Seat provided with armrest

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10493886-B2
Application number	US-201615564822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2016
Priority date	Apr 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure describes, in an armrest capable of being displaced between a stored position and a deployed position, a vehicular seat capable of preventing foreign matter from entering the interior thereof through a gap formed between the armrest (in particular, the vicinity of the center of displacement thereof) and a mounted portion. The present disclosure relates to a vehicular seat provided with an armrest. Both ends of a first shaft are pivotably supported by first holes formed in a plurality of guide members, and both ends of a second shaft are inserted into second holes to be movable along the holes. Between a side surface side of the armrest and the guide members, a plate member which covers at least a part of the second holes is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat provided with an armrest which is pivotally displaced around one end side between a stored position where it is retracted in a posture along a seat back and a deployed position where it is deployed to a position where a free end side projects forwardly from the seat back, wherein:
on the one end side of the armrest, a first shaft configured as a pivot center is disposed to pass through in a width direction of the seat, and a second shaft passes through the one end side substantially parallel to the first shaft;
the first shaft is pivotably supported by a first hole formed in a guide member fixed to a seat back frame which is a framework of the seat back, and the second shaft is inserted into an elongated second hole formed along a partial circular arc locus around the first hole so as to be movable along the second hole;
between a side surface side of the armrest and the guide member, a plate member which covers at least a part of the second hole is provided;
the guide member includes a plate member abutment portion formed with the first hole and in face contact with the plate member, and a plate member non-abutment portion formed with the second hole;
the plate member abutment portion is brought into face contact with the plate member, and the plate member non-abutment portion does not abut the plate member.

2. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the guide member and at least a part of the plate member are brought into face contact.

3. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the first shaft and the second shaft pass through the plate member and are fixed.

4. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 3 , wherein a third hole and a fourth hole are formed in the plate member, one of the first shaft and the second shaft is press-fitted and fixed to the third hole, and the other of the first shaft and the second shaft passes through the fourth hole perforated so as to have a larger diameter than a shaft outer diameter of the other of the first shaft and the second shaft.

5. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 4 , wherein the one of the first shaft and the second shaft is press-fitted into the third hole bored into a substantially square shape which is configured by a side length smaller than a shaft outer diameter of the one.

6. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 5 , wherein a slit extending in an outside direction is formed continuously to the third hole.

7. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein:
in a boundary portion between the plate member abutment portion and the plate member non-abutment portion, a stepped portion is formed;
a thickness of the plate member abutment portion is thicker on an inner side in the width direction of the seat in an assembled state than a thickness of the plate member non-abutment portion.

8. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein between the plate member and an armrest frame which is a framework of the armrest, a spacer member is interposed.

9. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 8 , wherein:
the armrest is configured by having i) two side frames on respective armrest sides of the armrest which are disposed separately in the width direction of the seat, and ii) an upper frame on an armrest side of the armrest which bridges upper ends of the two side frames; and
at least a part of a side frame of the two side frames that is located closer to where the plate member is provided is arranged to be offset towards an other side frame of the two side frames that is located further from the plate member.

10. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 8 , wherein:
the armrest is configured by having the armrest frame, a pad provided peripherally in the armrest frame, and a skin material which covers the pad;
in the skin material, a work hole which opens so as to expose a periphery of the first shaft is formed; and
the plate member is provided with an outer extension portion which extends in an outside direction than the work hole.

11. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the armrest is provided on an inner side of the seat back frame in the width direction of the seat.

12. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the seat is larger in a width direction than a semi-bench seat, and the plate member is provided on an inner side of the seat back frame in the width direction of the seat.

13. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein a slit is integrally provided toward an outer edge of the guide member from the first hole.

14. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 1 , wherein:
at both end portions of the second hole, narrowed protrusions having apexes toward an inner side of the second hole are formed; and
in the portions of the narrowed protrusions, the second hole is configured to be smaller in width thereof.

15. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 14 , wherein in the vicinity of the narrowed protrusions, a deformed hole configured to absorb an operating force applied when the second shaft passes the narrowed protrusions of the second hole is formed.

16. A seat provided with an armrest which is pivotally displaced around one end side between a stored position where it is retracted in a posture along a seat back and a deployed position where it is deployed to a position where a free end side projects forwardly from the seat back, wherein:
on the one end side of the armrest, a first shaft configured as a pivot center is disposed to pass through in a width direction of the seat, and a second shaft passes through the one end side substantially parallel to the first shaft;
the first shaft is pivotably supported by a first hole formed in a guide member fixed to a seat back frame which is a framework of the seat back, and the second shaft is inserted into an elongated second hole formed along a partial circular arc locus around the first hole so as to be movable along the second hole;
between a side surface side of the armrest and the guide member, a plate member which covers at least a part of the second hole is provided;
wherein at both end portions of the second hole, narrowed protrusions having apexes toward an inner side of the second hole are formed;
wherein in the vicinity of the narrowed protrusions, a deformed hole configured to absorb an operating force applied when the second shaft passes the narrowed protrusions of the second hole is formed.

17. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the guide member and at least a part of the plate member are brought into face contact.

18. The seat provided with the armrest according to claim 16 , wherein:
the guide member includes a plate member abutment portion formed with the first hole and in face contact with the plate member, and a plate member non-abutment portion formed with the second hole;
in a boundary portion between the plate member abutment portion and the plate member non-abutment portion, a stepped portion is formed;
a thickness of the plate member abutment portion is thicker on an inner side in the width direction of the seat in an assembled state than a thickness of the plate member non-abutment portion; and
the plate member abutment portion is brought into face contact with the plate member, and the plate member non-abutment portion does not abut the plate member.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miyazaki Masayuki
• Inagaki Toru
• Tsuda Toshihiko

Classifications

• A47C7/54

  Supports for the arms · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/757 Primary

  in a recess of the back-rest · CPC title

• A47C7/543

  movable to inoperative position · CPC title

• B60N2/75

  Arm-rests · CPC title