Vehicle seat having an elevation mechanism and a cushion frame with rigid portions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744884-B2
Application number	US-201214430031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2012
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

Realized is a vehicle seat capable of improving the rigidity of a cushion frame with respect to a load input to a seat back while suppressing an increase in weight and size of the cushion frame. In a vehicle seat including a height adjustment mechanism which is driven to adjust the height of a seat cushion and a brake mechanism which maintains the height of the seat cushion when the height adjustment mechanism is not driven, the brake mechanism is connected to a second connection portion different from a first connection portion connected to the seat back in the cushion frame, and reinforcement portions and which extend in a direction from the first connection portion toward the second connection portion are provided between the first connection portion and the second connection portion in the cushion frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion which includes a cushion frame;
a seat back which is connected to the cushion frame;
an elevation mechanism which is driven to adjust the height of the seat cushion; and
a brake mechanism which maintains the height of the seat cushion when the elevation mechanism is not driven; and
a reclining mechanism which rotates the seat back about a rotary shaft with respect to the seat cushion,

wherein:
the brake mechanism is connected to a second connection portion different from a first connection portion connected to the seat back in the cushion frame; and
a reinforcement portion which extends in a direction from the first connection portion toward the second connection portion is provided between the first connection portion and the second connection portion in the cushion frame;
the cushion frame includes side frames which are disposed at both ends of the vehicle seat in a seat width direction of the vehicle seat;
the first connection portion, the second connection portion, and the reinforcement portion are provided in the side frame;
the reinforcement portion includes a first reinforcement portion and a second reinforcement portion located below the first reinforcement portion;
each of the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion is formed by depressing the side frame inward in the seat width direction;
the elevation mechanism includes a rotation body which rotates while being connected to the side frame when the height of the seat cushion is adjusted;
a connection shaft which rotatably connects the rotation body to the side frame is attached to a third connection portion located between the first connection portion and the second connection portion in the side frame;
the rotary shaft is attached to the first connection portion; and
the second reinforcement portion is provided between the rotary shaft and the connection shaft and in a center portion of the side frame in an up-down direction of the vehicle seat, is formed on an outer surface of the side frame in the seat width direction, and extends in a direction from the rotary shaft toward the connection shaft.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
the brake mechanism is provided in a driving force transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force to the elevation mechanism;
the driving force transmission mechanism includes a rotation shaft which rotates when the driving force is transmitted to the elevation mechanism;
the rotary shaft is attached to the first connection portion;
the rotation shaft is attached to the second connection portion; and
the first reinforcement portion is provided between the rotary shaft and the rotation shaft in the side frame, and extends in a direction from the rotary shaft toward the rotation shaft.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein a third reinforcement portion which is formed by bulging the side frame in a circular-arc shape outward in the seat width direction is provided between the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion in the side frame.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 ,
wherein the third reinforcement portion extends toward the second connection portion in the side frame.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein an end located near the second connection portion in the first reinforcement portion in the extension direction of the first reinforcement portion reaches the second connection portion.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the brake mechanism is provided in a driving force transmission mechanism which transmits the driving force to the elevation mechanism;
the elevation mechanism includes a second gear which engages with a first gear of the driving force transmission mechanism;
the second gear is disposed at the inside of the side frame in the seat width direction, and
at least one of the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion is disposed at a position facing the second gear.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd
• Imasen Electric Ind
• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hoshi Masayuki
• Esaki Takuto
• Yashiro Takashi

Classifications

• B60N2/7094

  Upholstery springs · CPC title

• B60N2/4256

  the shape of the seat being specially adapted for a particular purpose or for particular vehicles · CPC title

• B60N2/165

  Gear wheel driven mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/168 Primary

  and provided with braking systems · CPC title

• B60N2/167

  Ratchet mechanism · CPC title