Vehicular seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10427561-B2
Application number	US-201515525801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2015
Priority date	Nov 11, 2014
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

A vehicular seat is provided with which compactness can be achieved in a housed state where a seat main body is housed. A vehicular seat is a seat configured to be housed in a housing recess formed in a vehicle body floor. The vehicular seat includes: right and left rail devices fixed on the vehicle body floor and supporting a seat main body to be movable in the front to back direction; and a reclining device pivotably connecting the seat main body to a support base constructed on the right and left rail devices. The reclining device is arranged at a height position overlapping upper rails in the up and down direction, and is arranged outside the upper rails in a seat width direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicular seat, comprising:
a seat main body having a seat back which is a backrest part, and a seat cushion which is connected to the seat back and is a seating part, wherein the seat main body is configured to be housed in a housing position formed in a vehicle body floor;
right and left lower rails that are mounted to the vehicle body floor and extend in a seat front to back direction;
right and left upper rails that are slidably mounted along the lower rails and support the seat main body;
a reclining device that is arranged at a height position which overlaps the upper rails in an up and down direction and pivotably supports the seat main body from a vehicle body floor side of the seat main body;
a support base mounted to the right and left upper rails that supports the seat main body; and
a connecting bracket that connects a lower end portion of the seat back and the reclining device;
wherein the connecting bracket is mounted further to an outside in a seat width direction than the reclining device and arranged at a position to sandwich the reclining device between the support base and the connecting bracket.

2. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat main body is configured to be housed in a position lower than the vehicle body floor, the vehicular seat further comprising:
a seat pivot shaft mounted to the support base and connected to one end side of the seat main body in the seat front to back direction as a pivot shaft of the reclining device; and
a detachable leg, an upper end portion of the detachable leg being mounted to an other end side of the seat main body and a lower end portion of the detachable leg being detachably supported on the support base.

3. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , wherein the reclining device is arranged further to an outside in a seat width direction than one of the upper rails.

4. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a rail locking device mounted between the right and left upper rails and configured to lock the upper rails in a state of being supported by the lower rails;
wherein the reclining device is arranged to overlap the rail locking device in the seat front to back direction.

5. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a buckle arranged further to an outside in a seat width direction than the seat main body and configured for attachment of a tongue plate provided at a seat belt;
wherein the reclining device and the buckle are arranged at opposite positions of the seat main body in the seat width direction relative to each other.

6. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , further comprising floor connecting members that connect the lower rails to the vehicle body floor;
wherein the floor connecting members are arranged in right and left positions that overlap the reclining device in a seat width direction.

7. The vehicular seat according to claim 6 , wherein the floor connecting members are arranged behind the reclining device in the seat front to back direction.

8. The vehicular seat according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the floor connecting members is arranged in front of the reclining device in the seat front to back direction.

9. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , further comprising right and left connecting brackets that are respectively provided in right and left side portions of the seat back and connect a lower end portion of the seat back to the support base;
wherein one of the right and left connecting brackets is arranged further to an outside in a seat width direction than one of the upper rails, and the other of the right and left connecting brackets is arranged further to an inside in the seat width direction than the other of the upper rails.

10. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , wherein an anchor member for connecting a child seat is mounted to the rear portions of the upper rails.

11. The vehicular seat according to claim 10 , further comprising a rail locking device configured to lock the upper rails in a state of being supported by the lower rails;
wherein the rail locking device has an operation member configured to switch the rail locking device between a locked state where the upper rails are locked and an unlocked state; and
wherein the operation member is arranged adjacent to the anchor member.

12. The vehicular seat according to claim 1 , configured to switch between a usage state where an occupant can sit and a movement state where the seat main body is moved from the usage state, the vehicular seat further comprising:
a support base provided on the vehicle body floor side of the seat main body;
a seat pivot shaft mounted to the support base and connected to one end side of the seat main body either in the seat front to back direction or in a seat width direction so that the seat main body is pivotable;
a detachable leg, an upper end side of the detachable leg being mounted to an other end side of the seat main body and a lower end side of the detachable leg being detachably held by a leg holding member provided on the support base; and
a base cover that covers the support base from above and is configured to guide the detachable leg to move together with the seat main body when the seat main body moves between the usage state and the movement state;
wherein the base cover comprises a cover mounting part that is arranged in the periphery of the leg holding member and configured to mount to the support base.

13. A vehicular seat, comprising:
a seat main body having a seat back which is a backrest part, and a seat cushion which is connected to the seat back and is a seating part, wherein the seat main body is configured to be housed in a housing position formed in a vehicle body floor;
right and left lower rails that are mounted to the vehicle body floor and extend in a seat front to back direction;
right and left upper rails that are slidably mounted along the lower rails and support the seat main body; and
a reclining device that is arranged at a height position which overlaps the upper rails in an up and down direction and pivotably supports the seat main body from a vehicle body floor side of the seat main body;
wherein the vehicular seat is configured to switch between a usage state where an occupant can sit and a movement state where the seat main body is moved from the usage state, the vehicular seat further comprising:
a support base which is provided on the vehicle body floor side of the seat main body and arranged in a lower part of the seat cushion, and to which the lower end side of the seat back is pivotably connected;
a seat pivot shaft mounted to the support base and connected to one end side of the seat main body either in the seat front to back direction or in a seat width direction so that the seat main body is pivotable; and
a base cover that covers the support base from above;
wherein side portions of the support base are defined by a pair of side base parts;
wherein the base cover is configured to be divided into a front cover and a rear cover in the seat front to back direction; and
wherein a rear side portion of the front cover and a front side portion of the rear cover are fixed in a state where a cover fixed frame arranged to bridge the pair of side base parts is sandwiched therebetween.

14. The vehicular seat according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a support base mounted to the right and left upper rails that supports the seat main body; and
a connecting bracket that connects a lower end portion of the seat back and the reclining device;
wherein the connecting bracket i

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Akutsu Takeshi
• Usami Hideki
• Izawa Hiroshi
• Kitagawa Daisuke

Classifications

• B60N2/12

  slidable and tiltable · CPC title

• B60N2/2887

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title

• B60N2/3013 Primary

  the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/3072

  on a lower level of a multi-level vehicle floor · CPC title

• B60N2/3065

  in a longitudinal-vertical plane · CPC title