Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10406944-B2
Application number	US-201615748375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2016
Priority date	Jul 31, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A torsion bar configured to assist height adjustment of a seat cushion frame is housed in a hollow coupling pipe positioned between side frames. The inside of the coupling pipe has first and second engagement portions configured to engage and hold one end portion of the torsion bar in an extension direction thereof. The first engagement portion is engaged with a first engaged portion of the one end portion. The second engagement portion is engaged with a second engaged portion of the one end portion in the same position as a position of engagement between the first engagement portion and the first engaged portion in the seat width direction or in a position on the inner side from the position of engagement in the seat width direction, the second engaged portion being positioned closer to one end of a biasing member in the extension direction than the first engaged portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion frame including side frames provided respectively at both end portions of the seat cushion frame in a seat width direction;
a height adjustment mechanism operable to adjust the height of the seat cushion frame;
a biasing member configured to assist adjustment of the height of the seat cushion frame by the height adjustment mechanism; and
a hollow member extending in the seat width direction and disposed between the side frames,
wherein the biasing member extends in the seat width direction while being housed in the hollow member,
first and second engagement portions configured to be engaged and to hold one end portion of the biasing member in an extension direction thereof are formed inside the hollow member,
the first engagement portion is engaged with a first engaged portion of the one end portion of the biasing member in the extension direction,
the second engagement portion is engaged with a second engaged portion of the one end portion of the biasing member in the extension direction so as to be provided, in the seat width direction, in the same position as a position of engagement between the first engagement portion and the first engaged portion or in a position on the inner side from the position of engagement, the second engaged portion being positioned closer to one end of the biasing member in the extension direction than the first engaged portion,
the hollow member includes both end portions in the seat width direction, and one of the both end portions, which is positioned on the same side on which the one end portion of the biasing member in the extension direction is positioned, is fitted in a tubular member forming a separate member from the hollow member, the one of the both end portions being attached to one of the side frames through the tubular member, and
the first engagement portion, the second engagement portion, the first engaged portion, and the second engaged portion are positioned on an inner side of an inner end of the tubular member in the seat width direction.

2. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
the second engaged portion is a portion of the one end portion of the biasing member in the extension direction, which is located most adjacent to one end side of the biasing member in the extension direction, and the second engaged portion linearly extends from the biasing member.

3. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
the first engagement portion is formed in such a manner that an outer peripheral portion of the hollow member is recessed, and the first engagement portion extends in the seat width direction,
the seat cushion frame includes a buttock support member provided between the side frames in the seat width direction and configured to support the buttocks of a passenger, and
an attachment portion to which the buttock support member is attached is provided at a portion of the outer peripheral portion, which is separated from the first engagement portion in the seat width direction.

4. The vehicle seat of claim 3 , wherein
the first engagement portion, the second engagement portion, the first engaged portion, and the second engaged portion are positioned between the attachment portion and the tubular member in the seat width direction.

5. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
a bent portion is formed at the biasing member to be located at a boundary portion between the one end portion of the biasing member in the extension direction and a center portion of the biasing member in the extension direction, and
the bent portion is positioned within an area including the first engagement portion in the seat width direction or within an area including the second engagement portion in the seat width direction.

6. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
a turned-back portion, turned back in a U-shape, is formed at the one end portion of the biasing member in the extension direction and configured to be positioned between the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion, and
the turned-back portion is positioned within an area including the first engagement portion in the seat width direction or within an area including the second engagement portion in the seat width direction.

7. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
the biasing member includes a rod-shaped spring, the biasing member being housed in a twisted state in the hollow member to upwardly bias the seat cushion frame via the hollow member.

8. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
any of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion is formed in such a manner that an outer peripheral portion of the hollow member is recessed, and
a portion of the outer peripheral portion, which is recessed to form the first engagement portion and a portion of the outer peripheral portion, which is recessed to form the second engagement portion, are at positions different from each other in a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral portion, and the portions of the outer peripheral portion, recessed to form the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion, are provided in the same position in the seat width direction.

9. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
the tubular member is provided with a lock portion at an outer end portion of the tubular member in the seat width direction, and
the lock portion is raised outward in a radial direction of the tubular member along an outer periphery of the tubular member.

10. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein
the tubular member is disposed to overlap the one of the side frames in a seat front-to-rear direction.

11. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further comprising:
a link that is connected to the tubular member,
wherein a portion of the link that is connected to the tubular member has a semicircular shape.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishihara Kazunori
• Katori Takayoshi

Classifications

• B60N2/1675

  with weight compensating means · CPC title

• B60N2/165

  Gear wheel driven mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/1615 Primary

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title