公开(公告)号：US20110148170A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-23

申请号：US12643302

申请日：2009-12-21

申请人： David Grable ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Jason Hamilton ,  David L. Quittschreiber

发明人： David Grable ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Jason Hamilton ,  David L. Quittschreiber

IPC分类号： B60N2/48

CPC分类号： B60N2/859

摘要： A pivoting headrest assembly incorporated into a rear row vehicle seat including a base and a pivotally supported seatback. A first bracket is fixedly supported atop the seatback and exhibits a striker. A second bracket is pivotally supported to the first bracket in a biased direction away from the striker and includes a headrest bun support. A hook is supported upon the second bracket in a first biased direction engaging the striker. A release element associated with the second bracket is biased direction and which, upon being actuated in a second counter-biased direction, engages a projecting portion associated with the hook. A cable is secured at a first end to a fixed location associated with the seat and extends through a redirection location an offset distance from a pivot location of the seatback, the cable securing at a second end to the release element. Upon the seatback being pivoted relative to the fixed location, translation of the cable around the redirection location results in actuation of the release element to separate the hook from the striker and the second bracket to pivot away from the first bracket. A return bias of the release element results in take-up of slack in the cable, concurrent with return pivoting of the second bracket into engagement with the striker.

摘要翻译： 组合在后排车辆座椅中的旋转头枕组件包括底座和可枢转地支撑的座椅靠背。 第一个支架固定地支撑在座椅靠背的顶部，并展现出一个撞针。 第二支架以远离撞击器的偏置方向可枢转地支撑到第一支架，并且包括头枕支架。 钩子在第二支架上以与撞击器接合的第一偏压方向支撑。 与第二支架相关联的释放元件是偏置方向，并且在以第二反向偏压方向致动时，与与钩相关联的突出部分接合。 电缆在第一端固定到与座椅相关联的固定位置，并且延伸通过重定向位置与座椅靠背的枢转位置的偏移距离，电缆在第二端固定到释放元件。 当座椅靠背相对于固定位置枢转时，电缆围绕重定向位置的平移导致释放元件的致动，以将钩与撞针和第二支架分离以远离第一支架枢转。 释放元件的返回偏压导致电缆松弛的吸收，同时与第二支架的返回枢转与撞针接合。

公开(公告)号：US07871127B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-18

申请号：US12184588

申请日：2008-08-01

申请人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

发明人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

IPC分类号： B60N2/02

CPC分类号： B60N2/2352 ,  B60N2/20 ,  B60N2/3011 ,  B60N2/305 ,  B60N2002/948 ,  B60N2002/962

摘要： A recliner mechanism for use with a vehicle seat having a floor striker engaging bottom and a pivotally associated seatback. A seatback is pivotally secured to a fixed support and includes an arcuate lower surface upon which are defined teeth. A pawl is pivotally secured to the support and includes an upper surface with additional inter-engaging teeth when the seatback is in an upright position. A release cam secures to the support proximate a recessed underside location of the pawl and maintains the pawl in locking engagement with the seatback sector in a first position. The release cam rotates to cause the pawl to pivot out of engagement with the seatback, allowing it to pivot to a dump position opposing the seat bottom and concurrent with the seat bottom releasing from the floor striker and tumbling to a forward rotated position. A floor latch release lever is also pivotally secured to the support and, upon being contacted by the release cam, in turn pivots so that an end feature displaces to prevent the locking pawl from pivoting in a reverse direction against the seatback. The release lever reverse pivots in response to the seat bottom reengaging the floor striker, causing the pawl to reverse pivot its teeth into reengagement with the seatback upon the latter rotating back to the upright position.

