Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10406943-B2
Application number	US-201715690727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2017
Priority date	Sep 16, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion; a seat lifter including a link which connects the seat cushion and a base on a vehicle body and is configured to rotate about an axis extending in a seat width direction and configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle body by the rotation of the link; and a fixture for fixing a seat belt which is abutted and attached to a mounting surface portion of the link, the mounting surface portion being formed on an outer surface portion of the link and obliquely facing a front side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion;
a seat lifter including a link which connects the seat cushion and a base on a vehicle body, wherein the link is operable to rotate about an axis extending in a seat width direction and wherein the seat lifter is operable to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle body by the rotation of the link; and
a fixture for fixing a seat belt, wherein the fixture is abutted and attached to a mounting surface portion of the link, the mounting surface portion being formed on an outer surface portion of the link and inclined in the seat width direction so that the mounting surface portion is obliquely facing forwardly with respect to a seat front and rear direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mounting surface portion is inclined in the seat width direction so that the mounting surface portion also obliquely faces upwardly with respect to a seat upper and lower direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat cushion includes a side frame, and
wherein the link is connected to an outer portion of the side frame and the fixture is attached to an outer portion of the link.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mounting surface portion is formed to partially protrude toward an outer side of the seat in the seat width direction than other portions of the link.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fixture is attached to an intermediate portion of the link in a link length direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fixture is attached to the link by a fastening bolt inserted through the fixture and the link, and
wherein a swinging rotation of the fixture around an axis of the fastening bolt is regulated.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 ,
wherein the swinging rotation of the fixture around the axis of the fastening bolt is regulated by a convex portion which is formed on the fixture and is fitted into a concave portion formed in the link.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 ,
wherein the swinging rotation of the fixture around the axis of the fastening bolt is regulated by protrusions which are formed on the mounting surface portion so as to protrude toward an outer side of the vehicle seat and abut against the fixture from two sides of the fixture in a swinging rotation direction of the fixture, respectively.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Hayashi Hiroaki

Classifications

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/1615 Primary

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title

• B60R22/26

  secured to the seat · CPC title

• B60N2/1635

  characterised by the drive mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2002/024

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic