Vehicle seat device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10259347-B2
Application number	US-201715629603-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2016
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle seat device comprises: a seat disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a side door of a vehicle; a rotating mechanism that rotates the seat about a vertical axis relative to a vehicle body; a sideways movement mechanism that moves the seat in a vehicle width direction relative to the vehicle body between a normal region and an inner region; and a control device which, when causing the rotating mechanism to rotate the seat, causes the sideways movement mechanism to move the seat from the normal region to the inner region before the rotation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat device, comprising:
a seat disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a side door of a vehicle;
a rotating mechanism that rotates the seat individually about a vertical axis relative to a vehicle body;
a sideways movement mechanism that moves the seat together with the vertical axis, about which the seat rotates, in a vehicle width direction relative to the vehicle body between a normal region, in which the seat is normally disposed and in which rotation about the vertical axis is limited because of interference between the side door in a closed state and the seat, and an inner region, which is set at a vehicle width direction inner side of the normal region and in which the seat is rotatable about the vertical axis without interfering with the side door in a closed state; and
a control device which, when causing the rotating mechanism to rotate the seat, causes the sideways movement mechanism to move the seat from the normal region to the inner region before the rotation.

2. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an obstacle disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of the seat positioned in the normal region; and
an obstacle movement mechanism that moves the obstacle out of a rotational region of the seat,
wherein the control device causes the obstacle movement mechanism to move the obstacle out of the rotational region before causing the sideways movement mechanism to move the seat from the normal region to the inner region.

3. The vehicle seat device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a forward and rearward movement mechanism that moves the seat in forward and rearward directions relative to the vehicle body and which has forward and rearward direction reference positions set in a movement range of the forward and rearward directions; and
a reclining mechanism that tilts a seat back of the seat relative to a seat cushion of the seat and which has an inclination reference position set in a tilting range of the seat back,
wherein the control device causes the forward and rearward movement mechanism to move the seat to the forward and rearward direction reference positions and causes the reclining mechanism to move the seat back to the inclination reference position before causing the sideways movement mechanism to move the seat from the normal region to the inner region.

4. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a forward and rearward movement mechanism that moves the seat in forward and rearward directions relative to the vehicle body and which has forward and rearward direction reference positions set in a movement range of the forward and rearward directions; and
a reclining mechanism that tilts a seat back of the seat relative to a seat cushion of the seat and which has an inclination reference position set in a tilting range of the seat back,
wherein the control device causes the forward and rearward movement mechanism to move the seat to the forward and rearward direction reference positions and causes the reclining mechanism to move the seat back to the inclination reference position before causing the sideways movement mechanism to move the seat from the normal region to the inner region.

Assignees

• Nhk Spring Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Donhyon
• Tanaka Daisuke

Classifications

• B60N2002/0055

  characterised by special measures to ensure that no seat or seat part collides, during its movement, with other seats, seat parts or the vehicle itself · CPC title

• B60N2/067

  by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms · CPC title

• B60N2/14 Primary

  rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/10 {, B60N2/2869} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/062

  transversally slidable · CPC title

• B60N2/22

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