Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11040647-B2
Application number	US-202016857898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2020
Priority date	May 8, 2019
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A headrest is supported by an upper lateral member and a lower lateral member of a seat frame. A headrest stay is inserted through each of guide slots, both of which are formed in both the upper lateral member and the lower lateral member, and an extension wire is hooked on a lower end of the headrest stay. In a rear-collision, a seat back is retreated by a force received from a seated passenger, and a tension of the tension wire is accordingly loosened, which causes the headrest to be tilted forward by an urging force of tilt springs.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a seat frame;
a seat back having a rear surface disc disposed on a rear surface of the seat back;
a plurality of tension wires arranged under a tension between the seat frame and the rear surface disc;
a headrest disposed on the seat frame and configured to be tiltable toward a front side; and
an elastic element configured to urge the headrest to be tilted forward, wherein
one or more tension wires of the plurality of tension wires are hooked on the headrest to apply a tension to the headrest, the tension maintaining the headrest at an erected position against an urging force of the elastic element during normal operation, and loosening in response to a retreat of the rear surface disc.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the headrest includes a headrest main body which is configured to receive the head of a seated passenger, and a pair of headrest stays which extend downward from the headrest main body and have lower end portions on which the one or more extension wires are hooked;
the seat frame includes an upper lateral member and a lower lateral member which are disposed on an upper portion of the seat frame so as to be spaced from each other in a vertical direction, and extend along a lateral direction; and
each of the upper lateral member and the lower lateral member includes a pair of guide slots which are long in a front and back direction to guide, along the front and back direction, the pair of headrest stays respectively inserted through the pair of guide slots.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein
the pair of guide slots defined in at least one of the upper lateral member and the lower lateral member have a length that is adjustable in the front and back direction.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein
the elastic element is arranged in each of spaces between the upper lateral member and the pair of headrest stays and between the lower lateral member and the pair of headrest stays, and an installation height of at least one of the upper lateral member and the lower lateral member is configured to be adjustable.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat back is supported on the seat frame through the plurality of tension wires in a state swingable about the rear surface disc.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nagai Tetsuya
• Katoh Kohshi
• Kunugi Koki
• Seki Ryunosuke

Classifications

• B60N2/888 Primary

  with arrangements for protecting against abnormal g-forces, e.g. by displacement of the head-rest · CPC title

• B60N2/853

  characterised by their adjusting mechanisms, e.g. electric motors · CPC title

• B60N2/427

  Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash · CPC title

• B60N2/809

  vertically slidable · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title