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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7461885 | Backrest mechanism for operator's platform in stand-up rider industrial vehicle A backrest mechanism for a stand-up rider operator's platform in an industrial vehicle, in which an operator operates the vehicle while standing, has a support portion and a support holder. The support portion has a backrest portion for supporting a back of the oper... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7246836 | Seat having suspension system A suspension system for an “All Belts To Seat” or “ABTS” style seat is provided that includes a floor bracket, seat bracket, and an equalizing bracket. Means for allowing motion between the seat bracket and floor bracket is provided by a set of cams. The equ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236868 | Apparatus for monitoring operator vibration for earth moving machinery with operation cab An apparatus for monitoring an operator vibration for an earth moving machinery with an operation cab is disclosed. In an earth moving machinery having an operation seat in an interior of an operation cab installed at an upper frame of a lower running body, there is... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7174244 | Suspension of a vehicle and method for controlling the same A vehicle suspension system is designed such that its equation of motion can be decoupled. Such a suspension system is provided with actuators, and the actuators are optimally controlled to reduce vibration of the suspension system. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7114408 | Drop away leaf pivot unit A drop away leaf pivot unit for use with a clamp in a manufacturing environment. The drop away leaf pivot unit includes a body having a plurality of orifices therethrough and a chamber defined therein. A base member is connected to the body at one side thereof. The ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080870 | Collapsible backrest assembly A collapsible backrest assembly includes a panel that has a top edge, a bottom edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a front side and a back side. A tube extends into the first lateral edge and outwardly of the second lateral edge. A first rod and a sec... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7068178 | Combination of a seating system and a shared sensor A seating system and a shared sensor is described and shown. The seating system includes a seat section and a back section, adjustable bolsters coupled to the seat section and the back section, and a control unit coupled to the adjustable bolster. The shared sensor ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6945505 | Seat mount assemblies for tractors The present invention relates to a seat mount assembly for a vehicle having a seat, such as a tractor. The seat mount assembly, in one embodiment, includes a seat support, one or more seat securing members connected to the seat and movably engaged with the seat supp... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6857674 | Device and system for filtering vibrational movements of a passenger support, and passenger support equipped with such a system The articulated device (10) that is intended for filtering vibrational movements from a vehicle floor (12) and transmitted to a passenger support (19), is installed between said floor (12) and said support (19), and comprises two m... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6773049 | Adjustable seat suspension for utility vehicle A seat assembly for an off-road vehicle includes a seat having a bottom surface, and a resilient seat suspension supporting the seat. The seat is supported at least in part by a first bumper element carried by the seat suspension. The first bumper element includes a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6267430 | Slide rail for removable vehicle seat A slide rail for a removable vehicle seat comprises a fixed section and a shuttle sliding on this section. The shuttle carries a connector connected to the seat, and this connector is connected to an electrical circuit belonging to the vehicle floor by me... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6193297 | Integrated active seat suspension and seat lockup device The vehicle seat suspension system of the present invention provides an active seat suspension system responsive to conditions indicative of a collision or rollover for moving the seat downwardly to the limit of its vertical travel. The seat assembly comp... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6179362 | Vehicle utility seat A vehicle utility seat in which the seat back can be rotated down onto the seat bottom to form a pass through opening into the trunk area of the vehicle. In addition, the seat bottom can be rotated upward to a stowed position immediately in front of the s... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6129412 | Floor structure of vehicle body A disclosed floor structure of a vehicle body is provided with a floor member, a pillar member extending upward of the vehicle body from a base portion thereof with respect to the floor member, and a cross member provided in a width direction of the vehic... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6109689 | Vehicular seat motion damping system A vehicular seat motion damping system including at least one front vehicle seat having a lower extent with a top face, a bottom face and a periphery formed therebetween. The front vehicle seat further having an upper extent coupled at a bottom edge there... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5971466 | Rear seat apparatus for a vehicle A rear seat apparatus for a vehicle which is provided on a floor surface where a recess is formed includes: a lower seat cushion portion located in the recess; and an upper seat cushion portion having a seating surface, wherein the lower seat cushion port... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5882060 | Motor vehicle seat The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat with seat components (10, 12, 14) which are arranged so as to be movable relative to one another and which are adjustable by means of an adjusting device. Due to the fact that the movement state of the motor v... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5876085 | Adjustable vehicle seat A vehicle seat having a base that is carried by a floor on a seat adjuster that comprises two pairs of seat slide rails that permit the seat to be moved relative to the floor with at least one of the rails being of non-metallic, preferably plastic, constr... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5835867 | Base plate for robotic system for automated durability road (ADR) facility A base plate for a robotic system for automated durability road testing of a vehicle includes a seat surface positionable against a seat of the vehicle. A plurality of walls extend upwardly from and bound the surface when the surface is positioned against... