Patent · US Expired

Height-adjustable vehicle seat with a crash blocking unit

US7077471B2 · kind B2 · utility

17Cited by

14References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Kai Schumann · Pirmasens, DE
Ingo Teufel · Rockenhausen, DE
Dieter Braun · Spaichingen, DE
Heinrich Hammann · Rockenhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2005
Grant date	Jul 18, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/43
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In the case of a vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, having at least one four-bar linkage (4), which is defined by four mechanism links, for setting the seat height, and a crash blocking unit (21) which, in the event of a crash, locks at least two of the mechanism links to one another by means of two locking members (23, 25), the crash blocking unit (21) has a passive or switchable element (51) which is separately activated prior to or at the beginning of the crash.

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