US 5,626,392 AGranted

Motor vehicle seat movable in the longitudinal direction in the tipped state

AssigneeC. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsHeinz Bauer, Burckhard Becker, Ernst-Reiner Frohnhaus

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Abstract

A motor vehicle seat with a longitudinal guide that has a locking device. The seat has a backrest which has a release lever for tilting the seat forward. The operation of the release lever releases the backrest from a normally upright position and allows it to be tipped forward. The backrest is connected to the locking device of the longitudinal guide by means of a release mechanism so that when backrest is tipped forward, the locking device can be released and the motor vehicle seat can be moved manually in the longitudinal guide. Alternatively, if the backrest is in the upright position, the locking device is either ready to be operated, or in the process of operating. A memory device is provided for finding a position where the locking device was previously engaged following the longitudinal movement of the seat along the guide.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A motor vehicle seat comprising

a) a longitudinal guide that can be locked by means of a locking device (24),
b) a backrest that can be tipped forward, said backrest having a release lever for tilting the seat forward, and whose operation releases the backrest from a locked upright position, and allows said backrest to be tipped forward, said backrest connected to the locking device (24) of the longitudinal guide by means of a release mechanism so that when the backrest is tipped forward, the locking device (24) of the longitudinal guide can be released and the motor vehicle seat can be manually moved by a user along said longitudinal guide and that if the backrest is in the upright position the locking device (24) is either one of ready to operate or operating and
c) a memory device for again finding a previously engaged position of the locking device (24) following said longitudinal movement in the said longitudinal guides.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.