Vehicle seat with limited rearward movement

US6227597A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• TRW Limited · US
• TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC. · US

Inventors

• Timothy A. Swann · Mesa, US
• Jess A. Cuevas · Scottsdale, US
• Ahmad L. Al-Amin · Gilbert, US
• Bryan W. Shirk · Mesa, US
• Roy D. Van Wynsberghe · Mesa, US
• Daniel R. Sutherland · Sterling Heights, US
• Paul A. Bowers · Traverse City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 1999
• Grant date: May 8, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/4279
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus (10) includes seat (11) for a vehicle occupant (15) and a support (20) for the seat (11). The seat (11) has a forward position in a vehicle (12) and a rearward position in the vehicle (12). The support (20) enables the seat (11) to move, relative to the support (20), from the forward position to the rearward position in the vehicle (12) during a frontal vehicle collision (13). The seat (11) moves from the forward position to the rearward position due to a force transmitted to the seat (11) through the legs (16) of the vehicle occupant (15).