Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744883-B2
Application number	US-201615222156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2016
Priority date	Jul 31, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; an operating member; a shield having an opening through which the operating member is passed; and a cover member provided in the opening so as to cover part of the opening while permitting the rotation operation of the operating member. The operating member has a protrusion projecting toward the shield, in a part opposed to the shield. Either one of the cover member and the shield is formed as a projecting portion projecting toward the protrusion. The operating member is configured such that the protrusion slides on the projecting portion while abutting with the projecting portion when the rotation operation is performed on the operating member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion;
an operating member provided in a side face portion of the seat cushion, the operating member being formed in a lever shape on which a rotation operation is performable around an axis extending in a vertical direction with respect to the side face portion;
a shield configured to cover a base-end-side portion in a rotation operation range of the operating member, the base-end-side portion being a part of the operating member on a side close to the axis of the operating member, the shield having an opening through which the operating member is passed so as to expose a distal-end-side portion outside, the distal-end-side portion being a part of the operating member on a distant side from the axis; and
a cover member provided in the opening so as to close part of the opening while permitting the rotation operation of the operating member, wherein:
the operating member has a protrusion projecting toward the shield, the protrusion being provided in a part opposed to the shield in the distal-end-side portion;
either one of the cover member and the shield is formed as a projecting portion projecting toward the protrusion in a part of a boundary portion between the cover member and the shield, the part of the boundary portion corresponding to the rotation operation range of the operating member; and
the operating member is configured such that the protrusion slides on the projecting portion while abutting with the projecting portion when the rotation operation is performed on the operating member.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the protrusion extends in a radial direction of the axis; and
the operating member is configured such that at least part of the protrusion abuts on the projecting portion when the rotation operation is performed on the operating member.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein
the operating member is a lifter lever configured to adjust a height position of the seat cushion with respect to a floor.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the operating member is a lifter lever configured to adjust a height position of the seat cushion with respect to a floor.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Nakagawa Tetsuo

Classifications

• B61D33/0007

  Details; Accessories · CPC title

• B60N2/90 Primary

  Details or parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60N2/16 Primary

  height-adjustable · CPC title

• B64D11/0639

  with features for adjustment or converting of seats · CPC title

• B60N2/1615

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title