Support and pneumatic pressure accumulator for a vehicle seat

US6612646B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Ewald Karl Michael Günther · Regenstauf, DE
• Timothy Wynne-Jones · Rickmansworth, GB
• Rudolf Krist · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Bernd Schmidt · Kirchberg, CH
• Ralf-Henning Schrom · Gerolzhofen, DE
• Petros Velimvassakis · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/90
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A support for a vehicle seat, which support can be fastened to a supporting element of the seat and is used to support a cushion of the seat upholstery. The support is designed as a hollow body which provides a pneumatic pressure accumulator to which a pneumatic pressure source and at least one pneumatic consumer can be connected.