Vehicle seat frame and vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12054080-B2
Application number	US-202218145760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2022
Priority date	Dec 27, 2021
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

In a vehicle seat frame, a connection member that connects left and right links together in a seat left-right direction is disposed below a rear portion of a cushion pan included in a seat cushion frame. A sloped surface sloped with a downward gradient toward a seat rear side is formed at a lower surface of the rear portion of the cushion pan. The sloped surface of the cushion pan slides in a seat rearward and diagonally downward direction relative to the connection member when the cushion pan deforms in a seat downward direction under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat frame comprising:
a seat cushion frame configuring a framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on, and including left and right side frames disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion, and a cushion pan connecting upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction;
left and right slide rails disposed below the left and right side frames and attached to a floor section of the vehicle;
left and right risers attached to the left and right slide rails;
left and right links having respective one end portions connected to the front portions of the left and right side frames and respective other end portions connected to the left and right risers; and
a connection member that connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction and that is disposed below a rear portion of the cushion pan, wherein:
a sloped surface, which is sloped with a downward gradient toward a seat rear side, is formed at a lower surface of the rear portion of the cushion pan; and
the sloped surface slides in a seat rearward and diagonally downward direction relative to the connection member due to the cushion pan deforming in a seat downward direction under a load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the connection member is bent at left and right bent portions provided at seat left-right direction sides of the connection member, and a seat left-right direction center portion of the connection member slides along the sloped surface.

3. The vehicle seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the sloped surface is straight as viewed along the seat left-right direction.

4. The vehicle seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the sloped surface is curved as viewed along the seat left-right direction.

5. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion for an occupant to sit on;
a seatback configuring a backrest to support a back of the occupant; and
a framework comprising the vehicle seat frame of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Nhk Spring Co Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Osa Syunichirou
• Matsuda Hiroki
• Shirai Jun
• Takano Masafumi
• Nagumo Kenji
• Kitanaka Fumito
• Ishikawa Suguru
• Hayashi Naoki

Classifications

• B60N2/4221

  due to impact coming from the front · CPC title

• B60N2/686

  Panel like structures · CPC title

• B60N2/42718

  with anti-submarining systems · CPC title

• B60N2/427 Primary

  Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash · CPC title

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title