US 12,491,809 B2
Lower leg support device for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat
Viktor Enns, Kaiserslautern (DE); Thomas Dill, Heiligenmoschel (DE); Wolfgang Pluta, Heiligenmoschel (DE); and Erik Dick, St. Julian (DE)
Assigned to Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,917.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 114 758.4 (DE), filed on Jun. 13, 2022; and application No. 10 2022 120 164.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398917 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01); A47C 1/035 (2006.01); A47C 1/0355 (2013.01); A47C 1/037 (2006.01); A47C 7/50 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/995 (2018.02) [B60N 2/933 (2018.02); A47C 1/035 (2013.01); A47C 1/0355 (2013.01); A47C 1/037 (2013.01); A47C 7/506 (2013.01); A47C 7/5066 (2018.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lower leg support device for a vehicle seat, comprising: a first cushion carrier, a second cushion carrier, which is connected in an articulated manner to the first cushion carrier, and a coupling gear for transferring the first cushion carrier and the second cushion carrier from a non-use position to a use position, wherein the coupling gear is able to be driven by a drive device, wherein the coupling gear has a drive linkage comprised of a first linkage part and a second linkage part wherein the first and second linkage parts are rotationally connected together up to a critical load by a spring device, wherein the spring device is a leg spring having a main body and two legs, wherein the main body at least partially encircles a connecting tube to which the first linkage part and the second linkage part are connected, and wherein the legs cross and then diverge from one another.