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810125 | Active shock-absorbing seating system An active shock-absorbing boat seat system has a seat system mounted to the boat deck through an active shock absorber. Sensors monitor both the shock to be passed from the deck to the seat as well as the shock actually received by the seat after passing ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5779308 | Locking apparatus of a folding seat for vehicles A locking apparatus of folding seat for vehicles by which a folding seat can be automatically and stably locked by a locking apparatus when a passenger is seated on a rear seat and, when the passenger leaves the seat, the folding seat can be automatically... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5671964 | Vehicle seat mounting mechanism A vehicle seat mounting mechanism including oppositely disposed pairs of parallel links between a base and a seat carrier, and a first air bag spring operatively connected between the base and the links for absorbing vertical-upward motion induced by road... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5536059 | Seat suspension system using human body responses An active seat suspension system for equipment that transfers vibration to a human operator provides human body vibration control and, thus, a more comfortable environment for the operator. The system utilizes a "man in a loop" control strategy, where bot... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5358305 | Suspension system for automotive vehicle or the like A seat suspension is provided that has a damper unit which is connected between the seat and the chassis on which the seat is mounted. The damper can be switched between soft and hard settings. The damper switching is controlled based on the relative posi... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5273260 | Seat suspension device for automotive seat A seat suspension device for an automotive seat, in which an upper frame is movably connected with a lower frame via an X-shaped link in a vertically movable manner, with the arrangement that an upwardly curved section is formed at the frontal part of the... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5272633 | Vehicle seat The invention concerns a pneumatic spring-mounted vehicle seat with an electronic control, which controls at least the air valves of the pneumatic spring as a function of the swing strokes of the rocker system. It is proposed that an accurate analogous-pa... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5222709 | Vehicle seat suspension unit A vehicle seat suspension unit has a base frame mountable in a vehicle and seat support frame on which is mounted a vehicle seat. A scissor-arm assembly, with primary links and secondary links, interconnect the frames overlapping cam tracks, with cam prof... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5176355 | Control for height of a seat The housing of an air valve, the valve controlling the height of a vehicle seat supported on a suspension having an air spring, is pivotally connected to one of the frames of the suspension supporting the seat. A manual control lever connected to the hous... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5127699 | Device for reversibly supporting seat for vehicles The present invention relates to a device for reversibly supporting the seat of a vehicle. When a tractor or like vehicle is used for working with a backhoe or like work machine attached to the rear end of the vehicle, a forward operation seat and a rearw... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5037155 | Operator seat base A seat base having protruding members fixed to the underside thereof that are positioned within mating recesses formed in the fenderdeck of a vehicle. The base is clamped to the fenderdeck by a pair of screws. The screws and mating features defined betwee... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4941641 | Vehicle seat An air-sprung vehicle seat includes an air spring and a scissors linkage which are operative for adjusting the vertical height of the seat. The vehicle seat also includes a locking device for adjustably fixing the vertical height of the seat, the locking ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4913482 | Seat suspension system for automotive vehicle or the like A seat suspension includes a device which is responsive to a sensor which detects the condition of the road surface being traversed by the vehicle in a manner to produce relatively hard suspension characteristics when the vehicle is running on a rough roa... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4822094 | Tractor seat suspension mechanism with automatic seat stop A seat suspension mechanism providing a vertical range of cushion travel to a tractor seat when fluid is supplied to the mechanism. The suspension mechanism includes a linkage assembly movable through a predetermined path of travel for securing the seat t... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4793583 | Method and apparatus for hydraulically actuating a vehicle seat The present invention provides simple and effective mechanisms, apparatus and self contained fluid circuitry to hydraulically actuate the vehicle's seat in generally downward movement in response to general upward movement of the vehicle's terrain contact... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4729538 | Apparatus for hydraulically actuating a vehicle seat The present invention provides simple and effective mechanisms, apparatus and self contained fluid circuitry to hydraulically actuate the vehicle's seat in generally downward movement in response to general upward movement of the vehicle's terrain contact... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4626018 | Vehicle seat suspension apparatus Vehicle seat suspension apparatus comprising a forwardly and rearwardly adjustable vehicle seat being interconnected to the floor of the vehicle by first and second bracket means, the first and second bracket means being interconnected by means of a sprin... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4612871 | Device for visually setting the spring force of a seat suspension for a vehicle A device for visually setting the spring force of a seat suspension for use in an automotive seat according to the weight of an occupant of the seat includes a display section formed of a light reflecting body and disposed on an inside lining of an automo... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4500076 | Arrangement in spring suspension systems particularly for vehicles A spring suspension system allowing movements between the drive compartment and a frame portion of a heavy duty vehicle with a plurality of degrees of freedom and with a frequency range of from as low as about 1 Hz and up to 5000 Hz and more, comprises at... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4384701 | Fore and aft adjustment and isolation assembly Fore and aft isolator assembly for a suspended vehicle seat permits the operator to rotate a single control lever in one direction to allow the seat to be moved to any desired fore and aft position and in the opposite direction to lock the seat in that po... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4272117 | Seat with damped suspension system This sprung seat notably for off-road vehicles is mounted on the vehicle's frame and provided with elastic return means in the form of a hydropneumatic device associated with an automatic monitoring distributor adapted to be connected to the pressure flui... | 06/09/1981 |
