Abstract: A control circuit within a control housing that is powered by means of a pluggable plug device may be plugged into an adjusting motor including a motor housing. The control housing may be affixed to the motor housing using a form or friction fit. The motor housing includes a plug device for optional connection with a matching plug device to supply power via a cable or from the output of the control circuit, whereby the control circuit includes a plug device matching the plug device on the motor housing and the plug device forming the output.

Abstract: A height-adjustable headrest for a seat back of an automobile includes support rods that transfix guide areas attached to the seat back frame. The ends of the support rods positioned below the guide areas are connected with a bracket so that they may ratchet, and may be separated from it by pulling upward. At least the end of one the the support rods is locked in its first position by the bracket against extraction upward, and, in a second position, the support rod may be displaced only by means of a tool so that it may be extracted upward.

Abstract: The device relates to a structural part connection between two parts of a car seat, specifically a part of a car seat which is attached to a frame and a fixture part of an inclination adjusting fixture, wherein a first part is deployed with its front surface adjacent to a planar opposite surface of a second part. The first part is provided with a receiving through-opening which is formed at least up to the one of its front surface deployed opposite a rear side surface, and the second part supports at least a projecting part protruding from it, which is engaged in this receiving opening. The parts are welded to each other on the periphery of the projecting part and receiving opening. The diameter of the projecting part is enlarged in the direction toward the rear side surface. The parts are connected to each other in addition to welding also by positive locking, wherein the diameter enlargement is the result of a deformation the material or of the compression of the projecting part.

Abstract: Lighting is provided for the entry area on the outer side of a seat part in the backrest of a car seat, which is provided with a seat part. The lighting can be switched on by opening the car door next to it. Current supplying lines are deployed through a line feeder leading to the car seat.

Abstract: An automobile seat includes a seat back that is mounted on the seat body that pivots forward about a pivot axis, and two parallel seat rails on which the automobile seat is connected with the chassis so that it may be displaced longitudinally. Each of the seat rails includes base rails attached to the chassis and a slide rail that may be displaced longitudinally with respect to the base rail. The slide rail may be displaced via an electrical spindle drive that includes a drive motor, a drive spindle, and a spindle nut mounted thereon. The spindle nut is formed in two parts along the rotational axis of the drive spindle, and its parts may be moved into and out of engagement with the drive spindle via an actuation device. By means of the separation of the two parts of the spindle nut via the actuation device, they are not engaged, so that the slide rail is free to slide along the base rail.

Abstract: A tilt adjustment-locking mechanism for a seat back includes a rotating locking mechanism part attached to the seat body and a fixed locking mechanism part that may tilt with the seat back which are connected together by means of a cam. The fixed locking mechanism part includes an interior-toothed area to which an exterior-toothed area of the rotating locking mechanism part forming a part of a tumbler drive fits. Clamping areas overlapping the fixed and rotating locking mechanism parts are provided. At least one of the locking mechanism parts includes a polygonal circumference area. These areas are engaged against numerous polygonal surfaces on the matching surfaces of the circumference area in the receptor opening on the seat back or the seat body so that it may not rotate, and whose exterior circumference is entirely surrounded by a clamping area.

Abstract: An adjusting mechanism for a seat includes two mechanism parts that form parts of a staggered transmission. An eccentric cam consists of an eccentric segment and two wedge segments completing this eccentric segment. The wedge segments are arranged one above the other in a radial direction, and their thicknesses increase in an opposite direction to each other. They are so tensioned by a common spring that they form an extended eccentric area under pre-tension from the spring, and are pressed against each other during rotation in such a manner that the eccentric area becomes smaller and thus the tension of the intermeshing toothed areas is reduced.

Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a locking device that prevents the seat frame from moving during a crash. A first spring holds an inertia-sensitive locking element and an interlocking element in a first position. In the event of a crash, the inertia-sensitive locking element swivels about an axis due to the force of inertia. Contact surfaces on the inertia-sensitive locking element and the interlocking element disengage. A second spring then pulls the interlocking element toward a guide link. A gear region on the interlocking element grips into and engages with a gear region on the guide link. The second spring maintains the tension on the gear regions, even if the force of inertia has dwindled. The locking device can be disengaged only by manually resetting the interlocking element and the inertia-sensitive locking element into the first position.

Abstract: A crosspiece for the frame of a vehicle seat that includes a supporting surface for the occupant. A crosspiece is formed as an element that shortens by a preset amount along its longitudinal dimension when a load is imposed up to a threshold value. The crosspiece includes an intentional bending point that bends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction when the threshold value is exceeded so that the crosspiece does not move in the direction of the supporting surface.

Abstract: A locking and pivoting mechanism for a vehicle rear seat with a seat back mounted on a seat body and capable of being folded forward, the seat body may be mounted so that it may be folded forward from an approximately horizontal use position into an approximately vertical, final storage position, as well as into a final lowered position approximately parallel to the use position. In these two final positions, the seat back is folded forward, resting on the seat body. One end each of a front and a rear link is attached to the chassis, and the other end is each attached to the seat body. The upper end of the front link is attached to the seat body so that it may be displaced longitudinally, and may be affixed to the seat body by means of a first locking pawl. The lower end of the rear link may be connected with the chassis so that it may be released, and so that it may be affixed in the use position by means of a second locking pawl.

