Conveyance seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12319182-B2
Application number	US-202418809964-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2024
Priority date	Aug 23, 2023
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

The conveyance seat includes a back frame and a belt retractor that is attached to the back frame, and that retracts a seat belt. The back frame includes a rear frame having a plate shape and a front frame that is assembled to a front surface of the rear frame. A first through-hole is formed in the rear frame, and a second through-hole is formed in the front frame at a position facing the first through-hole. The belt retractor is provided inside the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and is disposed at a position overlapping the rear frame and the front frame in a thickness direction of the back frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conveyance seat, comprising:
a back frame serving as a skeleton of a seat back; and
a belt retractor that is attached to the back frame, and that retracts a seat belt,
wherein the back frame includes a rear frame having a plate shape and constituting the back frame, and a front frame that is assembled to a front surface of the rear frame,
a first through-hole penetrating through the rear frame in a thickness direction of the rear frame is formed in the rear frame,
a second through-hole provided at a position facing the first through-hole and penetrating through the front frame in a thickness direction of the front frame is formed in the front frame,
the front frame is assembled to the rear frame in a state where the first through-hole and the second through-hole communicate with each other, and
the belt retractor is provided inside the first through-hole and the second through-hole of the back frame, and is disposed at a position overlapping the rear frame and the front frame in a thickness direction of the back frame.

2. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein a rear end portion of the belt retractor is disposed at a position behind the rear frame in the thickness direction of the back frame.

3. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first through-hole and the second through-hole are formed to be larger than the belt retractor in an up to down direction and a width direction of the back frame.

4. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the belt retractor rotationally rotates to retract the seat belt, and
a rotating shaft of the belt retractor is disposed at a position behind the front frame in the thickness direction of the back frame.

5. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the belt retractor rotationally rotates to retract the seat belt, and
a rotating shaft of the belt retractor is disposed at a position in front of the rear frame in the thickness direction of the back frame.

6. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the back frame includes a retractor bracket for attaching the belt retractor, and
the retractor bracket is provided inside the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and is disposed at a position overlapping the rear frame and the front frame in the thickness direction of the back frame.

7. The conveyance seat according to claim 6 ,
wherein the retractor bracket includes a retractor attachment portion for attaching the belt retractor, and
the retractor attachment portion is disposed at a position behind the front frame in the thickness direction of the back frame.

8. The conveyance seat according to claim 6 ,
wherein the retractor bracket includes a frame attachment portion for attachment to a front surface of the front frame, and
a front reinforcing portion is formed at a portion of the front surface of the front frame, the frame attachment portion being attached to the portion.

9. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein a rear reinforcing portion extending along an edge portion of the first through-hole of the rear frame is formed at the edge portion of the first through-hole.

10. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a switching device that switches the seat back between a normal state and a movement state where the seat back is moved from the normal state,
wherein the switching device is provided at a side portion of the back frame, and includes a lock member that locks a movement operation of the seat back when the seat back is in the normal state, and
the lock member and the belt retractor are disposed at the same height position on the back frame.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Takeshi
• Miyawaki Kazuya
• Yonehara Hidetaka
• Mochizuki Daichi
• Abe Hirohisa
• Tachibana Yushiro
• Kawamoto Yasunobu
• OHKAWA Daisuke
• Ogata Yusuke

Classifications

• B60R22/34 Primary

  Belt retractors, e.g. reels (anchoring devices {, e.g. guide loops} , with means to tension the belt in an emergency B60R22/195) · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/919

  Positioning and locking mechanisms (B60N2/16, B60N2/18, B60N2/22, B60N2/225 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60R22/26

  secured to the seat · CPC title