Oscillating mechanism comprising an angle sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9970786-B2
Application number	US-201615098579-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2016
Priority date	Apr 24, 2015
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

Measurement device for a vehicle seat having a lower part and an upper part which is movable relative to the lower. A scissor-action frame comprising at least one first scissor part and at least one second scissor part is arranged between the upper vehicle seat part and the lower vehicle seat part. The first scissor part and the second scissor part are interconnected by means of a rotary axis and a first end region of the first scissor part is fixed to the lower vehicle seat part by a pivot axis. At least one angle sensor unit is fixed to the first scissor part and the angle sensor unit is movably connected to the lower vehicle seat part by means of a movable lever apparatus, wherein the angle sensor unit can be actuated by the lever apparatus when the height of the upper vehicle seat part is adjusted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measurement device for a vehicle seat comprising a lower vehicle seat part and an upper vehicle seat part which is movable relative to the lower vehicle seat part, a scissor-action frame having at least one first scissor part and at least one second scissor part being arranged between the upper vehicle seat part and the lower vehicle seat part, the first scissor part and the second scissor part being interconnected by means of a rotary axis and a first end region of the first scissor part being pivotally fixed to the lower vehicle seat part by means of a pivot axis,
wherein at least one angle sensor unit is fixed to the first scissor part in a first portion of the first scissor part that is arranged between the rotary axis and the lower vehicle seat part, wherein the angle sensor unit is movably connected to the lower vehicle seat part by a movable lever apparatus, wherein the lever apparatus actuates the angle sensor unit when the height of the upper vehicle seat part is adjusted, wherein the measurement device further comprises an envelope, wherein the envelope is concentric with the pivot axis, and wherein the angle sensor unit is fixed to the envelope.

2. The measurement device according to either claim 1 , wherein the lever apparatus comprises a first lever arm and a second lever arm, the first lever arm being pivotally connected in a first end region to the lower vehicle seat part by means of a first axis and the second lever arm being pivotally connected to a second end region of the first lever arm by means of a second axis, and a first end region of the second lever arm being pivotally connected to the angle sensor unit by means of a third axis.

3. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle sensor unit is moved on a curved path when the first scissor part is pivoted.

4. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle sensor unit is arranged in the first end region of the first scissor part, near to the pivot axis.

5. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein a height adjustment of the vehicle seat is measured by a change in the angle of rotation of the angle sensor unit, and wherein the lever apparatus changes the angle of rotation of the angle sensor unit.

6. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement device is connected to a control device, and data that is recorded by the measurement device and comprises a change in at least one of a spring deflection, a deflection speed, and a deflection acceleration is transmitted to the control device.

7. The measurement device according to claim 6 , wherein the control device controls a spring characteristic of at least one of a spring system and a damping capacity of a damping apparatus using the data recorded by the measurement device.

8. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle sensor unit comprises a Hall effect sensor.

9. The measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a retaining plate, wherein the angle sensor unit is fixed to the envelope by the retaining plate.

10. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle sensor unit is adjacent to a lower quarter of the lower scissor, proximate to the pivot axis.

Assignees

• Grammer Ag

Inventors

• Pelka Joachim
• Haller Erwin

Classifications

• B60N2/16 Primary

  height-adjustable · CPC title

• G01B5/24

  for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes · CPC title

• B60N2/50

  Seat suspension devices · CPC title

• G01D5/147 Primary

  influenced by the movement of a third element, the position of Hall device and the source of magnetic field being fixed in respect to each other · CPC title

• B60N2/162

  Scissors-like structure · CPC title