Adjustable Seat Assembly for a Motorcycle, and Motorcycle

Abstract

An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle includes a seat pan with a first portion and a second portion, and an adjustment mechanism. The first portion of the seat pan has a fastening portion for the non-adjustable fastening of the first portion on the motorcycle, preferably on a tank of the motorcycle. The adjustment mechanism is connected to the second portion of the seat pan and is configured to adjust the height and/or inclination of the second portion of the seat pan in relation to the first portion. A motorcycle with the adjustable seat assembly is also provided.

Claims

1-12. (canceled)

13. An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle, comprising: a seat pan having a first section and a second section, and an adjusting device, wherein the first section of the seat pan has a fastening section configured for fixed and non-adjustable fastening of the first section to the motorcycle, and the adjusting device is connected to the second section of the seat pan and is configured to adjust at least one of a height and an inclination of the second section of the seat pan with respect to the first section.

14. The seat assembly according to claim 13, wherein the adjusting device includes a supporting element attachable to the motorcycle and configured to support the second section; and the supporting element is configured to define at least one of the height and the inclination of the second section with respect to the first section.

15. The seat assembly according to claim 14, wherein the supporting element is replaceable.

16. The seat assembly according to claim 13, wherein the adjusting device is at least one of electrically and mechanically actuatable.

17. The seat assembly according to claim 13, wherein the adjusting device is configured to adjust the second section of the seat pan such a that a seat face of the second section is displaceable substantially parallel to an initial orientation of the seat face.

18. The seat assembly according to claim 13, wherein the first section and the second section of the seat pan are connected to one another via at least a part of the adjusting device.

19. The seat assembly according to claim 18, wherein the adjusting device includes at least one hinged element which connects the first section and the second section such that they are pivotable relative to one another.

20. The seat assembly according to claim 13, wherein the seat assembly has a first seat cushion and a second seat cushion, the first seat cushion and the second seat cushion each being arranged respectively on first section and the second section of the seat pan.

21. The seat assembly according to claim 20, wherein the first seat cushion and the second seat cushion are covered with a common seat cushion cover.

22. A motorcycle comprising: an adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle having a seat pan having a first section and a second section and an adjusting device, wherein the first section of the seat pan has a fastening section configured for fixed and non-adjustable fastening of the first section to the motorcycle, the adjusting device is connected to the second section of the seat pan and is configured to adjust at least one of a height and an inclination of the second section of the seat pan with respect to the first section, and. the first section of the seat pan is connected fixedly and non-adjustably to a component of the motorcycle.

23. The motorcycle according to claim 22, wherein the motorcycle component is a tank of the motorcycle, and the first section of the seat pan adjoins and is connected to the tank of the motorcycle.

24. The motorcycle according to claim 23, wherein the adjusting device includes a supporting element arranged between the second section of the seat pan and the tank, and the supporting element is at least one of in contact with and attached fixedly to the tank.

25. The motorcycle according to claim 23, wherein the adjusting device includes a supporting element arranged between the second section of the seat pan and the tank, and the supporting element is at least one of in contact with and attached fixedly to the tank.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0028] FIG. 2 shows an oblique view of a seat pan of a seat assembly according to the invention;

[0029] FIG. 3 shows the seat pan from FIG. 2 in a view from below; and

[0030] FIG. 4 shows an oblique view of a supporting element of the seat assembly according to the invention from FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] FIG. 1 shows a motorcycle 10 which is configured as a motorbike. The motorcycle has a body 12, a tank 14 and an adjustable seat assembly 16.

[0032] The seat assembly 16 comprises a seat pan 18 which is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and has a first section 20 and a second section 22. Furthermore, the seat assembly 16 has a first seat cushion 24 and a second seat cushion 26 which are covered with a common seat cushion cover 28. Here, the first seat cushion 24 is attached to the first section 20 and the second seat cushion 26 is attached to the second section 22. The two seat cushions 24, 26 are not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for illustrative reasons.

[0033] A seat face for a rider and possibly for a pillion passenger is provided on the second seat cushion 26. In contrast, the first seat cushion 24 can be substantially a decorative component.

[0034] Furthermore, the seat assembly 16 has an adjusting device 30 with two hinged elements 32 and a supporting element 34. The adjusting device 30 is configured to adjust a height and/or an inclination of the second section 22 with respect to the first section 20.

[0035] The first section 20 of the seat pan 18 has a fastening section 36, via which the first section 20 is attached fixedly and non-displaceably to the motorcycle 10, more precisely to the tank 14. In particular, the fastening section 36 is fastened to the tank 14 by means of suitable fastening means, for example by means of screws and/or bolts.