Abstract: A car seat is provided with a seat part and a backrest and equipped with a headrest region, wherein the backside of the back support is formed a backrest surface of a child seat. The backrest surface can be moved in the travel direction to be used as a child seat from the usage position for adults and the back support is attached to the seat part with an inclination-adjusting fixture, enabling adjustment of the inclination around a lower horizontal axis. The backrest is provided with a lower backrest region attached to the inclination-adjusting fixture, as well as with an upper backrest region, which can be rotated around an upper horizontal axis by means of a fixable hinge fixture hinged on the lower region of the backrest. The lower backrest region can be adjusted with an inclination-adjusting fixture forward into at least an almost horizontal position and the upper backrest region can be adjusted with a hinge fixture into a position inclined in the travel direction.

Abstract: An electric-motor adjustment device for an automobile seat with a direct-current (DC) motor positioned in an electrical circuit whose rotation direction may be reversed, and which motor includes a drive wheel that drives an adjustable drive element for an adjustable seating area, is connected in series with additional electronic components. These additional components include a linear resistor and a current blocking device operating in only one current-flow direction, which are wired together in parallel and then the combination in series with the DC motor. This has the result that, in a first current-flow direction, the current flows through the DC motor to drive it in the first rotation direction, and through the linear resistor. In the opposing second current-flow direction, the current flows through the DC motor to drive it in the second rotation direction, and essentially through the blocking device which does not block the current flow in this direction and which bridges the linear resistor.

Abstract: On a motor vehicle seat, a tray on back of the backrest may be pivoted around a horizontal transverse axis that is fixed to the rest from a contact position in which it lies against the back, into a horizontal position. An additional tray is likewise articulated on the back, with a horizontal transverse axis that is firmly attached to the rest, and it, too, may be pivoted from a position of contact into a horizontal position. The transverse axes run adjacent to various longitudinal edges of the various trays.

Abstract: In an inclination adjustment lock for partial areas of seats, such as seat backs, a first lock part is firmly attached to a first partial area and a second lock part is attached to a second partial area. Both partial areas are connected together so that they may pivot about a common pivot axis, and the second is mounted to the second partial area so that it may pivot about an axis parallel to the pivot axis, and so that it may be held via a locking pawl in a ratchet position. In the ratchet position, a toothed section of the second lock part engages with an opposing toothed section of the first lock part. The pressure angle of the tooth faces assuming increased loading conditions, such as during a crash, with the toothed section of the second lock part and their complementary opposing toothed section decreases as the separation from the axis 4a increases.

Abstract: A car seat is disclosed having a seat part and a back support, on which a hanger element is mounted for hanging articles of clothing. When not being used, the hanger element is stored in a recessed position that is flush with the back support. For use, a hanger element bow can be moved and guided to a parallel usage position at some distance from its recessed position.

Abstract: An articulated fitting for seats with adjustable seat back inclination that is free to pivot about the same horizontal axis for backward inclination adjustment as well as for forward tilt into a release position which includes an inclination adjustment fitting by means of which the desired inclination may be fixed and released by means of a first actuation element for free swiveling about the pivot axis. The articulated fitting further includes a ratcheting disk that may be fixed in a swivel position by means of a ratcheting block, and a strike surface for an opposing element. A second actuation element is provided to release the inclination adjustment fitting to allow the seat back to tilt forward. The first actuation element is formed so that it might displace the ratcheting block located in the seat body into, and out of, engagement with the ratcheting disk.

Abstract: A car bench seat provided with a seat part and a backrest, having a depositing unit, which can be swung out from its storage position wherein it is accommodated within the seating profile in the usage position in which depositing unit is freely accessible. The depositing unit is connected by means of connecting rods with a seat part area, which can be folded forward along a stationary front axis. The depositing unit is stored during the storage position under this seat part area, which can be folded forward.

Abstract: A car seat provided with a seat part and a backrest having lighting arranged on the rear side of the backrest whose light is aimed at least essentially downward.

Abstract: A device to actuate a drive gear of an adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat includes a stepped switching mechanism manually operable in two directions by means of a swiveling lever that is rotationally connected with the drive gear in order to rotate it. The rotational connection between the stepped switching mechanism and the drive gear is releasable to facilitate a greater range of seat back adjustment.

Abstract: A seat displacement mechanism for a seat, such as a vehicle seat, which includes a seat back that is attached to a seat bottom such that it may be folded about a horizontal axis and locked in the a position. The seat bottom is connected, for height adjustment, by means of front and rear linkages mounted in pairs, at least one pair of which is attached, proximate one end of the linkage to an upper rail. A portion of the upper rail is provided with a longitudinal guide area to which the lower end of a linkage may be mounted so that the linkage may move longitudinally or slide relative to a seat base. A linkage may be locked in its rearward position with respect to the upper rail, preventing seat movement.