Seat for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10507748-B2
Application number	US-201916287477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2019
Priority date	Nov 30, 2012
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle seat is provided in which a seat back is constrained from tilting down when a seat cushion is moved to a position in which the seat back cannot be tilted down. The vehicle seat includes a base frame, a seat cushion frame ( 3 ) horizontally movable relative to the base frame between a first position and a second position different from the first position, a seat back frame ( 4 ) rotatable relative to the seat cushion frame ( 3 ), a lock member ( 5 ) configured to constrain the seat back frame ( 4 ) from tilting rearward, and an unlock mechanism ( 6 ) configured to release a lock applied by the lock member ( 5 ) when the seat cushion frame ( 3 ) is moved from the first position to the second position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising
a seat cushion;
a seat back supported by the seat cushion; and
a seat belt,
wherein the seat back includes a belt guide configured to support the seat belt in a position corresponding to an upper end of a shoulder in a manner that permits the seat belt to be pulled out,
wherein the seat cushion includes a pair of side frames disposed in laterally separate positions and extending in a front-rear direction, and an inner frame provided at an inner side of one of the pair of side frames provided on a side on which the belt guide is provided, the inner frame extending in the front-rear direction and including a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion being joined to the one of the side frames, the rear portion being separated from the one of the pair of side frames, with space between the rear portion of the inner frame and the one of the pair of side frames increasing with distance from the front portion of the inner frame toward rearward, and
wherein the belt guide is disposed in a position such that at least part of the belt guide is in a region of which a lateral range is defined by a lateral range in which the one of the side frames and the inner frame are disposed.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rear portion of the inner frame includes a plurality of bent portions that are bent with a rear side thereof shifted inward.

3. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion;
a seat back supported by the seat cushion; and
a seat belt,
wherein the seat back includes a belt guide configured to support the seat belt in a position corresponding to an upper end of a shoulder in a manner that permits the seat belt to be pulled out,
wherein the seat cushion includes a pair of side frames disposed in laterally separate positions and extending in a front-rear direction, and an inner frame provided at an inner side of one of the pair of side frames provided on a side on which the belt guide is provided, the inner frame being joined to the one of the side frames and extending in the front-rear direction,
wherein rear portions of the pair of side frames are joined via a connecting beam extending in a lateral direction,
wherein the inner frame includes a front-end portion joined to the one of the pair of side frames to form a closed-section structure together with the one of the pair of side frames, and a rear-end portion joined to the connecting beam in a position inwardly separate from the one of the pair of side frames, and
wherein the belt guide is disposed in a position such that at least part of the belt guide is in a region of which a lateral range is defined by a lateral range in which the one of the side frames and the inner frame are disposed.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the seat cushion includes a movable member capable of making a frontward-rearward motion and a tilting motion with respect to the pair of side frames, and a transmission mechanism connected to the movable member and the seat back to transmit tilting motion of the seat back to the movable member, and
wherein part of the transmission mechanism is disposed between the one of the pair of side frames and the inner frame in the lateral direction.

5. A vehicle seat comprising
a seat cushion;
a seat back supported by the seat cushion; and
a seat belt,
wherein the seat back includes a belt guide configured to support the seat belt in a position corresponding to an upper end of a shoulder in a manner that permits the seat belt to be pulled out,
wherein the seat cushion includes a pair of side frames disposed in laterally separate positions and extending in a front-rear direction, and a pair of inner frames provided at inner sides of the pair of side frames, each inner frame extending in the front-rear direction and including a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion being joined to a corresponding side frame, the rear portion being separated from the corresponding side frame, with space between the rear portion of the inner frame and the corresponding side frame increasing with distance from the front portion of the inner frame toward rearward,
wherein the belt guide is disposed in a position such that at least part of the belt guide is in a region of which a lateral range is defined by a lateral range in which one of the inner frames and the corresponding side frame are disposed, and
wherein the vehicle seat further comprises a connecting member that connects the pair of inner frames.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the rear portion of each inner frame includes a plurality of bent portions that are bent with a rear side thereof shifted inward.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the connecting member connects the rear portions of the pair of inner frames at positions thereof rearward of the plurality of bent portions.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Masato

Classifications

• B60R2022/1818

  Belt guides · CPC title

• B60R22/00

  Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles (safety belts or body harnesses in general A62B35/00) · CPC title

• B60N2002/957

  the locking system prevents an abnormal or wrong mounting situation, i.e. deployment or functioning of a seat part being prevented if the seat or seat part is not properly mounted · CPC title

• B60N2002/948

  the actuation of the positioning or locking mechanism for one seat part being dependent on the position of another seat part, e.g. the seats floor lock being unlocked when the back-rest is inclined or the backrest can be tilted only when the seat is in its rear position · CPC title

• B60N2/688

  Particular seat belt attachment and guiding · CPC title