[0036] The first section 20 and the second section 22 are connected to one another such that they can be pivoted relative to one another by way of the two hinged elements 32 of the adjusting device 30, the pivot axis of the pivoting movement running substantially transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle 10.

[0037] As can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, the two hinged elements 32 are attached, as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle 10, in each case to a lateral, front end of the second section 22 and in each case to a lateral, rear end of the first section 20.

[0038] As an alternative, however, the two sections 20, 22 might also be connected to one another via merely one hinged element 32 or via more than two hinged elements 32.

[0039] Here, in contrast to the first section 20, the second section 22 is not directly connected fixedly to the motorcycle 10, with the result that the second section 22 can be pivoted for inclination and/or height adjustment with respect to the first section 20 and therefore with respect to the motorcycle 10.

[0040] Here, a play 38 is provided between the first section 20 and the second section 22, in order possibly to compensate for a spacing change between the first section 20 and the second section 22, which spacing change can occur in the case of a pivoting movement of the second section 22.

[0041] In particular, the pivoting movement takes place in such a way that the seat face which is assigned to the second section 22 is displaced substantially parallel to the seat face, that is to say in such a way that the seat face experiences a parallel displacement. In other words, the inclination of the seat face does not change in the process.

[0042] The supporting element 34 of the adjusting device 30 is arranged between the second section 22 and the body 12, the supporting element 34, in particular, being attached fixedly to the body 12 and/or to a frame component of the motorcycle 10, for example by means of suitable fastening means such as screws and/or bolts.

[0043] As shown in FIG. 4, the supporting element 34 can have a fastening element 40, by means of which the supporting element 34 can be attached to the body 12 and/or the frame component, in particular by means of suitable fastening means such as screws and/or bolts.

[0044] The second section 22 lies at least in sections on the supporting element 34, as a result of which the supporting element 34 defines at least in sections a spacing of the second section 22 from the body 12 and therefore a height and/or an inclination of the second section 22 with respect to the body 12. The supporting element 34 therefore forms a type of spacer element between the body 12 and the second section 22.

[0045] The supporting element 34 can preferably be replaced. The supporting element 34 can therefore be exchanged for a further supporting element of different design, the further supporting element, in particular, defining a different height and/or inclination of the second section 22 with respect to the first section 20 than the supporting element 34. In order to adjust the height and/or the inclination of the seat face, the supporting element therefore merely has to be replaced simply by another supporting element.

[0046] In that embodiment of the seat assembly 16 which is shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the height and/or inclination adjusting capability of the second section 22 is therefore achieved by virtue of the fact that the second section 22 can be pivoted with respect to the first section 20. The defining of a certain height and/or a certain inclination of the second section 22 with respect to the first section 20 and therefore with respect to the motorcycle 10 takes place by way of the above-described, separate supporting element 34 which serves as a spacer element between the second section 22 and the body 12.

[0047] As a consequence, the inclination and/or the height of the seat face can be adjusted, for example, by means of the following steps: first of all, the second section 22 is pivoted upward, and the supporting element 34 is removed from the body 12. Afterward, another supporting element 34 is attached to the body 12, and the second section 22 is pivoted downward again, with the result that the second section 22 then has a changed height and/or inclination with respect to the first section 20.

[0048] Other embodiments of the adjusting device 30 are of course also possible, however. It is decisive merely that the first section 20 is connected fixedly and non-displaceably to the motorcycle 10, in particular the tank 14, whereas the second section 22 can be adjusted with respect to the first section 20, that is to say is not attached fixedly to the body 12 and/or to a frame component of the motorcycle 10.

[0049] The adjusting device 30 can comprise an electric motor and/or a mechanism, by means of which the inclination and/or the height of the second section 22 with respect to the first section 20 can be adjusted. Here, the height and/or inclination adjustment can take place at least partially automatically and/or manually.

[0050] The adjusting device 30 can be capable of being actuated, without it being necessary for the seat cushions 24, 26 and/or other components to be removed from the seat assembly 16. For this purpose, the adjusting device 30 can have an actuating element which is accessible from the outside, such as an adjusting wheel for actuating the mechanical mechanism and/or an actuating switch for the electric motor.

[0051] Moreover, the supporting element 34 itself can be capable of being adjusted between at least two positions, the two positions defining heights and/or inclinations which differ from one another of the second section 22 with respect to the first section 20.

[0052] In particular, the above-described supporting element 34 can be adjusted between the at least two positions by means of the electric motor and/or by means of the mechanical mechanism.