Easy-entry vehicle seat
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
InventorsUmesh Handigol, Ulf Hartmann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising: a seating portion having a seat frame; a backrest portion pivotably supported on the seating portion; a seat base for supporting the seating portion; and an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the seating portion and the backrest portion with respect to the seat base at least along a longitudinal axis between a use position and an easy-entry position, the easy-entry mechanism comprising: at least one arm pivotably connected with the seat frame and pivotably connected to the seat base at a first position; and at least one sliding pivot joint for supporting the seat frame on the seat base at a second position, the first position being spaced apart from the second position along the longitudinal axis.
Claims19
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seating portion having a seat frame;
- a backrest portion pivotably supported on the seating portion;
- a seat base for supporting the seating portion;
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- an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the seating portion and the backrest portion with respect to the seat base at least along a longitudinal axis between a use position and an easy-entry position, the easy-entry mechanism comprising:
- at least one arm being pivotably connected to the seat base at a first pivot bearing at a first position location and being pivotably connected with the seat frame at a second pivot bearing;
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- at least one sliding pivot joint arranged at the seat base and supporting the seat frame on the seat base via a link at a second location, the first location being spaced apart from the second location along the longitudinal axis, wherein the sliding pivot joint provides a third pivot bearing with a pivot axis arranged entirely below the seat frame, and wherein the link connects the seat base with the seat frame via a fourth pivot bearing.
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seating portion having a seat frame;
- a backrest portion pivotably supported on the seating portion;
- a seat base for supporting the seating portion;
- a guide rail assembly mountable on a vehicle floor for adjusting the longitudinal position of the seating portion and the backrest portion with respect to the vehicle floor, wherein the seat base is coupled on an upper rail of the guide rail assembly, or comprises the upper rail of the guide rail assembly;
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- an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the seating portion and the backrest portion with respect to the seat base at least along a longitudinal axis between a use position and an easy-entry position, the easy-entry mechanism comprising:
- at least one arm pivotably connected with the seat frame and pivotably connected to the seat base at a first location;
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- at least one sliding pivot joint at a bracket fixed to the upper rail of the guide rail assembly, the sliding pivot joint for supporting the seat frame on the seat base at a second location, the first location being spaced apart from the second location along the longitudinal axis.
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seating portion having a seat frame with at least one frame member;
- a seat base for supporting the seating portion;
- a height-adjustment mechanism for adjusting a height of the seat frame with respect to the seat base;
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- an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the seating portion with respect to the seat base at least along a longitudinal axis between a use position and an easy-entry position, the easy-entry mechanism comprising at least one sliding pivot joint arranged at the seat base and supporting the seat frame on the seat base, wherein the at least one frame member is connected to the at least one sliding pivot joint via a height-adjustment link of the height-adjustment mechanism, the height-adjustment link being rotatably mounted on the seat base of the sliding pivot joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.