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Cable drive mechanical seat suspension

US5580027A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateDec 3, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/544
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat suspension system is provided which includes, in a seat support comprising an upper housing and a lower housing and a scissors linkage support apparatus, a spring fixed to the upper housing and a cable attached to the spring and wrapping around a pulley attached to the upper housing and downwardly to an arcuate pulley attached at the scissors linkage midway pivot and an actuator knob which allows a seat occupant to tighten or loosen the cable and raise or lower the seat to provide a vehicle seat suspension system.

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