Car seat

US6406092B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Bertrand Faure Sitztechnik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Heiko Cordes · Wetter, DE
• Reinhard Hanauske · Bückeburg, DE
• Stefan KRÄMER · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE
• Ralf Oberbeck · Wunstorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/42709
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A car seat having a seat portion linked by means of connecting rods to a rail for longitudinal adjustment has a dampening element to transform kinetic energy into frictional or deformation energy. The dampening element is embodied as a separate component and has, on the one hand, an articulated link to a component on the seat portion as well as, on the other hand, to another component on the rail for longitudinal adjustment. The components include a threaded rod and a nut that can rotate around it, as well as a sleeve-shaped component that surrounds at least a part of the nut. The nut can be moved longitudinally relative to the sleeve-shaped component while overcoming a force of friction or deformation.