed to a portion of the wall portion located deeper in an interior than the first slide rail, at a position below the seat cushion.

First claim

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The invention claimed is: 1. A vehicle seat comprising: a slide mechanism comprising an inner-side slide rail fixed to a floor of an interior of a vehicle and an outer-side slide rail fixed to a wall portion of the interior of the vehicle; a seat cushion provided to be slidable in a front-rear direction of the vehicle by the slide mechanism; and a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward the wall portion, wherein the outer-side slide rail comprises: a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the seat cushion in a vertical direction; and a second slide rail fixed to a portion of the wall portion located deeper in the interior than the first slide rail, at a position below the seat cushion.

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Classifications

  • in a transversal-vertical plane · CPC title

  • B60N2/3056Primary

    along longitunal axis · CPC title

  • Position and orientation of the slide as a whole · CPC title

  • the back-rest being hinged on the cushion, e.g. "portefeuille movement" · CPC title

  • C or U-shaped · CPC title

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What does patent US9499076B2 cover?
A vehicle seat includes: a slide mechanism including an inner-side slide rail and an outer-side slide rail; a seat cushion; and a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward a wall portion of a vehicle. The outer-side slide rail includes: a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the seat cushion in a vertical direction; and a secon…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Johnson Controls Tech Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60N2/3056. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 22 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).