US 7,478,882 B2
Motor vehicle seat
Matthias Fischer, Kronach (Germany); and Jochen Hofmann, Marktgraitz (Germany)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg, Coburg (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/552,171
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2004, PCT No. PCT/DE2004/000560
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 05, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/091963, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 103 17 238 (DE), filed on Apr. 10, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0145524 A1, Jul. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. B60N 2/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 297—378.12  [297/340] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle seat comprising:
a backrest that is foldable forwards through swivel action from at least one useful position where the backrest serves to support a back of a seat occupant onto a seat face of the vehicle seat;
an upholstery carrier to hold a seat cushion which defines a seat surface and on which a seat user sits;
a coupling member through which the backrest is coupled to the upholstery carrier so that the upholstery carrier is displaced when the backrest is folded forwards;
wherein the coupling member is connected to an elastic element supported on the backrest so that when the backrest is swivelled from a useful position in a first swivel area the elastic element is deformed before the coupling member acts on the upholstery carrier in at least a further swivel area; and
wherein the elastic element enables the backrest to be swivelled from the at least one useful position towards the seat surface about a defined swivel angle without the backrest causing a displacement of the upholstery carrier through the coupling member.