Swivel mounting for vehicle front seats

US5393121A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Naue/Johnson Controls Engineering GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Reuss · Fürstenau, DE
• Gerhard Schmale · Hückeswagen, DE
• Norbert Sommer · Rübhausen, DE
• Martin Lynda · Lennep, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 1993
• Grant date: Feb 28, 1995
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tilt-away system for front seats of vehicles for permitting the entire front seat to be moved as far as possible out of the entry and exit region of the vehicle includes a seat frame front support assembly including a support stand which supports the front portion of the seat frame, a seat frame rear support assembly including link arms on each side of the seat frame, the link arms having forward ends pivotally secured to travellers which are displaceably mounted in rails and rearward ends connected to the rearward portion of the seat frame and being locked in a use position for the seat by a link arm locking mechanism, the link arms being adapted to be pivoted forwardly and upwardly to tilt the seat forwardly after it has been moved forwardly on the rails to a position intermediate the use and access positions, and a release mechanism for releasing the front portion of the seat frame from the support stand and the link arm locking mechanism in one operation so that the front seat can be moved forward to the intermediate position and then tilted forwardly and upwardly to the access position.