Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245986-B2
Application number	US-201715484460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	Apr 15, 2016
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a seat back including a top plate main part configured to support a body of a seated person from the rear side and a top plate side part configured to protrude more forward than the top plate main part to support the body of the seated person from the lateral side; a side adjuster configured to move the top plate side part between a protruding position in which the top plate side part protrudes more forward than the top plate main part and a retracted position in which the top plate side part is retracted from the protruding position; and a controller configured to, in a case where a side collision of a vehicle is detected, drive and control the side adjuster so that the top plate side part is in the protruding position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back including:
a top plate main part having a front-facing seating surface; and
a top plate side part configured to protrude more forward than the top plate main part from an outer side of the top plate main part;

a side adjuster configured to move the top plate side part between a protruding position in which the top plate side part protrudes more forward than the top plate main part and a retracted position in which the top plate side part is retracted from the protruding position; and
a controller configured to, in a case where a side collision of a vehicle is detected, drive and control the side adjuster so that the top plate side part is in the protruding position,
wherein the top plate side part has a shape including a curved concave surface which protrudes in a shape curved toward the front side so as to wrap the top plate main part from a backside of the top plate main part to both sides of the outer side of the top plate main part in a recessed shape.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the case where the side collision of the vehicle is detected, when an inclination angle of the top plate main part is out of a predetermined angle range suitable for receiving load, the controller corrects the inclination angle of the top plate main part so as to fall within the predetermined angle range suitable for receiving the load.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the side adjuster includes a reclining adjuster configured to support the top plate side part so that reclining thereof can be adjusted separately from reclining of the top plate main part and adjust the top plate side part into an inclination angle in which the top plate side part is spaced rearward with respect to the top plate main part.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the top plate side part includes a head side support portion, the head side support portion being an upper portion of the top plate side part and being a portion of the top plate side part which protrudes most toward the front side.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the retracted position is a position in which the top plate side part is retracted from the top plate main part.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller receives a signal from a sensor, and detects the side collision of the vehicle based on the signal from the sensor.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the case where the side collision of the vehicle is detected, when an inclination angle of the top plate main part is out of a predetermined angle range suitable for receiving a load, the controller corrects the inclination angle of the top plate main part so as to fall within the predetermined angle range suitable for receiving the load by tilting the top plate main part forward.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Akaike Fumitoshi
• Kaneda Koji

Classifications

• B60N2/42745 Primary

  of the back-rest (B60N2/433 takes precedence; higher part of the back-rest moving together with the headrest B60N2/888) · CPC title

• B60N2/643

  shape of the back-rests (B60N2/66 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/686

  Panel like structures · CPC title

• B60N2/0276

  reaction to emergency situations, e.g. crash · CPC title

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title