Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9623770-B2
Application number	US-201314387438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2013
Priority date	Mar 27, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle seat which is capable of easily mounting a reclining mechanism mounted to a seat back frame and a resin molding part of a seat cushion frame and realizes an improved workability. A reclining mechanism arranged on the lower end side of a seat back frame and the rear end side of a seat cushion frame are coupled with a coupling member, a metal member is integrally formed on the rear end side of the seat cushion frame, an upper part of the coupling member is mounted to the reclining mechanism, and a lower part of the coupling member is welded and connected to the metal member provided on the rear end side of the seat back frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back frame on which a reclining mechanism is arranged at a lower part thereof; and
a seat cushion frame made at least partly of a resin material,

wherein
the reclining mechanism, arranged on a lower end side of the seat back frame, and a rear end side of the seat cushion frame are coupled with a metallic coupling member,
a metal member is integrally formed on the rear end side of the seat cushion frame,
an upper part of the coupling member is mounted to the reclining mechanism, and a lower part of the coupling member is welded and connected to the metal member provided on the rear end side of the seat cushion frame,
the seat cushion frame is provided with a height adjustment mechanism mounting part to which a height adjustment mechanism for displacing a height of the seat cushion frame with respect to a vehicle floor is mounted, and
the coupling member extends to a position aligned with at least a part of the height adjustment mechanism mounting part in an up and down direction in a state that the coupling member is welded to the rear end side of the seat cushion frame.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the metal member is arranged on at least a part of an outside surface of a rear end of the seat cushion frame and on at least a part of an upper side surface extending while bending inward from an upper part of the outside surface, and
the coupling member is welded and connected at a covering portion in a state that the metal member portion arranged on the outside surface and the upper side surface of the rear end of the seat cushion frame is covered.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the height adjustment mechanism is configured as a link mechanism,
the height adjustment mechanism mounting part is provided as a hole part in which a link central axis or a link driving member is arranged, and
the metal member extends to a position where the height adjustment mechanism mounting part is provided.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein
the coupling member is configured by being curved in such a manner that a mounting point thereof to the seat cushion frame extends toward a front upper side of the seat cushion frame in a state that the coupling member is welded to the rear end side of the seat cushion frame, and
the metal member is arranged by being curved to align with a shape of the mounting point of the coupling member to the seat cushion frame.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat cushion frame is provided with a height adjustment mechanism mounting part to which a height adjustment mechanism for displacing a height of the seat cushion frame with respect to a vehicle floor is mounted, and
the metal member extends to a position aligned with at least a part of the height adjustment mechanism mounting part in an up and down direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the coupling member and the reclining mechanism are welded and connected, and
an upper part of the coupling member is formed to align with a shape of the reclining mechanism, and a welded portion between the coupling member and the reclining mechanism is configured to align with the shape of the reclining mechanism.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the reclining mechanism is mounted to the upper part of the coupling member, and the seat cushion frame is welded and connected to the lower part of the coupling member, and
the lower part of the coupling member is configured larger than the upper part thereof.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat cushion frame is provided with a height adjustment mechanism mounting part to which a height adjustment mechanism for displacing a height of the seat cushion frame with respect to a vehicle floor is mounted,
the height adjustment mechanism is configured as a link mechanism, and the height adjustment mechanism mounting part is provided as a hole part in which a link central axis or a link driving member is arranged, and
the lower part of the coupling member is curved towards a rear side of the seat cushion frame and in a direction away from the height adjustment mechanism mounting part when mounted to the rear end side of the seat cushion frame.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat cushion frame is provided with a height adjustment mechanism mounting part to which a height adjustment mechanism for displacing a height of the seat cushion frame with respect to a vehicle floor is mounted,
the height adjustment mechanism is configured as a link mechanism, and the height adjustment mechanism mounting part is provided as a hole part in which a link central axis or a link driving member is arranged, and
the metal member provided on the rear end side of the seat cushion frame extends to a position surrounding the height adjustment mechanism mounting part.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat cushion frame is provided with a height adjustment mechanism configured as a link mechanism for displacing a height of the seat cushion frame with respect to a vehicle floor,
the height adjustment mechanism is provided with a brake pinion mechanism for restricting an action of the link mechanism,
the seat cushion frame is provided with a brake member arrangement hole in which the brake pinion mechanism is arranged, and
the metal member provided on the rear end side of the seat cushion frame extends to a position surrounding the brake member arrangement hole.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the metal member is arranged on at least a part of an outside surface of a rear end of the seat cushion frame and on at least a part of an upper side surface extending and bending inward from an upper part of the outside surface,
at least a part of the metal member is formed as a convex part protruding outward, at least a part of the convex part is exposed outward, and
the coupling member is welded and connected to an outward exposed portion of the convex part in a state that the metal member portion arranged on the outside surface and the upper side surface of the rear end of the seat cushion frame is covered.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the metal member is configured as an iron pin comprising a head and a leg,
the iron pin is fixed to the seat cushion frame in such a manner that the head is arranged inward and a free end side of the leg is arranged outward,
the coupling member is provided with a coupling member-side iron pin through-hole through which the leg passes, and
the coupling member is mounted to the seat cushion frame by welding connection in a contact part of the leg and the coupling member-side iron pin through-hole in a state that the metal member portion arranged on an outside surface and an upper side surface of a rear end of the seat cushion frame is covered and the leg is inserted through the coupling member-side iron pin through-hole.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the metal member is arranged on at least a part of an outside surface of a rear end of the seat cushion frame and on at least a part of an upper side surface extending and bending inward from an upper part of the outside surface and extends from a back toward a front of the outside surface while avoiding an upper edge part and a lower edge part of the outside surface, and
the coupling member is welded and connected at a covering portion in a state that the metal member portion arranged on the outside surface and the upper side surface of the rear end of th

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Furuta Masaya

Classifications

• B60N2/1615 Primary

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title

• B60N2/2356

  with internal pawls · CPC title

• B60N2/236

  linearly movable · CPC title

• B60N2/165

  Gear wheel driven mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title