Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9539916-B2
Application number	US-201113097384-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2011
Priority date	Apr 30, 2010
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, and a sliding apparatus provided underneath the seat cushion. The sliding apparatus has a lower rail, and an upper rail that slidably attaches to the lower rail. The seat cushion has a frame body that includes a pipe member. The pipe member has a main body portion that extends along an end edge of the seat cushion, a leg portion that extends downward toward the upper rail from an end portion of the main body portion, and a mounting portion that extends from a lower end portion of the leg portion and is flattened such that a hollow portion of the pipe member is small, all integrated together. The mounting portion has a flat surface that abuts against the upper rail, and is mounted to the upper rail.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back;
a seat cushion; and
a sliding apparatus provided underneath the seat cushion, wherein
the sliding apparatus has a lower rail and an upper rail that slidably attaches to the lower rail,
the seat cushion has a frame body that includes a pipe member and a bracket defined by a metal plate member, the bracket being rotatably connected to the seat back,
the pipe member including:
a main body portion that extends along an end edge of the seat cushion;
a leg portion that aligned with the main body portion along a single plane in a seat forward-rearward direction and that curves downward toward the upper rail from an end portion of the main body portion; and
a mounting portion that extends from a lower end portion of the leg portion, the mounting portion being a flattened portion of the pipe member integrated with the leg portion that defines a front terminal end of the pipe member, and a lowermost side of the mounting portion has a planar flat surface that abuts against an uppermost side of the upper rail, and is mounted to a front end of the upper rail,

the uppermost side of the upper rail that abuts the lowermost side of the mounting portion is defined by a planar flat surface,
a lower part of the bracket is attached to the upper rail,
a width of the lower part of the bracket is greater than a width of an upper part of the bracket,
the bracket includes an elongate hole extending in the seat forward-rearward direction, and
a rear end of the pipe member extends along the elongate hole of the bracket and is welded to a surround of the elongate hole such that the rear end of the pipe member is mounted on the bracket.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion of the pipe member extends in the seat forward-rearward direction,
the leg portion extends downward from one end portion of the main body portion, and
the mounting portion extends in the seat forward-rearward direction and toward the other end portion of the main body portion from the lower end portion of the leg portion, and abuts against an upper surface of the upper rail.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the one end portion of the main body portion is a front end portion.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a hollow portion of the mounting portion is smaller than a hollow portion of each of the main body portion and the leg portion of the pipe member.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the planar flat surface of the uppermost side of the upper rail extends from a first end side to a second end side of the planar flat surface of the lowermost side of the mounting portion.

6. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back;
a seat cushion; and
a sliding apparatus provided underneath the seat cushion, wherein the sliding apparatus has a lower rail and an upper rail that slidably attaches to the lower rail, the seat cushion has a frame body that includes a pipe member and a bracket defined by a metal plate member, the bracket being rotatably connected to the seat back,
the pipe member has-including:
a main body portion that extends along an end edge of the seat cushion;

a leg portion that is aligned with the main body portion along a single plane in a seat forward-rearward direction and that curves downward toward the upper rail from an end portion of the main body portion; and
a mounting portion that extends from a lower end portion of the leg portion, the mounting portion being a flattened portion of the pipe member integrated with the leg portion that defines a front terminal end of the pipe member, a lowermost side of the mounting portion has a planar flat surface that abuts against an uppermost side of the upper rail and is mounted to a front end of the upper rail by a bolt that extends through the upper rail and the mounting portion from underneath the upper rail and by nut that screw onto the bolt,

the uppermost side of the upper rail that abuts the lowermost side of the mounting portion is defined by a planar flat surface,
a lower part of the bracket is attached to the upper rail,
a width of the lower part of the bracket is greater than a width of an upper part of the bracket,
the bracket includes an elongate hole extending in the seat forward-rearward direction, and
a rear end of the pipe member extends along the elongate hole of the bracket and is welded to a surround of the elongate hole such that the rear end of the pipe member is mounted on the bracket.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the main body portion of the pipe member extends in the seat forward-rearward direction,
the leg portion extends downward from one end portion of the main body portion, and
the mounting portion extends in the seat forward-rearward direction and toward the other end portion of the main body portion from the lower end portion of the leg portion.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the one end portion of the main body portion is a front end portion.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein a hollow portion of the mounting portion is smaller than a hollow portion of each of the main body portion and the leg portion of the pipe member.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the planar flat surface of the uppermost side of the upper rail extends from a first end side to a second end side of the planar flat surface of the lowermost side of the mounting portion.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the leg portion defines a continuous arc shape, from the end of the main body portion to the mounting portion, that extends beyond a terminal end of the upper rail in the seat forward-rearward direction.

12. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back;
a seat cushion; and
a sliding apparatus provided underneath the seat cushion, wherein the sliding apparatus has a lower rail and an upper rail that slidably attaches to the lower rail,
the seat cushion has a frame body that includes a pipe member and a bracket defined by a metal plate member, the bracket being rotatably connected to the seat back,
the pipe member including:
a main body portion that extends along an end edge of the seat cushion;
a leg portion that is aligned with the main body portion along a single plane in a seat forward-rearward direction and that curves downward toward the upper rail from an end portion of the main body portion; and

a mounting portion that extends from a lower end portion of the leg portion, the mounting portion being a flattened portion of the pipe member integrated with the leg portion that defines a front terminal end of the pipe member, a lowermost side of the mounting portion has a planar flat surface that abuts against an uppermost side of the upper rail, and is mounted to a front end of the upper rail,
the uppermost side of the upper rail that abuts the lowermost side of the mounting portion is defined by a planar flat surface,
the leg portion defines a continuous arc shape, from the end of the main body portion to the mounting portion, that extends beyond a terminal end of the upper rail in the seat forward-rearward direction,
a lower part of the bracket is attached to the upper rail,
a width of the lower part of the bracket is greater than a width of an upper part of the bracket,
the bracket includes an elongate hole extending in the seat forward-rearward direction, and
a rear end of the pipe member extends along the elongate hole of the bracket and is welded to a surround of the elongate hole such that the rear end of the pipe member is mounted on the bracket.

13. The vehicle seat

Assignees

• Sei Kousuke
• Sugiura Yukinori
• Ota Ikuko
• Ono Tatsuya
• Okada Takashi
• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Sei Kousuke
• Sugiura Yukinori
• Ota Ikuko
• Ono Tatsuya
• Okada Takashi

Classifications

• B60N2/0825 Primary

  outside the rail · CPC title

• B60N2/0843

  about a longitudinal axis · CPC title

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title