Seat device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9579993-B2
Application number	US-201314758342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2013
Priority date	Dec 27, 2012
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A seat device includes left and right slide units for supporting a seat body slidably in a front-rear direction; left and right front support legs respectively fixed to front ends of the left and right slide units; left and right rear support legs respectively fixed to rear ends of the left and right slide units; and a reinforcing member extending between the front and rear support legs fixed to one of the left and right slide units. The reinforcing member includes a first wall attached to one side of the front support leg and the one side of the rear support leg; second wall attached to the other side of the front support leg and the other side of the rear support leg, the second wall facing the first wall; and a first connecting portion connecting lower ends of the first and second walls with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat device, comprising:
left and right slide units for supporting a seat body slidably in a front-rear direction;
left and right front support legs respectively fixed to front ends of the left and right slide units;
left and right rear support legs respectively fixed to rear ends of the left and right slide units; and
a reinforcing member extending between the front and rear support legs fixed to one of the left and right slide units, wherein
the reinforcing member includes:
a first wall attached to one side of each of the front and rear support legs;
a second wall attached to the other side of each of the front and rear support legs, the second wall facing the first wall; and
a first connecting portion connecting lower parts of the first and second walls with each other.

2. The seat device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reinforcing member includes a second connecting portion connecting upper parts of the first and second walls with each other.

3. The seat device according to claim 2 , comprising a plurality of the first connecting portions, wherein the second connecting portion is arranged between the plurality of the first connecting portions.

4. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein front and rear ends of the reinforcing member respectively include front and rear wide portions, each having a lager vertical width in comparison to a central portion of the reinforcing member.

5. The seat device according to claim 4 , wherein the first connecting portion is disposed nearer to a center of the reinforcing member than the front and rear wide portions of the reinforcing member.

6. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein ribs extending inward are respectively provided at upper edges of the first and second walls and ribs extending inward are respectively provided at lower edges of the first and second walls.

7. The seat device according to claim 6 , the ribs respectively provided at the lower edges of the first and second walls continue to the first connecting portion.

8. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is disposed so as to be spaced from a fixed portion where the front support leg is fixed onto the one of the left and right slide units and from a fixed portion where the rear support leg is fixed onto the one of the left and right slide units.

9. The seat device according to claim 8 , wherein the reinforcing member includes an opening at a portion facing the fixed portion.

10. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is provided with a component attachment portion for attaching other component.

11. The seat device according to claim 10 , wherein the other component is a cover which covers the reinforcing member and portions of the reinforcing member respectively fixed onto the front and rear supporting legs.

12. The seat device according to claim 10 , wherein
the reinforcing member is provided with a plurality of the component attaching portions; and
the reinforcing member is provided with a bead extending in the front-rear direction which faces the plurality of the component attaching portions.

13. The seat device according to claim 12 , wherein
front and rear ends of the reinforcing member respectively include front and rear wide portions, each having a lager vertical width in comparison to a central portion of the reinforcing member; and
the bead extends into the front and rear wide portions.

14. The seat device according to claim 12 , wherein the bead is provided at a portion corresponding to the first connecting portion.

15. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein a drive unit is disposed in a space between the one of the left and right slide units and the reinforcing member.

16. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second walls have the same shape.

17. The seat device according to claim 1 , wherein
the reinforcing member is provided only between the front and rear support legs fixed to the one of the left and right slide units;
the rear support leg fixed to the other of the left and right slide units includes:
a base portion which overlaps with the other of the left and right slide units and which is fixed to the other of the left and right slide units;
an extension fixing portion which extends downward from the base portion and which is fixed onto an extension floor which extends downward from a horizontal surface; and
a regulating portion fixed to the other of the left and right slide units so as to press a front surface of the extension fixing portion.

18. The seat device according to claim 17 , wherein
the regulating portion includes an upper surface which overlaps with the other of the left and right slide units;
the upper surface includes a recess, the recess and the front surface of the extension fixing portion facing each other and being joined to each other by welding.

19. The seat device according to claim 18 , wherein
the regulating portion includes:
a wall portion extending downward from the upper surface; and
an extension portion extending outward from a lower end of the wall portion.

20. The seat device according to claim 19 , wherein
the regulating portion includes:
a downward extending portion which extends downward and continuously from the extension portion to be welded onto the front surface of the extension fixing portion so as to be opposing to the front surface of the extension fixing portion.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Masato
• Meguro Tsukasa

Classifications

• B60N2/073 Primary

  Reinforcement members preventing slide dislocation · CPC title

• B60N2/067

  by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms · CPC title

• B60N2/015 Primary

  Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis · CPC title

• B60N2/075

  roller-less · CPC title