Seat driving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486555-B2
Application number	US-201815874995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2018
Priority date	Jan 24, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A seat 1 has a seat cushion 2 and a seat back 3 and is mounted on a vehicle such as a car. A reclining mechanism 4 capable of adjusting the tilt angle of the seat back 3 is provided between the seat cushion 2 and the seat back 3 . The reclining mechanism 4 has a seat driving device 21 provided with an electric motor 22 and a speed reduction mechanism 23 . The speed reduction mechanism 23 has a worm shaft 45 connected to a motor shaft 34 of the motor 22 and a worm wheel 47 meshed with a worm 46 of the worm shaft 45 . The worm 46 is a multi-thread worm having two or more threads.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat driving device provided in a seat having a seat back whose tilt angle can be changed and being configured to perform a tilting operation of the seat back using an electric motor as a driving source, the device comprising:
the electric motor; and
a speed reduction mechanism that decelerates rotation of the electric motor and transmits it to a seat back side, wherein
the speed reduction mechanism includes a worm shaft connected to a rotary shaft of the electric motor and a worm wheel meshed with a worm formed in the worm shaft and connected to the seat back side, and
the worm is a multi-thread worm having two or more threads,
the tilting operation has a rearward tilting operation reclining the seat back on a flat position X side and a frontward tilting operation storing the seat back on a storage position Y side, and
changing the rotation speed of the electric motor according to a switch operation by a user of the seat to change the operation speed of the seat back so as to perform the frontward tilting operation to be quicker than the rearward tilting operation.

2. The seat driving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the speed reduction mechanism further includes an output member connected to the worm wheel and coupled to the seat back side, and
the seat driving device can attach thereto a manually operable member with which the output member can be operated from outside the device, and
when the electric motor fails to operate, the worm shaft can be rotated from outside the device using the manually operable member.

3. The seat driving device according to claim 2 , wherein
the lead angle of the worm is in a range of 14° to 33°.

4. The seat driving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the lead angle of the worm is in a range of 14° to 33°.

5. A seat driving device provided in a seat having a seat back whose tilt angle can be changed and being configured to perform a tilting operation of the seat back using an electric motor as a driving source, the device comprising:
the electric motor; and
a speed reduction mechanism that decelerates rotation of the electric motor and transmits it to a seat back side, wherein
the speed reduction mechanism includes a worm shaft connected to a rotary shaft of the electric motor and a worm wheel meshed with a worm formed in the worm shaft and connected to the seat back side, and
the worm is a multi-thread worm having two or more threads, and the lead angle of the worm is in a range of 14° to 33° and the rotation speed of the worm wheel increases in proportion to the number of threads so that the multi-thread worm can increase operation speed of the seat back without needing to increase rotation speed of the electric motor.

6. The seat driving device according to claim 5 , wherein
the speed reduction mechanism further includes an output member connected to the worm wheel and coupled to the seat back side, and
the seat driving device can attach thereto a manually operable member with which the output member can be operated from outside the device, and
when the electric motor fails to operate, the worm shaft can be rotated from outside the device using the manually operable member.

7. The seat driving device according to claim 5 , wherein
the tilting operation has a rearward tilting operation reclining the seat back on a flat position X side and a frontward tilting operation storing the seat back on a storage position Y side, and
changing the rotation speed of the electric motor according to a switch operation by a user of the seat to change the operation speed of the seat back so as to perform the frontward tilting operation to be quicker than the rearward tilting operation.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp
• Nhk Spring Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwatate Naohiro
• Busujima Junichi
• Katsube Kenichi
• Nakamura Takeshi

Classifications

• B60N2/2231 Primary

  Worm and worm gear articulations · CPC title

• B60N2/0232 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2002/0236

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/02246 Primary

  Electric motors therefor · CPC title

• B60N2/02253

  characterised by the transmission between the electric motor and the seat or seat parts · CPC title