摘要翻译： 一种用于与车辆座椅一起使用的倾斜机构，其具有接合底部的地板撞击器和枢转相关的座椅靠背。 座椅靠背被枢转地固定到固定的支撑件上，并且包括弓形的下表面，在该下表面上是限定的齿。 棘爪枢转地固定到支撑件并且当座椅靠背处于直立位置时包括具有附加的相互啮合的齿的上表面。 释放凸轮固定到靠近棘爪的凹陷的下侧位置处的支撑件，并且在第一位置中保持棘爪与座椅靠背部分锁定接合。 释放凸轮旋转以使棘爪枢转离开与座椅靠背的接合，从而允许其枢转到与座椅底部相对的倾倒位置，并且同时与座椅底部从地板撞击器释放并翻转到向前旋转的位置。 地板闩锁释放杆也枢转地固定到支撑件上，并且在被释放凸轮接触时，转动枢转，使得端部特征位移以防止锁定爪相对于座椅靠背反向枢转。 释放杆反向响应于座椅底部重新接合地板撞击件而枢转，导致棘爪在其后部旋转回直立位置时使其回转枢转其与座椅靠背重新接合。

公开(公告)号：US20050052064A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-10

申请号：US10659147

申请日：2003-09-10

申请人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

发明人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

IPC分类号： B60N2/235 ,  B60N2/02

CPC分类号： B60N2/2352

摘要： A seatback recliner mechanism including a frame incorporated into a seat bottom and a seatback arm pivotally secured to the frame. The seatback arm includes a lower arcuate surface upon which are defined a first plurality of serrations. A pawl is hingedly secured to the frame and incorporates a second plurality of serrations, the pawl further includes an interior aperture defined by an inner wall configuration. A cam is rotatably secured to the frame in seating fashion within the inner wall configuration, the cam exhibiting a specified exterior configuration. A lever is pivotally secured to the cam and extending from an outer plate associated with the frame. In use, the cam is rotated in a first direction, such that said exterior configuration engages the inner wall configuration of the pawl and to bias the second plurality of serrations in abutting contact against the first plurality of serrations. The cam is further capable of being rotated in a second direction to cause the pawl to hingedly disengage from abutting contact with the seatback arm and to permit angular readjustment of the arm relative to the seat bottom.

摘要翻译： 一种座椅靠背躺椅机构，包括结合到座椅底部的框架和枢转地固定到框架的座椅靠背臂。 座椅靠背臂包括下弓形表面，在其上定义有第一多个锯齿。 棘爪铰接地固定到框架并且包括第二多个锯齿，所述棘爪还包括由内壁构造限定的内孔。 凸轮在内壁构造中以座位方式可旋转地固定到框架，凸轮具有指定的外部构造。 杠杆枢转地固定到凸轮并从与框架相关联的外板延伸。 在使用中，凸轮沿第一方向旋转，使得所述外部结构接合棘爪的内壁构造并且偏压第二多个锯齿与第一多个锯齿形成邻接接触。 凸轮还能够沿第二方向旋转以使棘爪铰接地脱离与座椅靠背臂的邻接接触，并允许臂相对于座椅底部角度重新调整。

公开(公告)号：US08197001B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US12643302

申请日：2009-12-21

申请人： David Grable ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Jason Hamilton ,  David L. Quittschreiber

发明人： David Grable ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Jason Hamilton ,  David L. Quittschreiber

IPC分类号： A47C1/02 ,  B60N2/48

CPC分类号： B60N2/859

摘要： A pivoting headrest assembly incorporated into a rear row vehicle seat including a base and a pivotally supported seatback. A first bracket is fixedly supported atop the seatback and exhibits a striker. A second bracket is pivotally supported to the first bracket in a biased direction away from the striker and includes a headrest bun support. A hook is supported upon the second bracket in a first biased direction engaging the striker. A release element associated with the second bracket is biased direction and which, upon being actuated in a second counter-biased direction, engages a projecting portion associated with the hook. A cable is secured at a first end to a fixed location associated with the seat and extends through a redirection location an offset distance from a pivot location of the seatback, the cable securing at a second end to the release element.

