Seat assembly for a motor vehicle seat

US7513571B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Jochen Hofmann · Marktgraitz, DE
• Bernhard Schrimpl · Coburg, DE
• Andreas Schmid · Duisburg, DE
• Martin Schwarz · Wien, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 7, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2210/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat assembly includes a seat element constituting a component of the seat structure of a motor vehicle seat, a tubular drive element connected pivotably around its longitudinal axis to the seat element that constitutes a component of a displacement arrangement for an adjustable seat part, for example, for a height adjustable seat cushion, as well as a preferably electrically operated weight sensor for the detection of seat occupancy using the weight of a person sitting in the corresponding motor vehicle seat. Through the detection of seat occupancy, it is possible to control various functional groups of a motor vehicle as a function of seat occupancy, such as, for example, automatic occupancy- and/or weight-dependent adjustment of certain seat components as well as the occupancy- and/or weight-dependent deployment of an airbag module.