Seat assembly with independent seat bottom tilt

    公开(公告)号:US11358723B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US17059200

    申请日:2018-08-29

    IPC分类号: B60N2/18 B64D11/06

    摘要: Described are passenger seats (102) having a seat bottom (122) connected to the seat frame (108) at a hinge (130) at an aft portion of the seat bottom (122), and having a release mechanism (132) operably connected with the seat bottom (122) that, when actuated by a user, cause the seat bottom (122) to be released from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration, whereby the seat bottom (122) is free to rotate downward, independent of a seat back (142), about the hinge (130) to a tilted position in order to increase a range of available angles between the seat bottom (122) and seat back (130).

    CLUTCH UNIT FOR VEHICLE
    84.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210221261A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17059047

    申请日:2019-05-29

    IPC分类号: B60N2/16 B60N2/18 B60N2/90

    摘要: A clutch unit used for a vehicle seat includes an input side clutch configured such that one member of an input side inner ring member and an input side outer ring member rotates with a rotation of an operation lever, and the other member is rotated via an input side transmission member, so that a rotation of the operation lever is transmitted to an output side clutch. A rotation suppressing member configured to apply a rotational resistance force greater than a force for the co-rotating is provided between the other member and a member that does not rotate during a return operation of the operation lever, so as to suppress co-rotation of the other member by the one member during the return operation to the neutral position.

    Scissor lift assembly
    85.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11065989B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16574932

    申请日:2019-09-18

    摘要: A vehicle seat includes a seat base operably coupled with a seatback and having a seat pan. An upper connector is positioned on the seat pan. A lift assembly is operably coupled with the seat pan and includes a bracket defining a bracket slot. An outer link has a first end rotatably coupled with the seat pan and a second end that includes a lower connector. The lower connector is slidably received by the bracket slot. An inner link has a first end rotatably coupled with the bracket and a second end that defines a link slot. The link slot is configured to receive the upper connector. A sector gear is configured to facilitate vertical translation of the seat base.

    Vehicle seat
    86.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10829008B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US16366926

    申请日:2019-03-27

    摘要: A vehicle seat that includes: a cushion frame rear portion that is rotatable around a rear portion shaft, whose axial direction is a seat transverse direction, with respect to a vehicle body floor portion; a cushion frame front portion that is connected to the cushion frame rear portion so as to be rotatable around a center fold shaft whose axial direction is the seat transverse direction and that is positioned further toward a seat front side than the rear portion shaft; a seatback frame that stands erect from a rear end side of the cushion frame rear portion; and a driving mechanism that moves the cushion frame front portion and the cushion frame rear portion relatively in a seat vertical direction between a non-reclining state and a reclining state, in which the cushion frame rear portion tilts downward and rearward with respect to the cushion frame front portion.

    Clutch unit
    87.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10814749B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16325463

    申请日:2017-07-31

    申请人: NTN CORPORATION

    摘要: A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch part to control transmission and interruption of rotational torque input through a lever operation and a brake-side clutch part to transmit the rotational torque from the lever-side clutch part to the output side and interrupt rotational torque reversely input from the output side. The brake-side clutch part includes an outer ring constrained in rotation, an output shaft to output the rotation, cylindrical rollers to control interruption of the rotational torque reversely input from the output shaft and transmission of the rotational torque input from the lever-side clutch part through engagement and disengagement between the outer ring and the output shaft, a friction ring to apply a rotational resistance to the output shaft, and a variable part to change the rotational resistance applied to the output shaft between the transmission and the interruption of the rotational torque.

    Vehicle seat
    90.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10518664B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US15964740

    申请日:2018-04-27

    发明人: Yuki Nagatani

    摘要: Disclosed is one example of a vehicle seat that can inhibit a large displacement of a cushion frame along a seat-width axis. The vehicle seat includes a cushion frame; a bracket coupled to a vehicle body; a lifter link that couples the cushion frame to the bracket and supports the cushion frame; and a first restrictor included in the bracket. The bracket is configured to couple the cushion frame to the vehicle body. The lifter link is pivotable along a front-rear axis of the seat with an upper end of the lifter link being pivotably coupled to the cushion frame and a lower end of the lifter link being pivotably coupled to the bracket. The first restrictor restricts a displacement of the lifter link along the seat-width axis in response to an abutment of the first restrictor against a first abutting portion included in the lifter link.