摘要翻译： 组合在后排车辆座椅中的旋转头枕组件包括底座和可枢转地支撑的座椅靠背。 第一个支架固定地支撑在座椅靠背的顶部，并展现出一个撞针。 第二支架以远离撞击器的偏置方向可枢转地支撑到第一支架，并且包括头枕支架。 钩子在第二支架上以与撞击器接合的第一偏压方向支撑。 与第二支架相关联的释放元件是偏置方向，并且在以第二反向偏压方向致动时，与与钩相关联的突出部分接合。 电缆在第一端固定到与座椅相关联的固定位置，并且延伸通过重定向位置与座椅靠背的枢转位置的偏移距离，电缆在第二端固定到释放元件。

公开(公告)号：US07896420B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-01

申请号：US12054734

申请日：2008-03-25

申请人： David Grable ,  Tavis Lutzka ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Stanley D. Pacolt

发明人： David Grable ,  Tavis Lutzka ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Stanley D. Pacolt

IPC分类号： B60N2/02

CPC分类号： B60N2/3011 ,  B60N2/305

摘要： An improved seat assembly in which the first and second pairs of seatback and floor mounted latches associated with first and second sides of prior dump and tumble assemblies are substituted by an improved design incorporating a single reinforced lock and release seatback latch and either a single or pair of floor latches arranged on opposite sides of the seat. Additional supports include a free pivoting and secondary seatback latch, as well as an optional floor supported riser assembly in lieu of the second floor latch and which are positioned at alternating inboard/outboard seatback and floor locations of the seat assembly. In cooperation with the redesigned fully functional latches, the free pivot seatback and optional floor riser latches provide a cost advantageous design exhibiting reduced part count.

摘要翻译： 改进的座椅组件，其中与先前的倾卸和翻转组件的第一和第二侧相关联的第一和第二对座椅靠背和地板安装的闩锁被替换为改进的设计，其包括单个加强的锁和释放座椅靠背闩锁以及单个或对 布置在座椅两侧的地板闩锁。 附加的支撑件包括自由枢转和副座椅靠背闩锁，以及可选的底板支撑的立管组件来代替第二底板闩锁并且位于座椅组件的交替的内侧/外侧座椅靠背和地板位置。 与重新设计的全功能闩锁配合使用，自由枢轴座椅靠背和可选的地板立柱闩锁提供了降低部件数量的成本优势的设计。

公开(公告)号：US20100026069A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-04

申请号：US12184588

申请日：2008-08-01

申请人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

发明人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

IPC分类号： B60N2/12 ,  B60N2/235 ,  B60N2/20

CPC分类号： B60N2/2352 ,  B60N2/20 ,  B60N2/3011 ,  B60N2/305 ,  B60N2002/948 ,  B60N2002/962

摘要： A recliner mechanism for use with a vehicle seat having a floor striker engaging bottom and a pivotally associated seatback. A seatback is pivotally secured to a fixed support and includes an arcuate lower surface upon which are defined teeth. A pawl is pivotally secured to the support and includes an upper surface with additional inter-engaging teeth when the seatback is in an upright position. A release cam secures to the support proximate a recessed underside location of the pawl and maintains the pawl in locking engagement with the seatback sector in a first position. The release cam rotates to cause the pawl to pivot out of engagement with the seatback, allowing it to pivot to a dump position opposing the seat bottom and concurrent with the seat bottom releasing from the floor striker and tumbling to a forward rotated position. A floor latch release lever is also pivotally secured to the support and, upon being contacted by the release cam, in turn pivots so that an end feature displaces to prevent the locking pawl from pivoting in a reverse direction against the seatback. The release lever reverse pivots in response to the seat bottom reengaging the floor striker, causing the pawl to reverse pivot its teeth into reengagement with the seatback upon the latter rotating back to the upright position.

摘要翻译： 一种用于与车辆座椅一起使用的倾斜机构，其具有接合底部的地板撞击器和枢转相关的座椅靠背。 座椅靠背被枢转地固定到固定的支撑件上，并且包括弓形的下表面，在该下表面上是限定的齿。 棘爪枢转地固定到支撑件并且当座椅靠背处于直立位置时包括具有附加的相互啮合的齿的上表面。 释放凸轮固定到靠近棘爪的凹陷的下侧位置处的支撑件，并且在第一位置中保持棘爪与座椅靠背部分锁定接合。 释放凸轮旋转以使棘爪枢转离开与座椅靠背的接合，从而允许其枢转到与座椅底部相对的倾倒位置，并且同时与座椅底部从地板撞击器释放并翻转到向前旋转的位置。 地板闩锁释放杆也枢转地固定到支撑件上，并且在被释放凸轮接触时，转动枢转，使得端部特征位移以防止锁定爪相对于座椅靠背反向枢转。 释放杆反向响应于座椅底部重新接合地板撞击件而枢转，导致棘爪在其后部旋转回直立位置时使其回转枢转其与座椅靠背重新接合。

