Adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle, and motorcycle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGuido Beuting, Helmut Diehl, Miroslav Nikolic, Mathias Roesner, Raimund Schell, Joerg Seiler
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Abstract
An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle includes a seat pan having a base shell, an adjustable shell, and an adjustment mechanism between the base shell and the adjustable shell. The base shell has a fastening portion for non-adjustable fastening of the base shell on the motorcycle. The adjustable shell is placed on the base shell and are connected via the adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust the height and/or inclination of the adjustable shell in relation to the base shell. A motorcycle having the adjustable seat assembly is also provided.
Claims12
An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle, comprising:
- a seat pan having a base shell and an adjusting shell;
- and
- an adjusting device,
- wherein
- the base shell is fastened to the motorcycle such that it is fixed and non-adjustable,
- the adjusting shell is located on the base shell,
- the base shell and the adjusting shell are connected to one another via the adjusting device,
- the adjusting device is configured to adjust at least one of a height and an inclination of the adjusting shell with respect to the base shell,
- the base shell has at least one guide element extending predominantly vertically,
- the at least one guide element engaging into an opening in the adjusting shell and bears on its lateral sections, as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the seat assembly, against an inner wall of the opening in the adjusting shell.
A motorcycle with a seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat pan having a base shell and an adjusting shell;
- and
- an adjusting device,
- wherein
- the base shell is fastened to the motorcycle such that it is fixed and non-adjustable,
- the adjusting shell is located on the base shell,
- the base shell and the adjusting shell are connected to one another via the adjusting device,
- the adjusting device is configured to adjust at least one of a height and an inclination of the adjusting shell with respect to the base shell,
- the base shell is attached fixedly and non-adjustably to the motorcycle,
- the base shell has at least one guide element extending predominantly vertically,
- the at least one guide element engaging into an opening in the adjusting shell and bears on its lateral sections, as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the seat assembly, against an inner wall of the opening in the adjusting shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.