Seat height adjusting device for a vehicle and vehicle including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsIlsun Song, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
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Abstract
A device for adjusting a seat height of a personal mobility includes a hollow seat frame extending in a longitudinal direction, a seat support shaft coupled to an upper portion of the seat frame and configured to slide upward and downward, a pedal shaft coupled to a lower portion of the seat frame, a lifting screw shaft extending downward in a state of being fixed to the seat support shaft inside the seat frame, and a rotation screw shaft fastened to the lifting screw shaft inside the seat frame and configured to raise and lower the lifting screw shaft by rotating based on operation of the pedal shaft.
Claims13
A device for adjusting a seat height, the device comprising:
- a seat frame extending in a longitudinal direction, the seat frame being hollow;
- a seat support shaft coupled to an upper portion of the seat frame and configured to slide upward and downward, wherein the upper portion of the seat frame is configured to be connected to a seat;
- a pedal shaft coupled to a lower portion of the seat frame;
- a lifting screw shaft extending downward and fixed to the seat support shaft inside the seat frame;
- a rotation screw shaft fastened to the lifting screw shaft inside the seat frame and configured to raise and lower the lifting screw shaft by rotating based on operation of the pedal shaft;
- a power transmission shaft extending from a rotation screw shaft side toward a pedal shaft side inside the seat frame and having a lower portion connected to the pedal shaft by a plurality of gears, the plurality of gears configured to rotate by rotation of the pedal shaft;
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- a power connection device configured to connect or disconnect the power transmission shaft and the rotation screw shaft.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a seat frame extending in a longitudinal direction, the seat frame being hollow;
- a seat support shaft coupled to an upper portion of the seat frame and configured to slide upward and downward;
- a seat connected to the upper portion of the seat frame;
- a pedal shaft coupled to a lower portion of the seat frame;
- a lifting screw shaft extending downward and fixed to the seat support shaft inside the seat frame;
- a rotation screw shaft fastened to the lifting screw shaft inside the seat frame and configured to raise and lower the lifting screw shaft by rotating based on operation of the pedal shaft;
- a power transmission shaft extending from a rotation screw shaft side toward a pedal shaft side inside the seat frame and having a lower portion connected to the pedal shaft by a plurality of gears, the plurality of gears configured to rotate by rotation of the pedal shaft;
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- a power connection device configured to connect or disconnect the power transmission shaft and the rotation screw shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.