Vehicle seat
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorsThomas Dill, Viktor Enns, Christian Wolf, Darius Wrobel
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Abstract
A motor vehicle seat may have a seat squab, a back rest, and kinematics for moving the vehicle seat from a use position suitable for conveying people to a non-use position or access position. The access position makes accessing a rear row of seats easier. The seat may be moved by a drive device from the use position to the non-use position, and vice versa. The seat may have a rear foot with a locking device that can be locked with a counter-element for securing in the use position. The seat may also have a protection device arranged in the region of the locking device for detecting an obstacle in a movement path of the rear foot when the vehicle seat is moved from the non-use position to the use position.
Claims12
A motor vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat part,
- a backrest, and
- a kinematics mechanism for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position, in which the vehicle seat is suitable for transporting people, into a not-in-use, or access, position which facilitates access to a rear row of seats,
- wherein the vehicle seat can be transferred from the use position into the not-in-use position, and vice versa, wherein, for securing purposes in the use position, the vehicle seat has a rear foot with a locking device, which can be locked to a mating element,
- wherein the vehicle seat has a safeguard device arranged in the region of the locking device, for detecting an obstruction in a movement path of the rear foot when the vehicle seat is being transferred from the not-in-use position into the use position,
- wherein the safeguard device has a panel,
- wherein the panel has a mating opening which, in the mounted state of the panel, is aligned with a receiving opening of the locking device, and therefore a mating element can be introduced through the mating opening into the receiving opening of the locking device,
- wherein a contact element is arranged on at least one edge portion of the mating opening,
- wherein the contact element is configured so as to project from an outer surface of the panel,
- wherein the contact element is fastened on the panel so as to be pivotable to a limited extent.
A motor vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat part,
- a backrest, and
- a mechanism for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position, to a not-in-use position,
- wherein the vehicle seat can be transferred from the use position into the not-in-use position, and vice versa,
- wherein the vehicle seat has a rear foot with a locking device, which can be locked to a mating element,
- wherein the vehicle seat has a safeguard device arranged in the region of the locking device, for detecting an obstruction in a movement path of the rear foot when the vehicle seat is being transferred from the not-in-use position into the use position,
- wherein the safeguard device has a panel,
- wherein the panel has a mating opening which, in the mounted state of the panel, is aligned with a receiving opening of the locking device, and therefore a mating element can be introduced through the mating opening into the receiving opening of the locking device,
- wherein a contact element is arranged on at least one edge portion of the mating opening,
- wherein the contact element is configured so as to project from an outer surface of the panel,
- wherein the contact element is fastened on the panel by a hinge.
A motor vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat part,
- a backrest, and
- a mechanism for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position to a not-in-use position,
- wherein the vehicle seat can be transferred from the use position into the not-in-use position, and vice versa,
- wherein the vehicle seat has a rear foot with a locking device, which can be locked to a mating element,
- wherein the vehicle seat has a safeguard device arranged in the region of the locking device, for detecting an obstruction in a movement path of the rear foot when the vehicle seat is being transferred from the not-in-use position into the use position,
- wherein the safeguard device has a panel,
- wherein the panel is mounted to the locking device,
- wherein a contact element is configured so as to project from an outer surface of the panel,
- wherein the contact element is fastened to the panel by a hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.