Two-axis seat hinge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744882-B2
Application number	US-201514959041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2015
Priority date	Dec 4, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A movable seat for a motor vehicle includes a base fixedly attached to a frame of the motor vehicle, a seat frame having a top side and a bottom side, and a seat cushion fixedly attached to the top side of the seat frame. A U-shaped hinge connects the seat frame to the base, a first end of the first U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the base and rotating about a first lateral axis, and a second end of the U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the seat frame and rotating about a second lateral axis. A wire that connects a first electrical appliance in the seat cushion to a second electrical appliance is included that is attached to the U-shaped hinge from the first end to the second end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A movable seat for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a base fixedly attached to a frame of the motor vehicle;
a seat frame having a top side and a bottom side;
a seat cushion fixedly attached to the top side of the seat frame;
a first U-shaped hinge connecting the seat frame to the base, a first end of the first U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the base and rotating about a first lateral axis, a second end of the first U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the seat frame and rotating about a second lateral axis; and
a wire connecting a first electrical appliance in the seat cushion to a second electrical appliance, the wire attached to the first U-shaped hinge from the first end to the second end.

2. The movable seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a bracket attached to the seat frame, the second end of the first U-shaped hinge being connected to the bracket by a free rotation bolt along the second lateral axis, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the first U-shaped hinge and the seat frame along the second lateral axis.

3. The movable seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a second U-shaped hinge connecting the seat frame to the base, a first end of the second U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the base and rotating about the first lateral axis, a second end of the second U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the seat frame and rotating about the second lateral axis.

4. The movable seat of claim 3 further comprising:
a seat hinge bar connected to and extending between the first end of first U-shaped hinge and the first end of the second U-shaped hinge along the first lateral axis;
a bushing attached to the seat frame for holding seat hinge bar, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the seat hinge bar and the base along the first lateral axis.

5. The movable seat of claim 4 further comprising:
a second bushing attached to the seat frame for holding seat hinge bar, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the seat hinge bar and the base along the first lateral axis.

6. The movable seat of claim 3 further comprising:
a second bracket attached to the seat frame, the second end of the second U-shaped hinge being connected to the bracket by a free rotation bolt along the second lateral axis, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the second U-shaped hinge and the seat frame along the second lateral axis.

7. The movable seat of claim 1 wherein the first electrical appliance is a seat sensor indicating a presence of an occupant in the movable seat.

8. The movable seat of claim 7 wherein the second electrical appliance is a computer processing unit.

9. A movable seat for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a base fixedly attached to a frame of the motor vehicle;
a seat frame having a top side and a bottom side;
a seat cushion fixedly attached to the top side of the seat frame;
a first U-shaped hinge connecting the seat frame to the base, a first end of the first U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the base and rotating about a first lateral axis, a second end of the first U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the seat frame and rotating about a second lateral axis;
a second U-shaped hinge connecting the seat frame to the base, a first end of the second U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the base and rotating about the first lateral axis, a second end of the second U-shaped hinge being rotatably attached to the seat frame and rotating about the second lateral axis;
a first bracket attached to the seat frame, the second end of the first U-shaped hinge being connected to the bracket by a free rotation bolt along the second lateral axis, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the first U-shaped hinge and the seat frame along the second lateral axis;
a second bracket attached to the seat frame, the second end of the second U-shaped hinge being connected to the bracket by a free rotation bolt along the second lateral axis, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the second U-shaped hinge and the seat frame along the second lateral axis; and
a wire connecting a first electrical appliance in the seat cushion to a second electrical appliance, the wire attached to the first U-shaped hinge from the first end to the second end.

10. The movable seat of claim 9 further comprising:
a seat hinge bar connected to and extending between the first end of first U-shaped hinge and the first end of the second U-shaped hinge along the first lateral axis; and
a bushing attached to the seat frame for holding seat hinge bar, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the seat hinge bar and the base along the first lateral axis.

11. The movable seat of claim 10 further comprising:
a second bushing attached to the seat frame for holding seat hinge bar, thereby creating a rotatable connection between the seat hinge bar and the base along the first lateral axis.

12. The movable seat of claim 9 wherein the first electrical appliance is a seat sensor indicating a presence of an occupant in the movable seat.

13. The movable seat of claim 12 wherein the second electrical appliance is a computer processing unit.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Korte Joseph H
• Cole J Michael
• Holoweiko Ryan J
• Escobar Edgar A

Classifications

• B60N2/01583

  locking on transversal elements on the vehicle floor or rail, e.g. transversal rods · CPC title

• B60N2/427

  Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash · CPC title

• B60N2/0715

  C or U-shaped · CPC title

• B60N2/3065

  in a longitudinal-vertical plane · CPC title

• B60N2002/0268

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic