Vehicle Seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020307430-A1
Application number	US-202016825117-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 20, 2020
Priority date	Mar 25, 2019
Publication date	Oct 1, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat back frame standing from a seat rear end side of a seat cushion, a left and right pair of cushion frames, the seat back frame being supported to be tiltable in a seat front-and-rear direction, and the seat back frame structuring a framework of a seat back; and a seat back panel that is provided at the seat rear side of the seat back frame, an upper frame structuring an upper end portion at the seat rear side of the seat back frame, an upper end portion of the seat back panel being disposed at the seat upper side relative to the upper frame, and the seat back panel displacing toward the seat lower side when an impact load is applied from the upper side of the seat back.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back frame standing from a seat rear end side of a seat cushion that supports a buttock area and thigh area of a seat occupant, a left and right pair of cushion frames structuring a framework of the seat cushion, the seat back frame being supported to be tiltable in a seat front-and-rear direction about a center of rotation at a side of the seat back frame at which a connection portion thereof with the cushion frames is disposed, and the seat back frame structuring a framework of a seat back that supports a back area of the seat occupant; and a seat back panel that is provided at the seat rear side of the seat back frame, an upper frame structuring an upper end portion at the seat rear side of the seat back frame, an upper end portion of the seat back panel being disposed at the seat upper side relative to the upper frame, and the seat back panel displacing toward the seat lower side when an impact load is applied from the upper side of the seat back.

2 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back panel detaches from the seat back frame when the seat back panel displaces toward the seat lower side.

3 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back panel includes a first attachment portion that, as a result of being attached to the seat back frame, disposes the upper end portion of the seat back panel at the seat upper side relative to the upper frame.

4 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back panel includes a second attachment portion that, as a result of being attached to the seat back frame, sets a seat width direction position of the seat back panel relative to the seat back frame.

5 . The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein the seat back panel is attached to the seat back frame by a fastening member being inserted into a hole formed in the second attachment portion, the hole being formed as a long hole with a length in the seat vertical direction that is greater than an outer diameter of a shaft portion of the fastening member.

6 . The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the seat back panel is attached to the seat back frame by a resin clip, a shaft portion of the resin clip being inserted into the first attachment portion, the resin clip including a retention portion at a distal end of the shaft portion, the retention portion retaining a wire that spans across the seat back frame in the seat width direction, and the resin clip detaching from the wire by resilient deformation when the seat back panel displaces toward the seat lower side.

7 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein an edge guard is provided at an outer edge portion at the seat upper side of the seat back panel, the edge guard being disposed along the seat width direction so as to cover the outer edge portion, a top portion of the edge guard covering an upper end of the seat back panel, a general portion of the edge guard covering the seat front side of a portion of the seat back panel, and the top portion being formed with a greater plate thickness than the general portion.

8 . The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the hole is formed in a square shape in a seat elevation view.

9 . The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the hole is formed in an inverted triangle shape in a seat elevation view.

10 . The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the hole is formed in a U shape in a seat elevation view by incision of the upper end of the seat back panel, the hole opening to the seat upper side.

11 . The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the hole is formed in a V shape in a seat elevation view by incision of the upper end of the seat back panel, the hole opening to the seat upper side.

Assignees

• Nhk Spring Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Takehiro
• Nakamura Tomoharu

Classifications

• B60N2/643 Primary

  shape of the back-rests (B60N2/66 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/686 Primary

  Panel like structures · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60N2/42709

  involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure · CPC title