Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
  • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
  • B60N2/30—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
  • B60N2/3038—Cushion movements
  • B60N2/3054—Cushion movements by translation only
  • B60N2/3061—Cushion movements by translation only along vertical axis
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
  • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
  • B60N2/30—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
  • B60N2/3002—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats back-rest movements
  • B60N2/302—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats back-rest movements by translation only
  • B60N2/3027—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats back-rest movements by translation only along vertical axis
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
  • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
  • B60N2/30—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
  • B60N2/3038—Cushion movements
  • B60N2/304—Cushion movements by rotation only
  • B60N2/3043—Cushion movements by rotation only about longitudinal axis
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
  • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
  • B60N2/30—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
  • B60N2/3038—Cushion movements
  • B60N2/304—Cushion movements by rotation only
  • B60N2/3052—Cushion movements by rotation only about vertical axis
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
  • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
  • B60N2/30—Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
  • B60N2/3038—Cushion movements
  • B60N2/3063—Cushion movements by composed movement
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R5/00—Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like
  • B60R5/006—Compartments within vehicle body primarily intended or sufficiently spacious for trunks, suit-cases, or the like stowing or holding means for elongated articles, e.g. skis inside vehicles

Definitions

• the invention relates to devices for passenger compartment of vehicles, including commercial automobiles and, in particular, devices comprising at least one retractable seat.
• a commercial vehicle must allow greater flexibility to use, for example, all or part of the volume of the passenger seat or seats, lateral or central, in order to ability to carry loads of great length.
• a passenger seat comprises crutches connecting the seat to a base of the vehicle folding against a lower face of said seat. Once the crutches folded, the seat is tilted against the backrest. Then, the seat is slid upwardly along a partition wall between the passenger compartment and the loading compartment, thus releasing a low opening in the partition wall and a volume under the seat thus raised to receive long loads positioned between the loading compartment and the passenger compartment.
• An object of the invention is to provide a vehicle interior device comprising at least one retractable seat reducing the inconvenience of the driver and / or the passenger of the other seat.
• a vehicle interior device comprising at least one seat having a seat coupled to a backrest, the seat being able to be moved between a low occupancy position by a passenger and a high position of clearance inside the vehicle cabin, characterized in that it further comprises:
• first moving means at least in rotation along a first axis substantially parallel to a lateral edge of the seat, allowing a first rotational movement of the seat relative to the backrest along this first axis between the low occupancy position, the seat being substantially horizontal, and a lifting position where the seat is substantially vertical
• second moving means at least in rotation along a second axis substantially parallel to a lateral edge of the backrest, allowing a second rotational movement of the seat relative to the backrest along the second axis between the lifting position and a folding position where the seat is placed opposite the file and in support against the file.
• the device comprises at least one of the following characteristics:
• the first displacement means are coupled to the second displacement means
• the device comprises first blocking means adapted to immobilize the second moving means as the seat is between the low occupancy position and the lifting position;
• the device further comprises second blocking means able to immobilize the first means as long as the seat is between the folding position and the lifting position;
• the first moving means are integral with the seat and the second moving means are integral with the folder;
• the seat comprises retractable fastening elements with a base of the passenger compartment;
• the device further comprises assistance means arranged to facilitate the implementation of at least one of the first and second displacement means;
• the assistance means comprise an element selected from a group comprising at least one jack, a counterweight mechanism, a return spring and an electric motor.
• a vehicle comprising at least one device having at least one of the above characteristics so as to be able to transport loads of great length.
• Figure 1 is a schematic and functional sectional view along a longitudinal plane of an embodiment of the invention located in a front part of a passenger compartment of a commercial vehicle, in a low occupancy position by a passenger;
• FIG. 2 is a view from above and from above of the device according to the embodiment of FIG. 1, in the low occupation position;
• FIG. 3 is a view from above and from above of the device 10 of FIG. 2 in an intermediate position
• FIG. 4 is a view from above and from above of the device of FIG. 2 in a second intermediate position
• a vehicle 1 here a commercial motor vehicle, comprises a loading compartment 2 having a floor 3.
• the loading compartment 2 is situated in a rear part of the vehicle 1.
• the vehicle 1 comprises a passenger compartment 5 in the front part, adjacent to the load compartment 2 and separated therefrom by a partition wall 4.
• a device 10 according to the invention.
• the device 10 comprises a seat comprising itself a seat 12 and a backrest 11, the seat 12 being coupled to the backrest 11.
• the passenger compartment 5 comprises a base 6 and a roof 7.
• the device 10 according to the invention is in a low occupancy position, a position in which the seat of the device 10 according to the invention can be occupied by a passenger of the vehicle.
• the backrest 11 of the seat is movably mounted on the partition wall 4 by means of slide means positioned against the partition wall 4, here in a vertical manner, and pin means installed projecting from a rear face or lateral faces of the backrest 11, the lug forming means cooperating with the slide means, so as to allow sliding along the slide, and thus along the partition wall 4 of the backrest 11 between the low position of occupation and a high position of clearance in which the device 10 according to the invention is found in the vicinity of the roof 7 of the passenger compartment 5 of the vehicle.
