Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10093210-B2
Application number	US-201515113351-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 22, 2014
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

An automotive rear seat (1) includes a seat cushion (2) and a seat back (6). The seat back (6) includes a seat back main body portion (10) and a seat back side portion (20) disposed on one side of the seat back main body portion (10). The seat back side portion (20) is fixed to a vehicle body (body frame (FR)) or the seat cushion (2) via a first attachment portion (30) provided on a lower portion of the seat back side portion (20), and the seat back side portion (20) includes, at a position different from a position at which the first attachment portion (30) is provided, a rotation-restricting portion (40) configured to contact the vehicle body or the seat cushion (2) to restrict rotation of the seat back side portion (20).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back,
wherein the seat back comprises a seat back main body portion, and a seat back side portion disposed on one side of the seat back main body portion, and
wherein the seat back side portion comprises:
a front wall protruding frontward farther than the seat back main body portion;
a boss protruding from a rear surface of the front wall and configured to contact a body frame of a vehicle; and
a lower protruding portion protruding downward from a lower surface of the seat back side portion and configured to contact the body frame,
wherein in a right-left direction, the boss is disposed in a position overlapping a horizontal range in which the lower protruding portion is disposed.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rear surface of the front wall has a reinforcement rib extending in the right-left direction, and
wherein in an upper-lower direction orthogonal to the right-left direction, the reinforcement rib is disposed in a position overlapping a vertical range in which the boss is disposed.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the seat back side portion further comprises a side wall extending rearward from a lateral end of the front wall, and
wherein the reinforcement rib is connected to the side wall of the seat back side portion.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the boss is a hollow boss, and the boss comprises an outer perimetrical portion and a cavity.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein the boss has a partition wall extending in an upper-lower direction orthogonal to the right-left direction, and the cavity is divided by the partition wall.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein the outer perimetrical portion of the boss has an arch-shaped upper surface.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein a lower surface of the boss extends in the right-left direction.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein an attachment portion is provided on an upper end portion of the seat back side portion, the attachment portion having an end portion extending downward and being configured to fix the seat back side portion to the body frame or the seat back.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein in the right-left direction, the boss is disposed in a position shifted toward a door of the vehicle from a laterally central portion of the seat back side portion.

10. A vehicle seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back,
wherein the seat back comprises a seat back main body portion, and a seat back side portion disposed on one side of the seat back main body portion, the seat back side portion protruding frontward farther than the seat back main body portion,
wherein the seat back side portion comprises: a boss protruding from a rear surface of the seat back side portion and configured to contact a body frame of a vehicle; a reinforcement rib provided on the rear surface of the seat back side portion and extending in a right-left direction; and a lower protruding portion protruding downward from a lower surface of the seat back side portion and configured to contact the body frame,
wherein in the right-left direction, the boss is disposed in a position overlapping a horizontal range in which the lower protruding portion is disposed, and
wherein in an upper-lower direction orthogonal to the right-left direction, the reinforcement rib is disposed in a position overlapping a vertical range in which the boss is disposed.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the seat back side portion comprises a front wall on which the boss and the reinforcement rib are provided, and a side wall extending rearward from a lateral end of the front wall, and
wherein the reinforcement rib is connected to the side wall of the seat back side portion.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the boss is a hollow boss, and the boss comprises an outer perimetrical portion and a cavity.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 12 , wherein the boss has a partition wall extending in an upper-lower direction orthogonal to the right-left direction, and the cavity is divided by the partition wall.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein an attachment portion is provided on an upper end portion of the seat back side portion, the attachment portion having an end portion extending downward and being configured to fix the seat back side portion to the body frame or the seat back.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein in the right-left direction, the boss is disposed in a position shifted toward a door of the vehicle from a laterally central portion of the seat back side portion.

16. A vehicle seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back,
wherein the seat back comprises a seat back main body portion, and a seat back side portion disposed on one side of the seat back main body portion, the seat back side portion protruding frontward farther than the seat back main body portion,
wherein the seat back side portion comprises: a boss protruding from a rear surface of the seat back side portion and configured to contact a body frame of a vehicle; and a lower protruding portion protruding downward from a lower surface of the seat back side portion and configured to contact the body frame,
wherein the boss is a hollow boss, and the boss comprises an outer perimetrical portion and a cavity, and
wherein in a right-left direction, the boss is disposed in a position overlapping a horizontal range in which the lower protruding portion is disposed.

17. The vehicle seat according to claim 16 , wherein the boss has a partition wall extending in an upper-lower direction orthogonal to the right-left direction, and the cavity is divided by the partition wall.

18. The vehicle seat according to claim 16 , wherein the outer perimetrical portion of the boss has an arch-shaped upper surface.

19. The vehicle seat according to claim 18 , wherein a lower surface of the boss extends in the right-left direction.

20. The vehicle seat according to claim 16 , wherein an attachment portion is provided on an upper end portion of the seat back side portion, the attachment portion having an end portion extending downward and being configured to fix the seat back side portion to the body frame or the seat back.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Izawa Hiroshi
• Shimada Toshiaki
• Tsuji Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B60N2/986

  Side-rests (B60N2/2872, B60N2/885 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title