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Device for adjusting the trim of a vehicle seat
Assignee: Cousin Freres SA
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Filing: 1986-03-07
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Granted: 1988-11-29
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Expires: 2006-03-07
Abstract
Abstract The device enables a trim adjustment of the vehicle seat. An upper side of each upper section of a slide member carries two square members having vertical wings. The vertical wings maintain, at their upper ends either frontwardly or rearwardly of the seat, spindles on which is articulated a shoe-square. One of the two square members carries an articulation iron fitting enabling, by means of a reduction lever rotating with the mobile flange of each articulation, to raise a rear or front shoe-square in order that a seat frame fixed on the shoe-squares is displaceable by a clearance angle delimited according to needs either for a rear part of the seat or for a front part of the seat between a lower dead point and an upper dead point.
Inventors
- 👤 Yves Pipon
- 👤 Georges Droulon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:33
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/02; B60N2/04; B60N2/16; B60N2/18; B60N2/1803; B60N2/185; B60N2/1864; B60N2/1867
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
269 words
A device enabling a trim adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising a slide member having an upper section for each of two respective sides of said seat, for moving said seat forward and backward, two square members fixed at opposite upper end portions of each said upper section, each said square member having a vertical wing, a respective shoe-square operatively connected to said vehicle seat and a respective spindle for supporting each said shoe-square, each said shoe-square and spindle being associated with a respective one of said vertical wings, wherein at least one of the two square members on each said upper section of each said slide member carries an articulation fitting for providing rotation about a respective colinear axis of each pair of the articulation fittings at the same ends of said upper sections, each said articulation fitting including a fixed flange supported on the respective vertical wing and a mobile flange connected with a reduction lever, each said mobile flange and the respective reduction lever rotating about the axis of the respective articulation fitting for enabling, by means of each respective reduction lever rotating with the respective mobile flange of each articulation fitting about the axis of the respective articulation fitting, a raising of the respective shoe-square, in order that a frame of said seat fixed on the shoe-squares is selectively displaceable, at least for a rear part of the seat or for a front part of the seat, between respective lower and upper dead points PMB and PMH, each said reduction lever being connected at an end thereof by the respective spindle to the respective shoe-square.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
269 words
A device enabling a trim adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising a slide member having an upper section for each of two respective sides of said seat, for moving said seat forward and backward, two square members fixed at opposite upper end portions of each said upper section, each said square member having a vertical wing, a respective shoe-square operatively connected to said vehicle seat and a respective spindle for supporting each said shoe-square, each said shoe-square and spindle being associated with a respective one of said vertical wings, wherein at least one of the two square members on each said upper section of each said slide member carries an articulation fitting for providing rotation about a respective colinear axis of each pair of the articulation fittings at the same ends of said upper sections, each said articulation fitting including a fixed flange supported on the respective vertical wing and a mobile flange connected with a reduction lever, each said mobile flange and the respective reduction lever rotating about the axis of the respective articulation fitting for enabling, by means of each respective reduction lever rotating with the respective mobile flange of each articulation fitting about the axis of the respective articulation fitting, a raising of the respective shoe-square, in order that a frame of said seat fixed on the shoe-squares is selectively displaceable, at least for a rear part of the seat or for a front part of the seat, between respective lower and upper dead points PMB and PMH, each said reduction lever being connected at an end thereof by the respective spindle to the respective shoe-square.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein each said articulation fitting is of a epicyclic gear type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein control of each pair of said articulation fittings on the same respective ends of said upper sections is provided by means of a respective connecting shaft extending therebetween colinearly with said colinear axes of rotation of the respective pair of articulation fittings, each said connecting shaft having an extension with a control knob.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The device as set forth in claim 3, wherein each said connecting shaft is driven by an electric motor which is supplied with power by means of an electronic circuit controlled from the dash-board of the vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
94 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, comprising a pair of said articulation fittings at both ends of said upper sections, and a pair of shafts, each connecting between the respective pair of articulation fittings, each said shaft extending colinearly with the axes of rotation of the respective pair of articulation fittings, wherein said rotating of each said pair of articulation fittings is obtained by means of a respective electric motor mounted on the respective shaft for each of said pair of articulation fittings, each said motor being controlled by an electronic circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
Device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the electronic circuit comprises a memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
87 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein four of said articulation fittings are provided at said opposing ends portions of said upper sections, for controlling the raising and lowering of the seat frame of the seat, by manual handling means provided therewith, said device comprising two-pulleys mounted respectively on a pair of shafts, each said shaft transversely connecting a respective pair of the articulation fittings and being colinear with the axes of rotation of the articulation fittings, the pulleys being connected by an endless belt.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The device as set forth in claim 1, having only two of said articulation pitting, at the same respective end portion of each of said two upper sections, wherein the respective spindles connect between said vertical wings on said opposing end portions of said upper sections and the respective shoe-squares.
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