Seat cushion frame, vehicle seat frame, and vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12570194-B2
Application number	US-202218145771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2022
Priority date	Dec 27, 2021
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

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 and a cushion pan. The left and right side frames are disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion. The cushion pan connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction, and is weakened locally at a weakened portion provided at a seat left-right direction center of a rear end portion of the cushion pan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A seat cushion frame configuring a framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on, the seat cushion frame comprising:
left and right side frames disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion; and a cushion pan that connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction, and that is weakened locally at a weakened portion provided at a seat left-right direction center of a rear end portion of the cushion pan; left and right links having respective one end portions connected to front portions of the left and right side frames; and a connection member configured to connect the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction, which is disposed below a rear portion of the cushion pan and separated by a gap from the rear portion of the cushion pan, wherein the weakened portion is not provided on both sides of the cushion pan in the seat left-right direction, wherein, when the cushion pan deforms from the weakened portion owing to a load from buttocks of the occupant during a head-on collision, the cushion pan is configured to impact the connection member, and the connection member is configured to suppress a deformation of the cushion pan, wherein, during the head-on collision, the cushion pan is fold-bended into a substantial V-shape as viewed along a front-rear direction of the vehicle, starting from the weakened portion, as a result of the load from the buttocks of the occupant.

2 . The seat cushion frame of claim 1 , wherein the weakened portion is configured by a hole or a notch piercing the rear end portion of the cushion pan.

3 . The seat cushion frame of claim 1 , wherein:
the left and right side frames are connected to a floor section of the vehicle via the left and right links, via left and right risers to which respective other end portions of the left and right links are connected, and via left and right slide rails to which the left and right risers are attached.

4 . The seat cushion frame of claim 3 , wherein the rear portion of the cushion pan includes a portion that extends downward, and the connection member is disposed on the seat front side separated by the gap from the extended portion.

5 . The seat cushion frame of claim 3 , wherein there is no other member interposed between the connection member and the rear portion of the cushion pan.

6 . A vehicle seat frame comprising:
the seat cushion frame of claim 1 ; left and right slide rails that are disposed below the left and right side frames included in the seat cushion frame, and that are attached to a floor section of the vehicle; left and right risers attached to the left and right slide rails; and left and right links having respective one end portions connected to the front portions of the left and right side frames and having respective other end portions connected to the left and right risers.

7 . 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 of the seat cushion comprising the seat cushion 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

Classifications

• B60N2/42718

  with anti-submarining systems · CPC title

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60N2/4221 Primary

  due to impact coming from the front · CPC title