ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE SEAT WITH HORIZONTAL SEAT ADJUSTMENT AND/OR SEAT HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT AND/OR SEAT DEPTH ADJUSTMENT AND NECK-REST THAT CAN BE DISPLACED BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND GUIDED BY A SENSOR SYSTEM INFLUENCED BY THE SIZE OF THE USER

US6573673B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, COBURG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Hampel · Bielefeld, DE
• Anja Kliose · Coburg, DE
• Gerhard Juerjens · Coburg, DE
• Heinz Kaesling · Ebersdorf b.Coburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/0268
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an adjustable motor vehicle seat with at least one of a horizontal seat adjustment, a seat height adjustment, a seat depth adjustment, and a seat back adjustment, as well as with a neck rest that is adjustable by an electric motor and guided by at least one sensor unit which is influenced by the size of the user, wherein the neck rest adjustment is controlled by an electronics unit which evaluates the sensor signals. An object of the present invention is to provide an economical vehicle seat which is independent of the level of equipment of the vehicle, wherein the neck rest is moved automatically in dependence on sensed parameters which take into account the body size of the user. This is achieved in that the electronics unit is mounted in the region of the neck rest which is adjustable by electric motor.