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US 12,344,144 B2Granted
Armrest arrangement and vehicle seat
AssigneeFaurecia Autositze GmbH
InventorDariusz Stasik
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an armrest arrangement for a vehicle seat including an armrest and a seating portion connection for connecting the armrest to a seating portion in such a way that the armrest can be adjusted via a kinematic construction in relation to the seating portion.
Claims18
An armrest arrangement for a vehicle seat including comprising:
- an armrest arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction for supporting an arm of a seat occupant and
- a seating portion connection for connecting the armrest with a seating portion of the vehicle seat in such a manner that the armrest can be adjusted via a kinematic construction in relation to the seating portion,
- wherein the armrest is connected to the seating portion connection via a vertical bar in a manner twistable about a pivot point, and a connecting rod guided by a guide element as part of the kinematic construction collaborates with the vertical bar in such a way that, when the seating portion connection is moved in relation to the guide element, the connecting rod may cause the armrest to swivel about the pivot point so as to maintain an orientation of the armrest when the seating portion is tilted, the connecting rod further being in operative connection to a seating portion coupling different from the seating portion connection in such a way that any rotation of the armrest about the pivot point can be effected via the connecting rod even when the seating portion coupling moves in a vertical direction in relation to the guide element so as to maintain an orientation of the armrest upon height adjustment of the seating portion.
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seating portion,
- a backrest, and
- an armrest arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction, as part of an armrest arrangement, where the seating portion and the backrest can be jointly tilted, via an inclination adjustment means, about a first pivot axis in relation to a seat mount, and/or can be adjusted via a height adjustment means in a vertical direction in relation to the seat mount,
- wherein the armrest is coupled via a vertical bar, in a manner rotatable about a pivot point, with a seating portion connection, and the seating portion connection being coupled with the seating portion, and
- wherein a guide element is mounted on the seat mount, and a connecting rod guided by the guide element collaborates as part of a kinematic construction with the vertical bar in such a way that upon movement of the seating portion in relation to the seat mount a rotation of the armrest about the pivot point can be effected by the connecting rod,
- wherein a seating portion coupling is hinged onto the seating portion, the connecting rod being in operative connection with the seating portion coupling different from the seating portion connection in such a way that a rotation of the armrest about the pivot point can be effected via the connecting rod even when the seating portion with the seating portion coupling moves in a vertical direction in relation to the seat mount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.