US 12,337,729 B2
Apparatus for tilting seat cushion of vehicle
Sang Soo Lee, Whasung-Si (KR); Mu Young Kim, Whasung-Si (KR); Sang Hark Lee, Whasung-Si (KR); Ho Suk Jung, Whasung-Si (KR); Sang Do Park, Whasung-Si (KR); Chan Ho Jung, Whasung-Si (KR); Dong Hoon Lee, Whasung-Si (KR); Hea Yoon Kang, Whasung-Si (KR); Deok Soo Lim, Whasung-Si (KR); Seung Pil Jang, Whasung-Si (KR); Seon Ho Kim, Whasung-Si (KR); Jong Seok Yun, Whasung-Si (KR); Hyo Jin Kim, Whasung-Si (KR); Dong Gyu Shin, Whasung-Si (KR); Jin Ho Seo, Whasung-Si (KR); Young Jun Kim, Whasung-Si (KR); and Taek Jun Nam, Whasung-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); DAS CO., LTD, Gyeongju-si (KR); Faurecia Korea, Ltd., Yongin-si (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); DAS CO., LTD, Gyeongju-si (KR); Faurecia Korea, Ltd., Yongin-si (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,393.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0112862 (KR), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075853 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/10 (2006.01); B60N 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/10 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/02253 (2023.08); B60N 2/165 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a tilting motor, a pinion gear coupled to the tilting motor, and a sector gear engaged to the pinion gear, wherein the tilting motor, the pinion gear, and the sector gear are configured to implement a tilting operation of the seat cushion and are provided to be connected to left and right sides of a seat cushion frame, respectively,
wherein, when the tilting motor is operated, a tilting operation of the seat cushion is implemented as a front end portion of the seat cushion frame is rotated to be moved up and down about a rear hinge shaft disposed at a rear side of the seat cushion frame,
wherein the pinion gear is coupled to the tilting motor positioned on each of the left and right sides of the seat cushion frame, and
wherein the sector gear is engaged with the pinion gear on each of the left and right sides of the seat cushion frame.