Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016001682-A1
Application number	US-201314770591-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Priority date	Feb 27, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle seat with a child seat may have an engagement member, comprising anchors to hold the child seat. Each anchor may have a pair of left and right side bars and a front bar coupled to the side bars. The front bars are engaged with the engagement member. The side bars are secured by brackets to a connecting pipe of the seat cushion or the seatback. Each recess may be made in a pad. A trim cover may have openings each above the recess. The engagement member may have a bifurcated shape and has a groove engaged with the front bar. The connecting members, having one end connected to a trim cover terminal behind the opening and the other end engaged with the bracket, may be wound around the connecting pipe and stretched between the bracket and the trim cover terminal, each drawing the terminal into the recess.

First claim

1 . A vehicle seat for use with a child seat having an engagement member provided on the back; the vehicle seat comprising:
a seatback; a seat cushion; and a pair of anchors structured to hold the child seat of an ISO-FIX type, wherein each anchor has a pair of left and right side bars and a front bar coupled to upper ends of the left and right side bars, and is a U-shaped form as seen in a plan view, the front bars of the anchors are structured to engage with the engagement member provided on the back of the child seat, the left and right side bars of each anchor are secured by brackets to a connecting pipe provided in the seat cushion or the seatback and extending in a direction parallel to the front bars of the anchors, a pair of recesses each for holding the associated anchor is made in a pad, a trim cover for covering the pad has openings each above the associated recess of the pad, the engagement member has a bifurcated shape as seen in the side view and has at a distal end a groove for engaging with the front bar of the anchor, and a pair of connecting members, which have one end connected to a terminal of the trim cover behind the opening of the trim cover and the other end engaged with the bracket, are wound around the connecting pipe and are stretched each between the bracket and the trim cover terminal behind the opening, each drawing the trim cover terminal behind the opening into the recess of the pad.

2 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connecting member has a strip at the other end, and is connected to the bracket by the strip.

3 . The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting member is made of cloth, the strip is made of resin, and the connecting member is sewn, at one end, to the trim cover terminal behind the opening, and at the other end, to the strip.

4 . The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein each anchor is supported by the bracket and extends forward obliquely from an upright position, and the bracket is so positioned that the engagement member abuts on the bracket when the side bars of the anchor are deformed by a load transmitted to the front bar via the engagement member of the child seat and acting downwards.

5 . The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein the connecting pipe is stretched in a direction parallel to the front bars of the anchors| [ . . . 1] , between the rear ends of the left and right side frames of the seat cushion frame or the lower ends of the left and right side frames of the seatback frame.

6 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein each anchor is supported by the bracket and extends forward obliquely from an upright position, and the bracket is so positioned that the engagement member abuts on the bracket when the side bars of the anchor are deformed by a load transmitted to the front bar via the engagement member of the child seat and acting downwards.

7 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting pipe is stretched in a direction parallel to the front bars of the anchors, between the rear ends of the left and right side frames of the seat cushion frame or the lower ends of the left and right side frames of the seatback frame.

8 . The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein each anchor is supported by the bracket and extends forward obliquely from an upright position, and the bracket is so positioned that the engagement member abuts on the bracket when the side bars of the anchor are deformed by a load transmitted to the front bar via the engagement member of the child seat and acting downwards.

9 . The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting pipe is stretched in a direction parallel to the front bars of the anchors, between the rear ends of the left and right side frames of the seat cushion frame or the lower ends of the left and right side frames of the seatback frame.

10 . The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the connecting pipe is stretched in a direction parallel to the front bars of the anchors, between the rear ends of the left and right side frames of the seat cushion frame or the lower ends of the left and right side frames of the seatback frame.

Assignees

• Tachi S Co

Inventors

• Imayou Kazuya
• Igarashi Toshiki
• Honda Masaaki
• HIRANO Yayoi

Classifications

• B60N2/2887 Primary

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title

• B60N2/2881

  Upholstery, padded or cushioned members therefor · CPC title

• B60N2/2806

  for securing the child seat to the vehicle · CPC title

• B60N2/2809

  with additional tether connected to the top of the child seat and passing above the top of the back-rest · CPC title

• B60N2/4221

  due to impact coming from the front · CPC title