Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9586508-B2
Application number	US-201514788514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Jul 3, 2014
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame that includes a plate-shaped back face panel portion; a headrest; a seatback pad that is provided at a front face side of the seatback frame, with a space formed between the seatback pad and the back face panel portion; a back spring that is formed from wire and includes left and right side portions extending in an up-down direction of the seatback, at both seat width direction sides inside the space, and includes a lower portion coupling together lower end portions of the left and right side portions in the seat width direction, wherein the left and right side portions are supported so as to be capable of undergoing displacement toward a seat width direction outer side with respect to the seatback frame, and support the seatback pad from a seat rear side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seatback frame formed from resin that configures a framework of a seatback, and that includes a plate-shaped back face panel portion disposed at a back face of the seatback and side frame portions configuring side portions of the seatback frame, the back face panel portion and the side frame portions being formed in a single piece;
a headrest that is provided at an upper end portion of the seatback frame;
a seatback pad that is provided at a front face side of the seatback frame, with a space formed between the seatback pad and the back face panel portion;
a back spring that is formed from wire and includes left and right side portions extending in an up-down direction of the seatback, at both seat width direction sides inside the space, and includes a lower portion coupling together lower end portions of the left and right side portions in the seat width direction, wherein the left and right side portions are supported so as to be capable of undergoing displacement toward a seat width direction outer side with respect to the seatback frame, and support the seatback pad from a seat rear side.

2. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further comprising left and right guide portions that are disposed at the seatback frame, that abut or face the left and right side portions from the seat rear side, and that are angled toward the seat rear side on progression toward the seat width direction outer side.

3. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a deformation origin portion at which the lower portion has been locally plastically deformed is provided at a seat width direction intermediate portion of the lower portion.

4. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further comprising a coupling member that couples the left and right side portions together in the seat width direction, wherein the coupling member releases the coupling when the left and right side portions are imparted with a load toward the seat width direction outer side of a specific value or greater.

5. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the upper end portions of the left and right side portions form supported portions, respectively extending in straight lines toward the seat width direction outer sides, and the supported portions are respectively supported by the left and right attachment members so as to be capable of sliding in the seat width direction, this being the axial direction of the supported portions.

6. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the back spring is formed in a substantially U-shape as viewed from the front side of the seatback.

7. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seatback frame formed from resin that configures a framework of a seatback, and that includes a plate-shaped back face panel portion disposed at a back face of the seatback;
a headrest that is provided at an upper end portion of the seatback;
a seatback pad that is provided at a front face side of the seatback frame, with a space formed between the seatback pad and the back face panel portion; and
a back spring that is formed from wire and includes left and right side portions extending in an up-down direction of the seatback, at both seat width direction sides inside the space, and includes a lower portion coupling together lower end portions of the left and right side portions in the seat width direction, wherein the left and right side portions are supported so as to be capable of undergoing displacement toward a seat width direction outer side with respect to the seatback frame, and support the seatback pad from a seat rear side,
wherein a deformation origin portion at which the lower portion has been locally plastically deformed is provided at a seat width direction intermediate portion of the lower portion, and
the deformation origin portion being formed by plastically deforming a cross-section of the lower portion along the up-down direction.

Assignees

• Nhk Spring Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yasuda Kenzo
• Kushiku Hiroshi

Classifications

• B60N2/80

  Head-rests · CPC title

• B60N2/7029

  back-rests · CPC title

• B60N2/686

  Panel like structures · CPC title

• B60N2/646

  shape of the cushion · CPC title

• B60N2/64

  Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} · CPC title