Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat

US6799800B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Klahold · Herne, DE
• Rolf Schüler · Heiligenhaus, DE
• Michael Borbe · Rheinbach, DE
• Gerhard Mitulla · Bochum, DE
• Falko Jähner · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Jochen Scheidler · Remscheid, DE
• Sascha Scheffler · Herten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/085
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat having a freely pivotable backrest, with the longitudinal adjuster having a first seat rail, a second seat rail, in relation to which the first seat rail can be slid in the longitudinal direction, and a memory device (11) which is assigned to the first seat rail, interacts with the second seat rail and stores a longitudinal seat position which can be left by means of a longitudinal displacement of the vehicle seat when the backrest pivots freely, and resumed when the backrest pivots back, a displacement measuring device (21), which can be operatively connected to the second seat rail, and a control signal generator (53), which can move in relation to the displacement measuring device (21), are provided for playing a role in resuming the stored longitudinal seat position.