US 12,337,918 B2
Seat device for a tilting vehicle
Stephan Albrecht, Gmund am Tegernsee (DE); Matthias Goetz, Munich (DE); and Philipp Hutterer, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/013,351
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/068730
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/037841, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 121 719.6 (DE), filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294783 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 1/12 (2006.01); B62J 9/24 (2020.01)
CPC B62J 1/12 (2013.01) [B62J 9/24 (2020.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat apparatus for a tilting vehicle, the seat apparatus comprising:
a bench type seat,
a frame structure which comprises an element of a vehicle frame of the tilting vehicle or which is securable or is secured to the vehicle frame and is securable or is secured to the bench type seat,
a retention device which comprises at least one carrier which is secured directly or indirectly to the frame structure and which comprises at least one receiving unit which is arrangeable or is arranged in a releasable manner on the carrier and on which an auxiliary member is arrangeable and is releasably securable to the receiving unit by way of a coupling device which is secured to the auxiliary member, and
a locking element by way of which the receiving unit is releasably securable to the carrier in a joined arrangement,
wherein the locking element comprises a locking device, by way of which the receiving unit is securable to the carrier by forming a rear grip with respect to a joining direction, and
wherein the locking device comprises a clamping device that is configured to hook around adjacent edges of the receiving unit and the carrier.