Patent · US Expired

Sitting section of a vehicle seat

US5462339A · kind A · utility

29Cited by

6References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Naue/Johnson Controls Engineering Verwaltungs GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Schmale · Hückeswagen, DE
Norbert Sommer · Rübhausen, DE
Martin Zynda · Burscheid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 1994
Grant date	Oct 31, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/4221
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sitting section of a vehicle seat which provides comfort for an occupant of the seat and affords protection against the occupant sliding forwards in the event of a crash, the sitting section having a frame with a seat shell having a selected natural vibration and a forward arched section and a section rearward of the arched section which is adapted to oscillate freely and is reinforced with corrugations, the seat shell sloping downwards towards the rear at an angle of about 15.degree., and the seat shell having relatively thin upholstery fitted thereover.

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