Vehicle seat structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10814748-B2
Application number	US-201916419740-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2019
Priority date	May 23, 2018
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle seat structure including a first seat and a second seat, wherein the first seat includes: a tilting rotation mechanism configured to connect the first seat with respect to a floor in a manner switchable between a sitting position and a raised position; and a pivoting mechanism configured to pivotably connect the first seat to the floor with the tilting rotation mechanism provided therebetween, and wherein the second seat includes a concave portion configured to reduce interference between the second seat and a forefoot of a sitting occupant of the first seat which is being pivoted in the raised position when the second seat and the first seat are in a positional relationship in which the second seat overlaps, in a plan view, with a pivoting trajectory of the forefoot of the sitting occupant of the first seat which is being pivoted in the raised position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat structure comprising:
a first seat and a second seat which are disposed on a floor of a vehicle,
wherein the first seat includes:
a tilting rotation mechanism configured to connect the first seat with respect to the floor in a manner switchable between a sitting position on the floor and a raised position raised from the sitting position toward a seat front side by rotation about an axis extending in a seat width direction; and
a pivoting mechanism configured to pivotably connect the first seat to the floor with the tilting rotation mechanism provided therebetween, and

wherein the second seat includes a concave portion configured to reduce interference between the second seat and a forefoot of a sitting occupant of the first seat which is being pivoted in the raised position when the second seat and the first seat are in a positional relationship in which the second seat overlaps, in a plan view, with a pivoting trajectory of the forefoot of the sitting occupant of the first seat being pivoted in the raised position.

2. The vehicle seat structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second seat includes a pair of slide rails capable of adjusting a seat position of the second seat with respect to the floor,
wherein the pair of slide rails are set to an offset arrangement in a manner shifted from a center position of the second seat, in a width direction of the second, seat, the pair of slide rails being offset from the center position of the second seat in a direction away from the first seat, and
wherein the concave portion is a concave area between the second seat and the floor formed by the offset arrangement of the pair of slide rails.

3. The vehicle seat structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tilting rotation mechanism includes a rotary hinge configured to switch the first seat between the sitting position and the raised position, the rotary hinge being located at a height position closer to a seat surface of a seat cushion of the first seat than the floor and at a position in front of a center in a seat front-rear direction of the seat cushion.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Akaike Fumitoshi
• Tsuji Hiroshi
• Toda Keisuke
• Takagi Hajime

Classifications

• B60N2/14

  rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/10 {, B60N2/2869} take precedence) · CPC title

• B64D11/0639

  with features for adjustment or converting of seats · CPC title

• B60N2/0722

  Constructive details · CPC title

• B61D33/00

  Seats · CPC title

• B63B2029/043

  Seats; Arrangements thereof on vessels · CPC title