Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
297284110 | Located at the front of the seat bottom | 15 |
20080231099 | SEAT WITH ADJUSTABLE THIGH SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A seat with an adjustable thigh support assembly includes a seat bottom with a rearward portion and a forward edge. The rearward portion is positioned to receive the buttocks of a person with the thighs extending beyond the forward edge. A thigh support has a rear edge and a forward edge with the forward edge extending generally horizontally beyond the forward edge of the seat bottom. The assembly further includes adjustable apparatus affixing the thigh support to the seat bottom for movement between a retracted position in which the rear edge of the thigh support extends below the forward edge of the seat bottom and an extended position in which the rear edge of the thigh support is in substantial juxtaposition with the forward edge of the seat bottom. | 09-25-2008 |
20090085387 | Device for Adjusting the Height of a Seat for a Motor Vehicle Seat - A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a base element to be arranged in a manner fixed on the seat framework, a supporting element which is mounted in a longitudinally movable manner on the base element and is intended for supporting a seat user and guide device by means of which the supporting element is guided movably on the base element along an adjustment direction. The guide device includes a first guide mechanism, in the vicinity of which the supporting element is supported on the base element and at which the supporting element and the base element interact with play in a direction perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction, and a second guide mechanism with which the supporting element is guided on the base element in an essentially play-free manner perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction. | 04-02-2009 |
20090174242 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH A SEAT DEPTH ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a backrest and a seat surface device that forms a seat surface and that is provided with a pad cover, in particular an outer pad cover, wherein the seat depth of the seat surface is adjustable. A seat depth adjustment device facilitates seat depth adjustment, the seat depth adjustment device including a first deflection device for deflecting the seat pad cover in the end region of the seat surface remote from the backrest, a flexible part that is coupled to the pad cover, and at least one second deflection device for deflecting the flexible part, the second deflection device being arranged at a distance from the first deflection device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090200848 | ADJUSTABLE SEAT - A seat which may be adjusted in its longitudinal direction, in particular a vehicle seat, contains a seat cushion with a front part and a rear part. The front part may be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the seat and in its height relative to the rear part. The front part is guided for adjustment in two rails which are arranged obliquely to a seat surface of the rear part of the seat cushion. | 08-13-2009 |
20090302652 | Seat structure and seat contraction method - When a seat ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100060058 | Vehicle seat with adjustable seat depth - The seat depth adjustable vehicle seat has a seat frame that has an adjustable front edge and a padding carried by a seat frame. The padding extends about the front edge and adopts different positions with respect to the front edge. The padding has at least two layers. There is provided one inner and one outer layer. The inner layer is located between the front edge and the outer layer. | 03-11-2010 |
20100109401 | ADJUSTABLE SEAT ASSEMBLY - An adjustable seat assembly for a vehicle includes a frame and a covering. The covering has a first portion and a second portion. A flexure region, having an arched shape, is disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The covering at least partially extends over the frame to the first portion. An adjustment mechanism is operatively connected to the covering, at the first portion. The first portion and the second portion define a linear distance therebetween. The adjustment mechanism is configured to move the first portion relative to the second portion such that the flexure region moves to change the linear distance between the first portion and the second portion. | 05-06-2010 |
20110006573 | SEAT CUSHION ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A seat cushion adjusting apparatus includes a support member configuring a frame of a seat cushion, a seating member supported by the support member and configuring an outer shape of the seat cushion, an adjustment member fastening a front end portion of the seating member in a longitudinal direction of a seat, and a movement mechanism rotatably connecting the adjustment member and moving the adjustment member relative to the support member in the longitudinal direction, the movement mechanism including a transmission member extending in a width direction of the seat at a front side of the support member, a lever rotatably connected to the support member, a first gear plate rotatably connected to the lever and the transmission member and having a first gear, and a second gear plate rotatably connected to the transmission member and the adjustment member and having a second gear meshing with the first gear. | 01-13-2011 |
20110254335 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE LENGTH OF THE SEAT BASE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT AND SEAT COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - A seat base length adjustment device including a seat nose plate assembled on a carriage movable with respect to the seating frame, means for slidably guiding the carriage, and means for maintaining the carriage in position with respect to said frame. The sliding guide means comprises a guide rail located in a middle portion of the carriage, the carriage supports a toothed wheel, rotatably assembled on the carriage along an axis perpendicular to the seating frame and to the sliding direction, and meshing with a rack arranged close to the guide rail, and the means for maintaining the carriage in position comprises a lock acting on the rotation of the toothed wheel. | 10-20-2011 |
20140021759 | Seating Unit with Seat Position and Depth Adjustment Assembly - A seating unit having a seat assembly and an adjustment assembly coupled to the seat assembly is provided, where the adjustment assembly includes a single drive mechanism for translating the seat assembly from a first position to a second position and expanding the seat assembly from a first configuration to a second configuration. | 01-23-2014 |
20140077550 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat including: a cushion pad having elasticity and configured to be bent by a load of an occupant, the cushion pad including: a foamed-resin body made of foamed resin and provided at an ischium corresponding portion of the cushion pad, which is configured to support at least an ischial tuberosity of an occupant, and a first high elastic body of a sheet shape having a degree of elasticity higher than that of the foamed-resin body and provided at a front end portion of the cushion pad. | 03-20-2014 |
20140159451 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat cushion arrangement movable between non-extended and extended positions. A seat cushion frame supports a seat cushion and includes a link having a linearly-fixed first end pivotable about an axis of rotation, and a second end rotatable along an arcuate path having a center lying on the axis of rotation. The link is configured such that the second end moves upward for a least a portion of the arcuate path when the seat cushion arrangement is moved between the non-extended and extended positions, and a seat load acts to inhibit upward rotation of the link and maintain the seat cushion arrangement in its then current non-extended or extended position. | 06-12-2014 |
20140167465 | VEHICLE SEATS - Embodiments of the present invention may include a vehicle seat having a seat cushion. The seat cushion may have a cushion frame, a cushion pad arranged on the cushion frame, and an airbag provided on a front portion of the seat cushion. The airbag preferably has a lower air chamber and an upper air chamber situated above the lower air chamber. The airbag is configured such that, when the upper and lower air chambers are at least partially filled with compressed air, the seat cushion is elongated while an upper portion of a peripheral wall of the lower air chamber supports a lower portion of a peripheral wall of the upper air chamber. | 06-19-2014 |
20150352980 | SEAT DEPTH ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A seat depth adjustment device for a vehicle seat has a seat structure ( | 12-10-2015 |
20160137104 | VARIABLE-SIZED OCCUPANT SUPPORT - A pad is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The pad includes a cushion on the seat pan and a cushion cover on the cushion. | 05-19-2016 |