Vehicle seat or vehicle cabin having a suspension apparatus and utility vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9937832-B2
Application number	US-201414915754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	Oct 1, 2013
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle seat or to a vehicle cabin having a suspension apparatus comprising a top end part and a bottom end part, which can be deflected relative to the top end part, which are connected to each other in a spring-loaded manner by means of a suspension element, and having a dampening apparatus for dampening vibrations having effect on at least one of the two end parts wherein the dampening apparatus and a distance leveling apparatus for adjusting a distance between the top end part and the bottom end part have an actuator fluid element controlled by common pressure stages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat or vehicle cab comprising:
a suspension device including an upper end part and a lower end part that is deflectable relative to the upper end part, which parts are resiliently interconnected by means of a suspension element, and having a damping device for damping vibrations acting on at least one of the two end parts, wherein the damping device and a distance-adjusting device for adjusting a distance between the upper end part and the lower end part comprise a common actuator fluid element controlled by pressure stages, and wherein an open-loop and/or closed-loop control device is provided for adjusting a fluid-conveying device and/or a flow-control valve element depending on a load acting on the upper end part.

2. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 1 , wherein the open-loop and/or closed-loop control device comprises an acceleration-measuring sensor which is arranged on the face of the lower end part and is intended for detecting accelerations acting on the lower end part.

3. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 1 , wherein the open-loop and/or closed-loop control device comprises a travel-measuring sensor for detecting a distance and/or a distance variation between the upper and the lower end part.

4. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator fluid element is operatively connected to the fluid-conveying device, which is in fluid connection with a pressure-stage chamber of the actuator fluid element such that various height adjustments of the upper end part can be carried out by controlling the power of the controllable fluid-conveying device.

5. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator fluid element is operatively connected to the fluid-conveying device, which is in fluid connection with a pressure-stage chamber of the actuator fluid element such that the fluid can be conveyed out of a tension-stage chamber of the actuator fluid element and/or another fluid reservoir of the fluid-conveying system into the pressure-stage chamber.

6. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator fluid element is operatively connected to a flow-control valve element, which is in fluid connection with the actuator fluid element and the fluid-conveying device such that the power of the pressure stage can be additionally modulated by means of this flow-control valve element.

7. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 6 , wherein the flow-control valve element is in fluid connection with the actuator fluid element and the controllable fluid-conveying device such that vibrations of one of the end parts can be isolated by means of the flow-control valve element.

8. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 6 , wherein the flow-control valve element is in fluid connection with the actuator fluid element and the controllable fluid-conveying device such that the power of the pressure stage can be additionally modulated by means of this flow-control valve element while not affecting the power of the fluid-conveying device.

9. The vehicle seat or vehicle cab according to claim 4 , wherein a low-pressure connection of the fluid-conveying device is in fluid connection with a tension-stage chamber by means of a low-pressure line and a high-pressure connection of the fluid-conveying device is in fluid connection with the tension-stage chamber by means of a high-pressure line, the low-pressure line and the high-pressure line being fluidically interconnected by means of an electrically operable proportional flow control valve.

Assignees

• Grammer Ag

Inventors

• Haller Erwin

Classifications

• B60G99/002

  Suspension details of the suspension of the vehicle body on the vehicle chassis · CPC title

• B60N2/502

  attached to the base of the seat (B60N2/504 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60G2202/24

  Fluid damper · CPC title

• B60N2/505

  Adjustable suspension including height adjustment · CPC title

• B60G2202/152

  Pneumatic spring · CPC title