Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10654385-B2
Application number	US-201815920869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2018
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

In a vehicle seat, a frame member includes left and right side frames which are disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and a pair of connecting frames which are disposed separately from each other in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and by which the left and right side frames are connected; left and right first bridging wires are disposed separately from each other in the lateral direction and the pair of connecting frames are bridged by the left and right first bridging wires. Each of the left and right first bridging wires includes an extension portion extending in the perpendicular direction and a bent in portion so bent as to protrude laterally outward relative to the extension portion. The bent portion is located on an occupant side with respect to a plane extending through the extension portions of the left and right first bridging wires.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a frame member including left and right side frames which are disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction, and a pair of connecting frames which are disposed separately from each other in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and by which the left and right side frames are connected; and
left and right first bridging wires which are disposed separately from each other in the lateral direction and by which the pair of connecting frames are bridged,
wherein each of the left and right first bridging wires includes an extension portion extending in the perpendicular direction and a bent portion bent so as to protrude from the extension portion in an oblique direction deviating from a laterally outward direction toward an occupant side as defined with respect to a plane extending through and parallel to the extension portions of the left and right first bridging wires, and
wherein the bent portion is located on the occupant side.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcing wire which is so arranged as to cross the first bridging wires as viewed from the occupant side,
wherein the reinforcing wire comprises a first reinforcing wire including a first support portion disposed on a side of the extension portion opposite to the occupant side, the first support portion being configured to support the bent portion through the extension portion from the side opposite to the occupant side.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the extension portion includes a first extension portion extending from one of laterally inner ends of the bent portion, and a second extension portion extending from another of the laterally inner ends of the bent portion, and
wherein the first support portion extends in the perpendicular direction along the first extension portion and the second extension portion, is disposed on a side of the first and second extension portions opposite to the occupant side, and is configured to support the first and second extension portions from the side of the first and second extension portions opposite to the occupant side.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcing wire which is so arranged as to cross the first bridging wires as viewed from the occupant side,
wherein the frame member is a cushion frame constituting a frame for a seat cushion, the pair of connecting frames being disposed separately from each other in a front-rear direction, and
wherein the reinforcing wire comprises a first reinforcing wire of which at least a portion is disposed on a front or rear side of sciatic positions corresponding to lowermost portions of ischial regions of an occupant, so as to detour around the sciatic positions.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein the extension portion includes a front extension portion extending from a front end of laterally inner ends of the bent portion frontward and a rear extension portion extending from a rear end of the laterally inner ends of the bent portion rearward, and
wherein the first reinforcing wire includes a first support portion which extends in the front-rear direction along the front extension portion and the rear extension portion, the first support portion being disposed under the front and rear extension portions and configured to support the front and rear extension portions from below.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of the first reinforcing wire is disposed on the rear side of the sciatic positions, and
wherein the reinforcing wire includes at least one second reinforcing wire disposed on a rear side of the portion of the first reinforcing wire disposed on the rear side of the sciatic positions.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the first reinforcing wire and the second reinforcing wire each consist of a single wire.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , further comprising a second bridging wire which is so arranged as to cross the first reinforcing wire between the left and right first bridging wires and by which the pair of connecting frames are bridged,
wherein a portion of the first reinforcing wire which crosses the second bridging wire is disposed on an occupant side of the second bridging wire.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , further comprising a second bridging wire which is so arranged as to cross the first reinforcing wire between the left and right first bridging wires and by which the pair of connecting frames are bridged,
wherein a portion of the first reinforcing wire which crosses the second bridging wire is disposed on an occupant side of the second bridging wire.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plastic member provided integrally with wires disposed between the left and right side frames; and
a blower disposed below the plastic member.

11. A vehicle seat comprising:
a frame member including left and right side frames that are disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction,
a pair of connecting frames that are disposed separately from each other in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction and by which the left and right side frames are connected;
left and right first bridging wires that are disposed separately from each other in the lateral direction and by which the pair of connecting frames are bridged,
wherein each of the left and right first bridging wires includes an extension portion extending in the perpendicular direction and a bent portion bent so as to protrude laterally outward relative to the extension portion,
wherein the bent portion is located on an occupant side with respect to a plane extending through the extension portions of the left and right first bridging wires; and

a plastic member provided integrally with wires disposed between the left and right side frames,
wherein the plastic member includes a plate-shaped second support portion with which the bent portion is covered.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the second support portion includes a rib protruding toward a side opposite to an occupant side thereof and extending in the lateral direction, and
wherein the rib extends laterally inward beyond a laterally inner end of the bent portion.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , further comprising a reinforcing wire which is so arranged as to cross the first bridging wires as viewed from the occupant side,
wherein the reinforcing wire comprises a first reinforcing wire including a first support portion disposed on a side of the extension portion opposite to the occupant side, the first support portion being configured to support the bent portion through the extension portion from the side opposite to the occupant side.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 13 , wherein the extension portion includes a first extension portion extending from one of laterally inner ends of the bent portion, and a second extension portion extending from another of the laterally inner ends of the bent portion, and
wherein the first support portion extends in the perpendicular direction along the first extension portion and the second extension portion, is disposed on a side of the first and second extension portions opposite to the occupant side, and is configured to support the first and second extension portions from the side of the first and second extension portions opposite to the occupant side.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 13 , further comprising a second bridgin

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Onuma Koji
• Abe Ryuhei

Classifications

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title

• A47C7/30

  with springs meandering in a flat plane · CPC title

• B60N2/70

  Upholstery springs {; Upholstery} · CPC title

• B60N2/682 Primary

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/7058

  Metallic springs · CPC title