Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9511693-B2
Application number	US-201514692053-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 25, 2014
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

There is disclosed a vehicle seat having an operating member to operate an operating seat mechanism disposed in the seat, and a pivoting operation lever coupled to the operating member to exert a pivoting operation force, thereby operating the operating seat mechanism, the operating member is integrally constituted of a shaft portion and an arm portion, the pivoting operation lever has a holding region and a coupling region to transmit the pivoting operation force to the operating member, and the coupling region has a fitting portion which fits on the shaft portion from an axial direction, and an output surface portion which comes in contact with the arm portion in a pivoting direction of the arm portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat;
an operating member that operates an operating seat mechanism disposed in the seat; and
a pivoting operation lever coupled to the operating member that is configured to exert a pivoting operation force to cause the operating member to operate the operating seat mechanism, wherein
the operating member is defined by a shaft portion which rotates around an axis to operate the operating seat mechanism, and an arm portion that is integrally connected to the shaft portion, the arm portion extends from a rotation center of the shaft portion outwardly in a radial direction,
the pivoting operation lever includes a holding region disposed outwardly from the rotation center of the shaft portion in the radial direction to exert the pivoting operation force on the operating member, and a coupling region that transmits the pivoting operation force to the operating member, the coupling region includes:
a fitting portion which fits on the shaft portion from an axial direction such that the fitting portion transmits the pivoting operation force to the operating member, and
an output surface portion which comes in contact with the arm portion in a pivoting direction of the arm portion such that the output surface portion transmits the pivoting operation force to the operating member.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pivoting operation lever and the operating member are engaged with each other in the axial direction by an engaging structure provided between the arm portion and the coupling region.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the arm portion has an input surface portion which comes in contact with the output surface portion, and the input surface portion is interposed between the fitting portion and the holding region of the pivoting operation lever.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 ,
wherein the input surface portion faces in a pivoting direction of the operating member.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pivoting operation lever has a cap which is detachably attached from an outside of the pivoting operation lever in the axial direction, and
the engaging structure is interposed between the cap and the arm portion.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein an engaging pawl of the engaging structure extends from the cap and engages with a pawl portion of an input surface portion that extends from the arm portion.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the input surface portion comes in contact with the output surface portion, and the input surface portion is interposed between the fitting portion and the holding region of the pivoting operation lever.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling region of the pivoting operation lever further includes a through hole spaced from a center of the coupling region and located adjacent to the output surface portion, the through hole extending through the pivoting operation lever, and
the pivoting operation lever and the operating member are engaged with each other in the axial direction by an engaging structure that extends through the thorough hole from an outside of the through hole and engages the arm portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk
• Shiroki Corp

Inventors

• Nakagawa Tetsuo
• Mita Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B60N2205/50

  Interlocking shaft arrangements transmitting movement between hinge mechanisms on both sides of a seat · CPC title

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/2356

  with internal pawls · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/6009

  covering more than only the seat · CPC title