Vehicle seat
AssigneeDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDieter Dieckmann, Theodor Reinhard, Ernst Haug
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Abstract
A motor vehicle seat which includes a seat retention device. The seat retention device is constructed such that, in the event of a lateral impact, the seat is permitted to move laterally with respect to a seat runner toward an interior of the vehicle in a direction of action of the lateral impact. Devices are provided which act upon the seat in reaction to the lateral motion thereof.
Claims26
A vehicle seat, especially for motor vehicles, comprising retention means connected to the seat and provided for retaining the seat in an adjusted position, the retention means includes lateral impact means for enabling the seat to be displaced laterally upon a lateral impact of the motor vehicle in a direction of action of the impact including lateral slide guide means for sliding the seat during lateral impact, and means acting upon the seat in reaction to the lateral impact for displacing the seat from an original position to a laterally displaced position whereby sliding of the seat occurs during lateral impact of the motor vehicle and begins upon lateral impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.