US 12,139,059 B2
Morphing bench seat
Jörg Gropp, Böhlen (DE); Gregor Kröner, Bischberg (DE); Jacqueline Albrecht, Kolitzheim (DE); and Tuba Yildirim, Coburg (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/640,376
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg, Coburg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074189
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043705, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 123 681.9 (DE), filed on Sep. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332233 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/68 (2013.01) [B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/3011 (2013.01); B60N 2/643 (2013.01); B60N 2/646 (2013.01); B60N 2/995 (2018.02); B60N 2205/30 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a first outer frame configured to support an outer part of a seating surface;
a first inner frame configured to support an inner part of the seating surface and configured to move relative to the first outer frame;
a backrest operatively coupled to at least one of the first outer frame and the first inner frame; and
a control unit configured to command an adjustment of the first inner frame relative to the first outer frame, wherein the movement of the first inner frame relative to the first outer frame moves the backrest relative to a seat part.