Vehicle seat and vehicle seat frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12097788-B2
Application number	US-202218069614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2022
Priority date	Dec 27, 2021
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member 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 that configures a framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on, and that includes left and right side frames disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion;
left and right links each having a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames;
a connection member connecting the left and right links 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; and
left and right risers that are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails and to which respective other end portions of the left and right links are connected, and that include left and right impact portions configured to be impacted by the connection member under a load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the seat cushion frame includes:
a cushion pan that connects upper end portions of the front portions of the left and right side frames together in the seat left-right direction; and
a reinforcement member that includes left and right reinforcement portions respectively affixed to seat left-right direction sides of a rear end portion of the cushion pan so as to reinforce the sides to which the reinforcement portions are affixed.

3. The vehicle seat frame of claim 2 , wherein the reinforcement member includes a connection portion that connects the left and right reinforcement portions together in the seat left-right direction.

4. The vehicle seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the seat cushion frame includes:
a cushion pan that connects upper end portions of the front portions of the left and right side frames together in the seat left-right direction; and
left and right reinforcement patches that are affixed to seat left-right direction side surfaces of the front portions of the left and right side frames, further toward the seat front side than the one end portions of the left and right links so as to reinforce the side surfaces to which the reinforcement patches are affixed.

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
• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B60N2/4221

  due to impact coming from the front · CPC title

• B60N2/42718 Primary

  with anti-submarining systems · CPC title

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title