US4787676A
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Vehicle seat, notably for motor vehicle
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-04-15
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Granted: 1988-11-29
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Expires: 2007-04-15
Abstract
Abstract There is described a vehicle seat, notably for motor vehicle, comprising a bottom and a back, that back portion at least whereagainst the back of a person taking place in the seat bears, so cooperating with resilient members as to be swingable about a fixed point relative to the bottom, exclusively with an up-and-down motion, which seat is provided with means to limit conveying from the seat bottom, vibrations with a frequency higher than 10 Hz to that back portion whereagainst said person back does bear.
Inventors
- 👤 Marcel Neve De Mevergnies
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 01:39
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/64; B60N2/643; B60N2/02; B60N2/028; B60N2/22; B60N2/2222; B60N2/50; B60N2/509; B60N2002/2204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A vehicle seat comprising a seat bottom for an occupant to sit on and a seat back, the seat back having a portion for the occupant's back to rest against and means for minimizing transmission of vibrations with a frequency higher than 10 Hz from the seat bottom to said portion of the back, including resilient means connected between said portion of the seat back and the seat bottom for providing vertical reciprocation of said portion of the seat back relative to the seat bottom.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
A vehicle seat comprising a seat bottom for an occupant to sit on and a seat back, the seat back having a portion for the occupant's back to rest against and means for minimizing transmission of vibrations with a frequency higher than 10 Hz from the seat bottom to said portion of the back, including resilient means connected between said portion of the seat back and the seat bottom for providing vertical reciprocation of said portion of the seat back relative to the seat bottom.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the resilient means has a rigidity lower than 1 kg/cm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A seat as defined in claim 2, wherein said rigidity is between 0.01 and 1 kg/cm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A seat as defined in claim 1, wherein said portion of the seat back is carried on the resilient means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the seat back has a lower part connected to the seat bottom and an upper part defining said portion of the seat back, and wherein said resilient means is connected between the upper and lower parts.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A seat as defined in claim 5, including a hinge connection between the seat bottom and the lower part of the seat back.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A seat as defined in claim 5, wherein the resilient means includes coil spring means surrounding guide rod means connected between said portion of the seat back and the seat bottom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
A seat as defined in claim 7, wherein the guide rod means is carried by said portion of the seat back, and the seat bottom has a part connected thereto which includes tubular receiving means for the guide rod means.
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