Vehicle seat
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
InventorsFabian Rehmet, Philip Bartko
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Abstract
A seat for use in a vehicle, the seat configured to move between a use configuration and a non-use configuration, the seat comprising a guide member fixed to at least one of a floor of the vehicle or a wall of the vehicle, the guide member defining a guideway. A backrest configured to translate with respect to the guideway in a vertical direction, extending away from a floor of the vehicle, from a first position to a second position, and a cushion pan including a top surface and pivotally coupled to at least one of the backrest and the guide member, the cushion pan configured to pivot from a use position, in which the top surface is arranged to support an occupant seated in the seat, and a non-use position.
Claims19
A seat for use in a vehicle, the seat configured to move between a use configuration and a non-use configuration, the seat comprising:
- a guide member fixed to at least one of a floor of the vehicle or a wall of the vehicle, the guide member defining a guideway;
- a backrest configured to translate along the guideway from a first position to a second position so that the backrest moves away from the floor of the vehicle;
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- a cushion pan including a first end portion and a second end portion, the cushion pan configured to rotate between,
- a horizontal position, in which the second end portion is spaced apart from the floor by a first distance, and
- a vertical position, in which the second end portion is spaced apart from the floor by a second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance, and
- wherein the first end portion is pivotally coupled to the backrest so that as the backrest moves from the first position to the second position, the cushion pan rotates from the horizontal position to the vertical position to move the seat from the use configuration to the non-use configuration.
A seat for use in a vehicle, the seat configured to move between a use configuration and a non-use configuration, the seat comprising:
- a guide member fixed to at least one of a floor of the vehicle or a wall of the vehicle, the guide member defining a guideway;
- a backrest configured to translate with respect to the guideway in a vertical direction, extending away from a floor of the vehicle, from a first position to a second position;
- a cushion pan including a top surface and pivotally coupled to at least one of the backrest and the guide member, the cushion pan configured to pivot from a use position, in which the top surface is arranged to support an occupant seated in the seat, and a non-use position;
- a gearbox assembly configured to move with the backrest as the backrest translates between the first position and the second position;
- a driveshaft extending from the gearbox assembly;
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- a pinion extending from the driveshaft, wherein the guide member is formed by a rack provided with a number of teeth, and the pinion is configured to engage the number of teeth, wherein the gearbox assembly is configured to be actuated to rotate the driveshaft and pinion in a rotational direction to translate the backrest from the first position to the second position.
A seat for use in a vehicle, the vehicle including a cabin formed by cabin wall and a floor, the seat comprising:
- a base member spaced apart from the floor and fixed to the cabin wall;
- a backrest coupled to the base member and configured to move with respect to the base member in a number of directions from a use position to a non-use position;
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- a cushion pan including a proximal end and distal end, the proximal end coupled to the backrest and configured to move with the backrest so that the distal end of the cushion pan rotates towards the floor as the backrest moves from the use position to the non-use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.