Abstract: A height adjustment apparatus for a vehicle seat may include a pinion gear mounted in a side frame having a front portion and a rear portion are connected to a seat bracket by links; a rack gear engaged with a top end of the pinion gear and coupled with the seat bracket via an hinge, the rack gear moving according to driving of the pinion gear to raise and lower the side frame; and a play adjustment bracket for guiding up and down motion of the moving rack gear by providing repulsive force to a top portion of the rack gear, the play adjustment bracket being fixedly positioned by being fastened with a plurality of support pins provided in the pinion gear and the side frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2019
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, HYUNDAI DYMOS INC., Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited
Inventors:
Gil Ju Kim, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Do Park, Keun Gwack, Jong Moon Yoo, Sang Ho Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Man Seo, Eom Seok Yoo, Jae Yong Jang, Erwan Guillouet
Abstract: A height adjustment apparatus for a vehicle seat may include a pinion gear mounted in a side frame having a front portion and a rear portion are connected to a seat bracket by links; a rack gear engaged with a top end of the pinion gear and coupled with the seat bracket via an hinge, the rack gear moving according to driving of the pinion gear to raise and lower the side frame; and a play adjustment bracket for guiding up and down motion of the moving rack gear by providing repulsive force to a top portion of the rack gear, the play adjustment bracket being fixedly positioned by being fastened with a plurality of support pins provided in the pinion gear and the side frame.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 5, 2017
Publication date:
January 11, 2018
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, HYUNDAI DYMOS INC., Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited
Inventors:
Gil Ju KIM, Chan Ho JUNG, Sang Do PARK, Keun GWACK, Jong Moon YOO, Sang Ho KIM, Jun Yeol HEO, Seon Chae NA, Byung Yong CHOI, Sang Man SEO, Eom Seok YOO, Jae Yong JANG, Erwan GUILLOUET
Abstract: A mounting apparatus of a side airbag for a vehicle is advantageous in that in the event of a side crash, a deployment direction of an airbag cushion is guided to a slit of a seat pad by an inner frame and an outer bracket, so that the airbag cushion is distended and deployed towards a front of a seat back, thus allowing an occupant sitting in a seat to be more safely protected via the deployed airbag cushion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited
Inventors:
Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Sang Nyeong Yun
Abstract: A mounting apparatus of a side airbag for a vehicle is advantageous in that in the event of a side crash, a deployment direction of an airbag cushion is guided to a slit of a seat pad by an inner frame and an outer bracket, so that the airbag cushion is distended and deployed towards a front of a seat back, thus allowing an occupant sitting in a seat to be more safely protected via the deployed airbag cushion.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 31, 2012
Publication date:
June 13, 2013
Applicants:
Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited, Hyundai Motor Company
Inventors:
Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Sang Nyeong Yun