Supporting structure of a seat for working vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9725016-B2
Application number	US-201414318124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Oct 18, 2013
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A seat support structure for a working vehicle comprises a fixed plate, a parallel link mechanism, a supporting plate, a rotation shaft, a rotation plate, a seat, a rear upper shaft, and a rotation lock unit. The fixed plate is fixed on a vehicle body of the vehicle. The parallel link mechanism includes a front link and a rear link. The supporting plate is connected to the fixed plate via the parallel link mechanism. The rotation shaft is fixed on a center portion of the supporting plate. The rotation plate is rotatably supported on the rotation shaft. The seat is attached to the rotation plate. The rear upper shaft connects the rear link to the supporting plate. The rotation lock unit is provided on the rear upper shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat supporting structure for a working vehicle, comprising:
a fixed plate fixed on a vehicle body of the vehicle;
a parallel link mechanism including a front link and a rear link;
a supporting plate disposed above the fixed plate and connected to the fixed plate via the parallel link mechanism;
a rotation shaft fixed on a center portion of the supporting plate;
a rotation plate rotatably supported on the rotation shaft;
a seat attached to the rotation plate;
a rear upper shaft connecting the rear link to the supporting plate; and
a rotation lock unit provided on the rear upper shaft, the rotation lock unit comprising a rotation release lever for selectively allowing rotation of the rotation plate, the rotation release lever being disposed between the fixed plate and the supporting plate in parallel to the fixed plate and the supporting plate,
wherein the rotation release lever is not rotatable to allow rotation of the rotation plate when the supporting plate is disposed at a lowered position close to the fixed plate, and
wherein the rotation release lever is rotatable to allow rotation of the rotation plate when the supporting plate is disposed at a raised position away from the fixed plate.

2. The seat supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation lock unit further comprises:
a rotation lock arm having a protrusion for engaging an engagement hole provided in the supporting plate rotation release lever operates rotation of the rotation lock arm to release the protrusion from the engagement hole; and
a spring for biasing the rotation lock arm in an engagement direction.

3. The seat supporting structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a front supporting shaft coupling the front link with the fixed plate;
a rear supporting shaft coupling the rear link with the fixed plate; and
a lower lock unit disposed between the front supporting shaft and the rear supporting shaft, wherein the lower lock unit includes a lower lock arm that can be engaged with the rear upper shaft.

Assignees

• Yanmar Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hyder Jarrod
• Kotani Kazuyuki

Classifications

• B60N2/502

  attached to the base of the seat (B60N2/504 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/507

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title

• B60N2/045

  Longitudinal adjustment by means of articulated rods supporting the seat, e.g. parallelogram mechanisms (B60N2/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/54

  using mechanical springs · CPC title

• B60N2/1615 Primary

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title