Daimler Chrysler Ag

Christian Wobst

Armin Kienzle

Thomas Heckmann

Petros Velimvassakis

Ulrich Ebbeskotte

Holger Hoerner

Franz Krischen

An armrest for a motor vehicle seat that can be attached by a bearing device and is pivotable about a pivot axis between two latching locations of a bearing device that delimit the pivoting range. A stop that moves with the armrest is associated with these latching locations. The bearing device has two assembled parts and has a flexible sliding element that brakes the pivoting movement of the armrest and latches the end positions of the armrest. The flexible sliding element is integrated in one piece into one part of the bearing device, and this one part consists of a one-piece molded plastic part.

Armrest for a motor vehicle seat

A backrest for a vehicle seat, in particular a rear seat, has a head restraint which can be pivoted away from an approximately vertical operative position into an approximately horizontal inoperative position on the rear side of the backrest. The head restraint has a head cushion and at least one supporting rod which holds the head cushion and passes through a slot cutout in the backrest and is fixed to a pivoting shaft arranged in the backrest. In order to avoid openings on the upper side of the backrest for the passage of the supporting rod, the slot cutout is arranged in a rear wall of the backrest, and the supporting rod is designed in such a manner that it emerges out of the head cushion towards the rear side of the backrest with a curved rod section running concentrically to the pivoting shaft, and extends as far as the pivoting shaft with a straight rod section which is angled off at the end of the curved rod section.

Backrest for a vehicle

A rear seat arrangement for vehicles is provided. The rear seat includes a backrest which bears at least one head restraint and can be folded about a pivot spindle secured on the vehicle, and having a seat part which can be pivoted about a multi-joint hinge secured on the seat and on the vehicle, in which arrangement, in order to enlarge the luggage compartment lying behind it, the seat part is pivoted upright onto the front seat arrangement and the backrest is pivoted into the space released by the seat part. In order to avoid the head restraints wearing out when folding over the rear seat arrangement, the at least one head restraint is arranged on the backrest in a manner which allows it to pivot away to the rear, the seat part is graduated towards the front end on its underside, and the multi-joint hinge is designed as a seven-joint hinge in such a manner that the seat part, when pivoted, is raised sufficiently far vertically that the head restraint, which is pivoted away approximately at right angles with respect to the rear side of the backrest, enters into the front graduation on the seat underside and is largely flush with the contour of the seat underside.

Rear seat arrangement for vehicles

A vehicle seat has a seat framework, which includes a cushion support, which receives a seat cushion, and rear and front connections, each designed in pairs, between the cushion support and seat framework. In order to provide a connection between the seat framework and cushion support which is cost-effective to produce and which has sufficient stability with respect to release even in extreme situations, each rear connection has a horizontal guide bolt, which projects transversely on the seat framework, and a U-shaped longitudinal guide, which is fastened on the cushion support and grips over the bolt. Each front connection has a hairpin-like spring, which is secured on the cushion support, and two latching jaws, which are spaced apart transversely from one another on the seat framework. Each latching jaw bears a groove for the form-fitting insertion of one leg of the spring, which spreads in the direction of the latching jaws.

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Christian Wobst