Vehicular seat device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9643519-B2
Application number	US-201414780066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2014
Priority date	Apr 12, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

In a vehicular seat device ( 20 ), a right seat ( 24 ) is movably supported via a right slide rail ( 21 ). The right seat is provided with a seat back ( 61 ) mounted to a movable base ( 31 ) of the right slide rail, a seat cushion ( 69 ) rotatably mounted to the seat back, and a connecting link ( 81 ) rotatably supporting a front portion ( 69 a ) of the seat cushion on the movable base. The connecting link includes a leg link portion ( 84 ) detachably supported on the movable base. The right seat when folded in a storage mode is movable to a storage position ( 13 ) of a lower floor ( 12 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicular seat device comprising a seat, an inner rail, an outer rail, and a movable base,
the outer rail being provided outside of the inner rail in a width direction of the vehicle body,
the inner rail and the outer rail being secured to a high level floor of a vehicle body floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body,
the high level floor being provided rearward of a low level floor in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and the high level floor being connected to the low level floor of the vehicle body floor,
the movable base being provided on the inner rail and the outer rail so as to be movable with respect to the high level floor,
the seat being provided on the movable base, and
the seat being supported by the vehicle body floor such that the seat is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body,
wherein the seat comprises:
a seatback provided on the movable base such that the seatback is pivotable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body;
a seat cushion having a rear portion supported by the seatback such that the seat cushion is pivotable about the rear portion of the seat cushion in an upward and downward direction of the vehicle body relative to the seatback; and
a connection link having a lower end portion which is positioned between the inner rail and the outer rail in the width direction of the vehicle body, and the connection link lower end portion being detachably supported by the movable base, the seat cushion having a front portion supported by the movable base through the connection link such that the front portion of the seat cushion is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body,
wherein the seatback is forwardly pivotable to overlie the seat cushion,
wherein the movable base includes a link supporting section provided therewith, the link supporting section being positioned between the inner rail and the outer rail in the width direction of the vehicle body, and the link supporting section being provided to detachably support the lower end portion of the connection link, and
wherein the seat is movable to a stowing location on the low level floor with the seatback overlying the seat cushion.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the seatback has a lower end disposed lower than top surfaces of the inner rail and the outer rail in the upward and downward direction of the vehicle body.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the link supporting section is provided as part of the movable base so as to be integrally movable with the movable base on the inner rail and the outer rail, and to directly detachably support the lower end portion of the connection link, and
wherein the link supporting section extends from a front portion of the movable base to a space which is positioned in an upper side of the low level floor and lower than the high level floor.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamura Mitsumasa
• Yamaguchi Maki
• Sato Koki

Classifications

• B60N2/206 Primary

  to a position in which it can be used as a support for objects, e.g. as a tray · CPC title

• B60N2/065 Primary

  Rear seats · CPC title

• B60N2/3013

  the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/3047

  the cushion being hinged at the back-rest · CPC title

• B60N2/3075

  stowed in recess (B60N2/3079 takes precedence) · CPC title