Tip-up/dive-down type reclining seat for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9333883-B2
Application number	US-201313957626-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2013
Priority date	Dec 28, 2005
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes reclining lock mechanisms for releasably locking a seat back, a first releasing mechanism for unlocking the reclining lock mechanisms and causing the seat back to be pivotable forward and rearward, the first releasing mechanism including a collapsible link bar member, a braking link having a laterally projecting induction pin, a first link plate, and a first operating lever, a tipping-up lock mechanism for releasably locking a seat cushion, the tipping-up lock mechanism including cutout teeth provided at the seat cushion, and a latch and a cam member which are supported to the seat back, and a second releasing mechanism for unlocking the tipping-up lock mechanism and causing the seat cushion to be pivotable, the second releasing mechanism including a recess portion formed in the latch for allowing the cam member to be swung up, a second link plate, and a second operating lever.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion; and
a seat back,

wherein:
a state of the vehicle seat is switchable among:
a seating state in which a seat occupant can be seated on the seat,
a tipped-up state in which the seat cushion is tipped up, and
a dived-down state in which the seat back and the seat cushion are stacked with each other and stored on a vehicle body floor,

the vehicle seat further comprising:
a pair of spaced apart base brackets;
a reclining lock mechanism that comprises an actuating shaft and allows an angle of the seat back relative to the vehicle body floor to be adjusted; and
a stand leg portion that supports the seat cushion,

wherein:
the seat back is rotatably attached to the pair of spaced apart base brackets by the actuating shaft of the reclining lock mechanism and connected to the vehicle body floor by the pair of spaced apart base brackets;
the seat cushion is rotatably attached to the seat back at a support pin; and
at least a portion of the reclining lock mechanism overlaps with the pair of spaced apart base brackets in a seat right-to-left direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least a portion of the reclining lock mechanism is disposed at a lower position than the support pin.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the support pin and at least a portion of the reclining lock mechanism are located on a same level when the vehicle seat is in the dived-down state.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an operating lever provided in the seat back;

wherein:
the operating lever and at least a portion of the reclining lock mechanism are located on a same level when the vehicle seat is in the dived-down state.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the support pin is located in a rear side of a front end of the reclining lock mechanism when the vehicle seat is in the tipped-up state.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the reclining lock mechanism is located at a lower position than an upper end of the stand leg portion when the vehicle seat is in the seating state.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the reclining lock mechanism is disposed such that a first imaginary line connecting a lower end of the stand leg portion and the actuating shaft of the reclining lock mechanism is shorter than a second imaginary line connecting an upper end of the stand leg portion and the actuating shaft of the reclining lock mechanism.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the each of the pair of spaced apart base brackets has an L-shape in cross section and is directly connected to the vehicle body floor; and
a width of each of the spaced apart base brackets in a side view narrows towards its top end.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Abe Hirohisa
• Tsujibayashi Toshiyuki

Classifications

• B60N2/2227

  and provided with braking systems · CPC title

• B60N2/3013 Primary

  the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/3075

  stowed in recess (B60N2/3079 takes precedence) · 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

• B60N2/3045

  about transversal axis · CPC title