公开(公告)号：US20090174247A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-09

申请号：US11971699

申请日：2008-01-09

申请人： David Grable

发明人： David Grable

IPC分类号： B60N2/02

CPC分类号： B60N2/2362

摘要： A seat recliner assembly established at a hinge location between a seat bottom and a pivotally associated seat back including a base plate and an inwardly teethed and package supporting sector secured to the seat back and seat bottom, respectively and sandwiched together in selectively rotatable fashion relative to define a component receiving space therebetween. A shalt projects through an aperture of a rotatably slaved cam situated within the space. A pair of locking pawls with exteriorly toothed surfaces are displaceable to engage with inwardly teethed locations of the package supporting sector. A pair of anti-chuck pawls are selectively engagable both by the cam and with the locking pawls. The cam is biased in a first rotational locking condition to influence the anti-chuck pawls outwardly against the locking pawls. The cam is rotated in an opposite and counter-biasing direction, thereby directly contacting the locking pawls and pivoting the same such that their exteriorly toothed surfaces are inwardly disengaged from the teethed sector, permitting rotational between the base plate and package sector.

摘要翻译： 座椅倾斜器组件，其建立在座椅底部和枢转相关的座椅靠背之间的铰链位置处，所述座椅倾斜器组件分别固定到座椅靠背和座椅底部并且以相对于 限定其间的部件接收空间。 通过位于该空间内的可旋转从动凸轮的孔径突出。 具有外部齿形表面的一对锁定爪可移位以与包装支撑部分的向内侧面的位置接合。 一对抗卡盘棘爪通过凸轮和锁定爪可选择性地接合。 凸轮在第一旋转锁定状态下被偏压以相对于锁定爪向外抵抗抗卡盘棘爪。 凸轮以相反的和相对偏压的方向旋转，从而直接接触锁定爪并使其枢转，使得它们的外部齿形表面向内脱离锥形扇区，从而允许基板和包装​​扇区之间的旋转。

公开(公告)号：US20070029858A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US11188426

申请日：2005-07-25

申请人： David Grable ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Eric Trombley ,  David Quittschreiber

发明人： David Grable ,  Stephen Bruck ,  Eric Trombley ,  David Quittschreiber

IPC分类号： B60N2/48

CPC分类号： B60N2/20

摘要： A seatback assembly including a frame exhibiting a side-disposed and arcuate edge. An arm is pivotally secured to the frame. A pawl is in turn pivotally secured to the arm and is biased in engaging fashion relative to the arcuate extending edge via alternating and mating teeth and recess configurations established between the pawl and along at least one of first and second spaced apart locations defined along the arcuate edge. A cam is mounted to a further location of the seatback arm and biases the pawl against the frame. The cam is actuated to cause the pawl to disengage from the first configured sector location, the seatback arm pivoting towards the seat frame, whereupon the pawl matingly engages the second location along the arcuate seat sector edge to lock the seatback in a forwardly rotated and stowed position relative to the seat frame.

摘要翻译： 一种座椅靠背组件，包括具有侧面设置和弓形边缘的框架。 臂枢转固定在框架上。 棘爪又可枢转地固定到臂上，并通过交替和配合的齿和凹槽构型相对于弓形延伸边缘以啮合的方式被偏压，并且沿着弓形件限定的第一和第二间隔位置中的至少一个 边缘。 凸轮安装到座椅靠背臂的另一位置并将棘爪偏压在框架上。 所述凸轮被致动以使所述棘爪与所述第一构造的扇区位置脱离，所述座椅靠背臂朝向所述座椅框架枢转，于是所述棘爪沿着所述弓形座部扇形边缘配合地接合所述第二位置，以将所述座椅靠背锁定在向前旋转和收起 相对于座椅框架的位置。

