Motor vehicle seat

US7140683B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Peter Rausch · Coburg, DE
• Wolfgang Suck · Coburg, DE
• Christina Schwerdtner · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/123
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising a seat frame; a backrest, which is pivotably mounted on the seat frame and which may be folded forward in the direction of a seating surface on the seat frame; a longitudinal guide, along which the seat frame may be moved to adjust the seat longitudinal position in the seat longitudinal direction; a fixing device for fixing the seat frame in a seat longitudinal position; an operating element for releasing the fixing device, such that the seat frame may be moved in the seat longitudinal direction to adjust the seat longitudinal position; a coupling mechanism, displaceable together with the seat frame in the seat longitudinal direction, acting on the operating element and releasing the fixing device, when the backrest is folded forward; a memory device, by means of which, during movement in the seat longitudinal direction, the seat frame can be automatically retained in a pre-determined seat longitudinal position, defined as the memory position; adjuster means for the memory device, with which the memory position may be adjusted in the seat longitudinal direction and a locking device for the memory device, for locking an adjust…