• the seat of the device 10 according to the invention comprises a seat 12 and a backrest 11.
• the seat 12 is substantially horizontal and is fixed to the underbody 6 of the passenger compartment 5 of vehicle by retractable fastening elements 13 which are here in the form of a foot or a crutch.
• retractable fastening elements 13 are foldable in a tilting movement Fl against a lower face of the seat 12 or inside the seat 12 in recesses made for this purpose at the bottom face of the seat 12.
• these retractable fastening elements 13 are positioned at a first lateral edge of the seat 12.
• first displacement means 121 rotated along a first axis B substantially parallel to said second lateral edge of the seat 12.
• the first means of displacement at least in rotation 121 are coupled to second means of displacement at least in rotation 111.
• These second means of displacement at least in rotation 111 are, on the other hand, fixed integrally to a lateral edge of the backrest 11 of the seat of the device 10 according to the invention.
• the second means of displacement at least in rotation 111 allow a second rotational movement about an axis A substantially parallel to said lateral edge of the backrest 11. As illustrated here, the axis A and the axis B are orthogonal to the one compared to the other.
• the first means of displacement at least in rotation 121 are integral with the second means of displacement at least in rotation 111.
• the seat 12 of the seat of the device 10 according to the invention is coupled to the backrest 11 of said seat via the first and second means of displacement at least in rotation 121, 111 which are then mounted in series between the seat 12 and the backrest 11.
• first intermediate position of the device 10 With reference to FIG. 3, we will describe a first intermediate position of the device 10 according to the invention.
• the seat 12 has made a first movement at least in rotation F2 along the axis B and is therefore found in a lifting position in which the seat 12 is substantially vertical. From this position, the seat 12 will undergo the second movement at least in rotation F3 about the axis A by the implementation of the second moving means at least in rotation 111, so that the seat 12 takes a second position intermediate that we will now describe with reference to Figure 4.
• the device 10 according to the invention is found in a second intermediate position in which the seat 12, having undergone the second movement at least in rotation F3, is pressed against the backrest 11 of the seat of the device 10 according to the invention. the invention.
• the lower face of the seat 12 is found facing and resting against a front face of the back 11.
• the first means of displacement at least in rotation 121 accompany, in its movement, the seat 12 to which they are fixed jointly.
• the seat 12 is found in a folding position where it is placed opposite the backrest and resting against the backrest 11 of said seat of the device 10 according to the invention.
• the seat of the device 10 according to the invention can be raised along the wall with the aid of the slide means cooperating with the lug means so as to bring the device 10 according to the invention. in a high position of clearance inside the passenger compartment 5, as shown in Figure 5.
• This movement is illustrated in Figure 4 by the arrow F4.
• the device 10 according to the invention comprises first and second locking means.
• the first locking means are arranged so as to immobilize the second moving means 111 as the seat 12 is between the low position of occupation of the device 10 according to the invention and the lifting position of the seat 12.
• the second locking means are arranged so as to immobilize the first displacement means 121 as the seat 12 is between the folding position of the seat 12 against the backrest 11 and the lifting position of said seat 12.
• a first step the user unlocks the seat 12 which is in the low occupancy position, therefore substantially horizontal.
• the user unlocks the retractable fastening elements 13 of the seat with the base and tilts against or in recesses provided for this purpose of the underside of the seat 12.
• the user has the seat done 12 the movement at least in rotation F2 about the axis B by implementing the means of displacement at least in rotation 121, the first blocking means then immobilizing the second means of displacement at least in rotation 111 during this movement F2 .
• the first locking means are unlocked, allowing the user to set the second moving means are at least in rotation 111 so as to cause the seat 12 to move F3.
• the second blocking means are activated so as to immobilize the first means of displacement at least in rotation 121. This allows the seat to maintain, during the movement F3, its lifting position. Then, once the seat in the folding position against and in support of the backrest 11, the user can raise the entire seat thus arranged along the partition wall 4 according to the movement F4, to bring said seat in the vicinity of the pavilion 7 of the passenger compartment 5 of the vehicle. Therefore, the user locks the device 10 according to the invention in order to secure the high clearance position.
• the reverse use of the device 10 according to the invention which consists of moving the latter from the high position of release to the low position of occupation.
• the user unlocks the device 10 and then makes it downward movement F4.
• the user implements the second moving means at least in rotation 121 to bring the seat 12 of the position of folding against the backrest 11 to the tilt position, the second locking means immobilizing the first means of displacement at least in rotation 121.
• the second locking means are unlocked and the user can put implementing the first means of displacement at least in rotation 121 in order to lead the seat 12 of its lifting position to the low position of occupation of the device 10 according to the invention, by making it make the movement F2.
• the first blocking means are activated in order to immobilize the second means of displacement at least in rotation 111.
• the user deploys the retractable elements of fixing 13 of the seat 12 on the underbody 6 of the passenger compartment 5 of the vehicle. Finally, the user locks the set in this low occupation position.
• the movements F1, F2, F3 and F4 may be assisted by assistance means which may be in the form of gas cylinders, springs, counterweight mechanisms, or electric motors .
• assistance means may be in the form of gas cylinders, springs, counterweight mechanisms, or electric motors .
• the assistance means allow, when the device 10 according to the invention passes from the low occupancy position to the high position of clearance, to offset all or part of the weight of the backrest and / or the seat forming the seat.
• the action of the assistance means makes it possible to counter the gravity and to slow down the descent and the movements of the device 10 according to the invention, thereby increasing safety for the user.

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