Conveyance seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10518685-B2
Application number	US-201815914348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2017
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a conveyance seat including a pelvis support member of which a state or the like is adjusted. The conveyance seat includes the pelvis support member configured to support a portion of an occupant's body where a pelvis is positioned and lumbar supports configured to move the pelvis support member. The pelvis support member includes a seat back side support portion positioned behind a back portion of the occupant, a seat cushion side support portion positioned below buttocks of the occupant, and a connection portion that connects the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion. The lumbar supports are configured to move the pelvis support member so that a position of at least one of the seat back side support portion, the seat cushion side support portion, and the connection portion is changed with respect to the portion where the pelvis is positioned.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conveyance seat comprising:
a seating portion having a seat back and a seat cushion;
a pelvis support member arranged in the seating portion and configured to support a portion of an occupant's body where a pelvis is positioned; and
a movable mechanism configured to move the pelvis support member, wherein:
the pelvis support member includes:
a seat back side support portion arranged in the seat back and positioned behind a back portion of the occupant; and
a seat cushion side support portion arranged in the seat cushion and positioned below buttocks of the occupant; and
a connection portion that connects the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion; and

the movable mechanism is configured to move the pelvis support member so that a position of at least one of the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion is changed with respect to the portion where the pelvis is positioned;
the seat back side support portion includes a back side support surface that is positioned on the same side as the occupant seated on the conveyance seat;
the seat back side support portion includes a sensor that detects an inclination angle of one of the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion with respect to the other and outputs a signal in accordance with the inclination angle; and
the sensor is installed in a central region of the back side support surface in a width direction of the conveyance seat.

2. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the back side support surface of the seat back side support portion includes a recessed region that is formed on a portion of the back side support surface at a position recessed deeper than a peripheral region of the recessed region; and
the sensor is installed in the recessed region.

3. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the seat back side support portion is divided into a first seat back side support portion positioned on one end side in the width direction of the conveyance seat and a second seat back side support portion positioned on an other end side;
the seat cushion side support portion is divided into a first seat cushion side support portion positioned on the one end side in the width direction and a second seat cushion side support portion positioned on the other end side; and
the movable mechanism is configured to individually move each of the first seat back side support portion and the second seat back side support portion and is also configured to individually move each of the first seat cushion side support portion and the second seat cushion side support portion.

4. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the seat cushion side support portion has a cushion side support surface that is positioned on the same side as the occupant seated on the conveyance seat;
the back side support surface of the seat back side support portion is curved forward toward ends of the back side support surface in the width direction of the conveyance seat; and
the cushion side support surface of the seat cushion side support portion is curved upward toward ends of the cushion side support surface in the width direction.

5. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the movable mechanism is configured to move the pelvis support member so that at least one of the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion is rotated around an axis along the width direction of the conveyance seat with the connection portion as an origin; and
a length of the connection portion in the width direction of the conveyance seat is shorter than a length of the seat back side support portion in the width direction and is also shorter than a length of the seat cushion side support portion in the width direction.

6. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the seat cushion side support portion has a cushion side support surface that is positioned on the same side as the occupant seated on the conveyance seat; and
the movable mechanism includes:
a first movable mechanism configured to move the pelvis support member so that at least one of the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion is rotated around the axis along the width direction of the conveyance seat with the connection portion as an origin; and
a second movable mechanism configured to move the pelvis support member so that end regions, in the width direction, of at least one of the back side support surface and the cushion side support surface are moved inward in the width direction.

7. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the seat back includes a pressure receiving member that is elastically deformable to be displaced backward by being pressed by a back of the occupant when a backward load acts on the occupant;
the movable mechanism is fixed to the pressure receiving member;
the seat back side support portion is attached to the movable mechanism; and
the movable mechanism and the seat back side support portion are integrally moved backward along with the pressure receiving member when the backward load acts on the occupant.

8. A conveyance seat comprising:
a seating portion having a seat back and a seat cushion;
a pelvis support member arranged in the seating portion and configured to support a portion of an occupant's body where a pelvis is positioned; and
a movable mechanism configured to move the pelvis support member, wherein:
the pelvis support member includes:
a seat back side support portion arranged in the seat back and positioned behind a back portion of the occupant; and
a seat cushion side support portion arranged in the seat cushion and positioned below buttocks of the occupant;

the movable mechanism is configured to move the pelvis support member so that a position of at least one of the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion is changed with respect to the portion where the pelvis is positioned;
the seat back side support portion includes a back side support surface that is positioned on the same side as the occupant seated on the conveyance seat;
the back side support surface of the seat back side support portion includes a recessed region that is formed on a portion of the back side support surface at a position recessed deeper than a peripheral region of the recessed region;
the seat back side support portion includes a sensor that detects an inclination angle of one of the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion with respect to the other and outputs a signal in accordance with the inclination angle; and
the sensor is installed in the recessed region.

9. The conveyance seat according to claim 8 , wherein:
the seat back side support portion is divided into a first seat back side support portion positioned on one end side in the width direction of the conveyance seat and a second seat back side support portion positioned on an other end side;
the seat cushion side support portion is divided into a first seat cushion side support portion positioned on the one end side in the width direction and a second seat cushion side support portion positioned on the other end side; and
the movable mechanism is configured to individually move each of the first seat back side support portion and the second seat back side support portion and is also configured to individually move each of the first seat cushion side support portion and the second seat cushion side support portion.

10. The conveyance seat according to claim 8 , wherein:
the seat cushion side support portion has a cushion side support s

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mizoi Kensuke
• Yamauchi Naoto

Classifications

• B60N2/99 Primary

  adjustable · CPC title

• B60N2/64

  Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/1803 Primary

  with independent front and/or rear adjustment · CPC title

• B60N2/66

  Lumbar supports · CPC title

• B60N2002/0272

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic