Adjusting device for adjusting a motor vehicle seat, motor vehicle seat, motor vehicle and method for adjusting a motor vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9539919-B2
Application number	US-201313747690-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2013
Priority date	Jan 25, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

An adjusting device for adjusting a motor vehicle seat is provided. The adjusting device includes an engagement fitting unit, a force transmission device configured to transmit a force for locking and unlocking the engagement fitting unit, and a force step-up transmission device configured to step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device. A motor vehicle seat, a motor vehicle, and a method for adjusting a motor vehicle seat using the adjusting device are also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjusting device for adjusting a motor vehicle seat, the adjusting device comprising:
an engagement fitting unit;
a force transmission device configured to transmit a force for locking and unlocking the engagement fitting unit, the force transmission device having a first lever member rotatable about a first lever axis and a second member remote from the first lever member and rotatable about a second axis;
a force step-up transmission device operably coupled to the first lever member and configured to step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device, the force step-up transmission device configured as a control cam rotatably mounted on the first lever member about a cam axis and further configured to variably step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device; and
a flexible control cable interconnecting the force step-up transmission device and the second member such that the second member rotates about the second axis in response to rotation of the first lever member about the first lever axis.

2. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device is a discontinuous adjusting device for adjusting a backrest position of the motor vehicle seat.

3. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device is a remotely controlled adjusting device.

4. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting device comprises a force bridging device configured as the control cable to transmit a remotely exerted force from a distant part of the force transmission device to a part that is close to the engagement fitting of the force transmission device.

5. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein a force bridging device configured as the control cable is coupled to the force step-up transmission device coupled to the force transmission device.

6. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the force step-up transmission device comprises control elements that control a movement of the force transmission device and/or of the force step-up transmission device.

7. The adjusting device according to claim 6 , wherein the control cam and the control elements form a control curve for the control cam, along which the control cam can be guided.

8. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the cam axis is arranged eccentrically to the first lever axis of the force transmission device.

9. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the force transmission device that is close to the engagement fitting unit comprises the first lever member that is rotatable about the first lever axis, with which the force can be transmitted to the engagement fitting unit.

10. A motor vehicle seat with a backrest adjustable relative to a seat part, the motor vehicle seat having an adjusting device for adjusting the backrest, the adjusting device comprising:
an engagement fitting unit;
a force transmission device configured to transmit a force for locking and unlocking the engagement fitting unit, the force transmission device having a first lever member rotatable about a first lever axis and a second member remote from the first lever member and rotatable about a second axis;
a force step-up transmission device operably coupled to the first lever member and configured to step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device, the force step-up transmission device configured as a control cam rotatably mounted on the first lever member about a cam axis and further configured to variably step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device; and
a flexible control cable interconnecting the force step-up transmission device and the second member such that the second member rotates about the second axis in response to rotation of the first lever member about the first lever axis.

11. A motor vehicle with a seat unit for a vehicle occupant, wherein the seat unit has a backrest adjustable relative to a seat part and an adjusting device for adjusting the backrest, the adjusting device comprising:
an engagement fitting unit;
a force transmission device configured to transmit a force for locking and unlocking the engagement fitting unit, the force transmission device having a first lever member rotatable about a first lever axis and a second member remote from the first lever member and rotatable about a second axis;
a force step-up transmission device operably coupled to the first lever member and configured to step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device, the force step-up transmission device configured as a control cam rotatably mounted on the first lever member about a cam axis and further configured to variably step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device; and
a flexible control cable interconnecting the force step-up transmission device and the second member such that the second member rotates about the second axis in response to rotation of the first lever member about the first lever axis.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the motor vehicle is a passenger motor vehicle.

13. A method for adjusting a motor vehicle seat using an adjusting device, the method comprising the steps of:
transmitting, to an engagement fitting unit, a force for locking and unlocking the engagement fitting unit of the adjusting device with a force transmission device, the force transmission device having a first lever member rotatable about a first lever axis and a second member remote from the first lever member and rotatable about a second axis; and
variably stepping up the force during the transmitting with a force step-up transmission device operably coupled to the first lever member and configured to step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device, the force step-up transmission device configured as a control cam rotatably mounted on the first lever member about a cam axis,
wherein a flexible control cable interconnects the force step-up transmission device and the second member such that the second member rotates about the second axis in response to rotation of the first lever member about the first lever axis.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the adjusting device is a discontinuous adjusting device and the method results in adjusting a backrest position of the motor vehicle seat.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the stepping up at least partially comprises a degressive stepping-up.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Pleskot Andrzej

Classifications

• B60N2/22 Primary

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/2356

  with internal pawls · CPC title

• B60N2/02

  the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable (adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806) · CPC title