Height adjustment arrangement for seats, particularly motor vehicle seats

US4515339A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Keiper Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Kluting · Radevormwald, DE
• Bernd Engels · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 1981
• Grant date: May 7, 1985
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/164
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A height adjustment arrangement for a motor vehicle seat has a plurality of pivotable supports each having one end portion arranged at a fixed height relative to a vehicle floor and another end portion hingedly connectable with a seat portion, and a plurality of pairs of separate supporting elements arranged so that each pair of the supporting elements is pivotably connected with a respective one of the pivotable supports. A first supporting element of each pair is mounted on the seat portion, whereas a second supporting element of the same pair is mounted at a fixed height relative to the vehicle floor.