Longitudinal adjustment device in a vehicle seat, especially for two-door motor vehicles

US6234575A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Keiper GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Schüler · Heiligenhaus, DE
• Joachim Flick · Hückeswagen, DE
• Ronald Rischewski · Löffingen, DE
• Ralph Eble · Unterkirnach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 1999
• Grant date: May 22, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/123
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A longitudinal adjusting device on a motor vehicle seat having a seat back adjustable relative to the seat part and forwardly foldable after releasing an arresting device, has movable rails on which the seat is fastened. The moveable rails can slide in guide rails attached to the vehicle. One movable rail has a locking device that releasably locks the moveable rail on the guide rail. The locking device has a positioning device for returning the seat to its previous longitudinal position. The positioning device has a positioning disc with locking teeth and an arresting lever with a toothed segment engaging the locking teeth. The arresting lever can be released from the locking teeth to allow rotation of the positioning disc during longitudinal adjustment of the seat. A spring-loaded winding drum is arranged coaxially to the positioning disc and allows the seat part to slide forward by a tension member attached to the seat part or the guide rail.