US 12,291,132 B2
Device for adjusting seat of vehicle
Ho Suk Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Ho Kim, Incheon (KR); Jun Hwan Lee, Seoul (KR); Mu Young Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Soo Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Do Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chan Ho Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dong Man Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Woo Ryang Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Hwa Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jong Beom Na, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Cheol Hwan Yoon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hae Dong Kwak, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jun Sik Hwang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jung Bin Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); DAS CO., LTD, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Chungcheongnam-Do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); DAS CO., LTD, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,363.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0150164 (KR), filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049867 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/12 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/02253 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for adjusting a seat of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a movable rail fastened to a stationary rail and configured to be movable in a forward direction and a backward direction;
a base frame mounted on the movable rail;
a seat cushion tilting frame connected to a seatback frame;
a rear link provided in a structure having a locking protrusion, and the rear link hinge-fastened between a rear end portion of the base frame and a rear end portion of the seat cushion tilting frame and configured to be rotatable in the forward direction and the backward direction;
a rear spring mounted on the rear link and configured to exert an elastic restoration force that rotates the rear link in the forward direction;
a locking device mounted on the seat cushion tilting frame and configured to lock the rear link such that the rear link maintains a horizontally arranged state or to unlock the rear link such that the rear link is rotated to the forward direction by the elastic restoration force of the rear spring and is lifted vertically; and
a front link hinge-fastened between a front end portion of the base frame and a front end portion of the seat cushion tilting frame and configured to be rotatable in the forward direction and the backward direction.