Seat for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10988063-B2
Application number	US-201916277277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2019
Priority date	Feb 22, 2018
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A seat for a vehicle includes a seat back frame, a first elastic member, and a second elastic member. The seat back frame includes a main frame and a sub-frame. The first elastic member and the second elastic member are configured to support the sub-frame such that the sub-frame is rotatable in a width direction of the seat and are mounted between the main frame and upper end portions of the sub-frame on both sides in the width direction of the seat. Each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member has a limit of elongation and has a characteristic in which a load that is applied to the sub-frame in a rear direction of the seat acts as tension to generate a reaction force due to the limit of elongation and does not generate the reaction force in the width direction of the seat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat for a vehicle, the seat comprising:
a seat back frame configured to support a back of a seated person, the seat back frame including (i) a main frame, (ii) a sub-frame that is disposed in front of the main frame in a front-rear direction of the seat, (iii) a connection tool disposed at a center of the seat back frame with respect to a width direction of the seat, and (iv) support members that are stretched and extend radially from a periphery of the connection tool and that suspend the sub-frame from the main frame, and
a first elastic member and a second elastic member configured to support the sub-frame such that the sub-frame is rotatable in the width direction of the seat, the first elastic member and the second elastic member being mounted between the main frame and upper end portions of the sub-frame on both sides in the width direction of the seat,
wherein each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member has a limit of elongation and has a characteristic in which a load that is applied to the sub-frame in a rear direction of the seat acts as tension to generate a reaction force due to the limit of elongation and does not generate the reaction force in the width direction of the seat.

2. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member is a leaf spring;
a first end portion of the first and second elastic members on a front side in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to a fixing plate extending forward or rearward in the front-rear direction of the seat from the main frame; and
a second end portion of the first and second elastic members on a rear side in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to the sub-frame.

3. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein a first end portion on a front side of the first elastic member in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to a fixing plate extending forward or rearward in the front-rear direction of the seat from the main frame, and a second end portion on a rear side of the first elastic member in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to the sub-frame.

4. The seat according to claim 3 , wherein a third end portion on a front side of the second elastic member in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to a fixing plate extending forward or rearward in the front-rear direction of the seat from the main frame, and a fourth end portion on a rear side of the second elastic member in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to the sub-frame.

5. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein a second end portion on a rear side of the first elastic member in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to a fixing plate extending forward or rearward in the front-rear direction of the seat from the main frame, and a first end portion on a front side of the first elastic member in the front-rear direction of the seat is fixed to the sub-frame.

6. The seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a third elastic member disposed between the main frame and a lower end portion of the sub-frame, the lower end portion being located further toward a lower side of the seat than the upper end portion,
wherein the third elastic member has a characteristic in which the third elastic member is more easily extended in the front-rear direction of the seat than the first elastic member and the second elastic member.

7. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the connection tool includes a plurality of guide portions provided in an interior of the connection tool, and each of the support members extends around a corresponding one of the plurality of guide portions.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katoh Kohshi
• Aoki Norihisa
• Yasuda Kohei

Classifications

• B60N2/7094 Primary

  Upholstery springs · CPC title

• B60N2/546 Primary

  Leaf- or flexion springs · CPC title

• B60N2/72

  Attachment or adjustment thereof · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title