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Vehicle seat

US9114733B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

10References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Pluta · Winnweiler, DE
Thomas Bingert · Otterbach, DE
Thomas Christoffel · Herschweiler-Pettersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 1, 2011
Grant date	Aug 25, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat can be moved from a starting position to a laterally offset end position and back, and the vehicle seat is oriented in the same direction in the starting position and in the end position. The vehicle seat includes a first upper rail, which is movably guided in a first lower rail, a second upper rail, which is movably guided in a second lower rail, and a seat cushion, which is movably mounted on the at least one upper rail. The lateral motion of the seat cushion relative to the rails is accomplished by carrying out a predetermined relative motions of the rails.

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