公开(公告)号：US06910739B2

公开(公告)日：2005-06-28

申请号：US10649120

申请日：2003-08-27

申请人： David Grable ,  Keith Brantley

发明人： David Grable ,  Keith Brantley

IPC分类号： B60N2/235 ,  B60N2/20

CPC分类号： B60N2/2354

摘要： A recliner mechanism for use with a vehicle seat having bottom and a pivotally secured back. A release mechanism is operably engaged to the back and includes an actuating handle extending from the bottom. A plate is secured to the back at a first location and pivotable along with the back about an axis defined at a second location, an arcuate exterior surface defined by the plate exhibiting a recessed detent. A floor release lever is secured to the bottom proximate the plate and is pivotally associated with the release mechanism by a cable extending to a floor latch mechanism associated with the vehicle. A male detent is pivotally secured to the seat bottom in inter-disposed fashion between the floor release lever and the plate. Upon the release mechanism rotating the floor release lever, and the cable causing the seat bottom to disengage from the floor latch mechanism, the male detent is influenced by the release lever in a first direction to seat against the recessed detent location of the plate and to prevent a forwardly pivoted seat back from being rotated in a reverse direction. Upon the seat bottom further being rotated back into engagement with the floor latch mechanism, the male detent is influenced by the release lever in a second direction to permit the seat back to be pivoted in the reverse direction.

公开(公告)号：US20110084533A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-14

申请号：US12974485

申请日：2010-12-21

申请人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

发明人： Stephen Bruck ,  David Grable

IPC分类号： B60N2/235

CPC分类号： B60N2/2352 ,  B60N2/20 ,  B60N2/3011 ,  B60N2/305 ,  B60N2002/948 ,  B60N2002/962

摘要： A recliner mechanism for use with a vehicle seat having a floor striker engaging bottom and a pivotally associated seatback. A seatback is pivotally secured to a fixed support and includes an arcuate lower surface upon which are defined teeth. A pawl is pivotally secured to the support and includes an upper surface with additional inter-engaging teeth when the seatback is in an upright position. A release cam secures to the support proximate a recessed underside location of the pawl and maintains the pawl in locking engagement with the seatback sector in a first position. The release cam rotates to cause the pawl to pivot out of engagement with the seatback, allowing it to pivot to a dump position opposing the seat bottom and concurrent with the seat bottom releasing from the floor striker and tumbling to a forward rotated position. A floor latch release lever is also pivotally secured to the support and, upon being contacted by the release cam, in turn pivots so that an end feature displaces to prevent the locking pawl from pivoting in a reverse direction against the seatback. The release lever reverse pivots in response to the seat bottom reengaging the floor striker, causing the pawl to reverse pivot its teeth into reengagement with the seatback upon the latter rotating back to the upright position.

摘要翻译： 一种用于与车辆座椅一起使用的倾斜机构，其具有接合底部的地板撞击器和枢转相关的座椅靠背。 座椅靠背被枢转地固定到固定的支撑件上，并且包括弓形的下表面，在该下表面上是限定的齿。 棘爪枢转地固定到支撑件并且当座椅靠背处于直立位置时包括具有附加的相互啮合的齿的上表面。 释放凸轮固定到靠近棘爪的凹陷的下侧位置处的支撑件，并且在第一位置中保持棘爪与座椅靠背部分锁定接合。 释放凸轮旋转以使棘爪枢转离开与座椅靠背的接合，从而允许其枢转到与座椅底部相对的倾倒位置，并且同时与座椅底部从地板撞击器释放并翻转到向前旋转的位置。 地板闩锁释放杆也枢转地固定到支撑件上，并且在被释放凸轮接触时，转动枢转，使得端部特征位移以防止锁定爪相对于座椅靠背反向枢转。 释放杆反向响应于座椅底部重新接合地板撞击件而枢转，导致棘爪在其后部旋转回直立位置时使其回转枢转其与座椅靠背重新接合。