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US 2006/0125296 A1Published application
Vehicle seat with antisubmarining ramp
AssigneeKEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDaniel Hippel, Bernhard Muller, Henning Schneider, Harald Klein, Michael Bohmer
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Abstract
In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, with a seat part structure (5), a seat cushion (7) positioned on the seat part structure (5) and an antisubmarining ramp (11) effective at the latest at the beginning of a crash, the antisubmarining ramp (11) is movable in a recess (9) of the seat cushion (7).
Claims20
A vehicle seat for operating advantageously at least in a crash, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat part structure;
- a seat cushion positioned on the seat part structure, wherein the seat cushion includes a recess;
- and
- an antisubmarining ramp mounted for moving in the recess at least in response to, and at the latest at the beginning of, a crash.
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A vehicle seat for operating advantageously at least in a crash, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat part structure;
- a seat cushion positioned on the seat part structure, wherein the seat cushion includes a recess;
- a structural component mounted for being moved from a first position to a second position;
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- a motion-imparting device operative
- (a) for being moved from a first position to a second position, and
- (b) so that the structural component being moved from the first position to the second position comprises the structural component moving in, and relative to, the recess;
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- wherein the seat cushion is flexible at least while the structural component is in the first position, and
- wherein the structural component is in the recess and thereby stiffens the seat cushion while the structural component is in the second position, so that the seat cushion is less flexible while the structural component is in the second position than while the structural component is in the first position.
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