Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9771009-B2
Application number	US-201514928240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat that can reduce manufacturing costs while increasing assembling rigidity of an elastic spring for supporting an occupant is described. A vehicle seat includes an elastic spring bridged between a front frame and a rear frame to support an occupant. A hook member is attached to a rear end portion of the elastic spring to be hooked to the rear frame. The hook member includes a hook body extending along an outer periphery of the rear frame and a projection projecting from a front edge of the hook body toward the rear frame and formed to have a width smaller than a width of the hook body. A through-hole is formed in a portion of the hook body, which is opposed to the projection. The through-hole has a width larger than a width of the projection and a length larger than a projecting length of the projection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat frame having a frame-shaped body;
an elastic support member for supporting an occupant that bridges one part and an other part of the seat frame in a predetermined direction; and
a hook member, wherein:
the hook member is hooked to a hooked section in the one part of the seat frame, and is attached to an end portion of the elastic support member;
the hook member further comprises a hook body extending along an outer periphery of the hooked section, and a projection projecting from a front edge of the hook body toward the hooked section, the projection having a width smaller than a width of the hook body;
the hook body further comprises a through-hole in a portion opposite to the projection in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a projecting direction in which the projection projects, the through-hole extending in the orthogonal direction; and
the through hole has a width larger than a width of the projection, and a length larger than a length of projecting in the projecting direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to the claim 1 , wherein:
the seat frame is a cushion frame;
the cushion frame further comprises a side frame in each side portion of the cushion frame in a seat width direction, the side frame extending in a front to back direction of the seat, a front frame that couples each front potion of side frames, and a rear frame that couples each rear portion of the side frames;
a plurality of the elastic support members are provided at predetermined intervals in the seat width direction, and bridge the front frame and the rear frame; and
the hook member is a resin member, and is hooked to an outer periphery of the rear frame.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein:
the hook body further comprises:
a frame contact section that extends to contact along an outer peripheral surface of the rear frame; and
a frame cover that extends from the frame contact section in the seat width direction to cover the rear frame.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein:
a plurality of the frame contact sections are provided at predetermined intervals in the seat width direction;
each end portion of the plurality of the frame contact sections is attached to the each end portion of the plurality of the elastic support members; and
the frame cover couples at least two or more of the frame contact sections.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of the projections and the through-holes are respectively provided in the frame cover at predetermined intervals in the seat width direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein:
the projection is a first projection; and
a second projection is provided between the through-holes in the frame cover, the second projection projecting from the frame cover toward the rear frame.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the through-hole extends from the portion opposite to the projection toward the projection in the frame cover, and the width of the through-hole narrows toward the projection.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein an exposure hole for exposing a portion of the end portion of the elastic support member is provided in a tail edge portion of the hook body, to which the end portion of the elastic support member is attached.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein:
the rear frame is a pipe frame having a substantially circular shape in cross-section; and
the hook body has a substantially U-shape, and extends to contact along an outer peripheral surface of the pipe frame.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd
• Leggett & Platt Incorporated

Inventors

• Kijima Yuta
• Wortley Blake

Classifications

• B60N2/72 Primary

  Attachment or adjustment thereof · CPC title

• A47C7/28

  with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type · CPC title

• A47C7/30

  with springs meandering in a flat plane · CPC title

• A47C7/20

  with reinforcement {in the foam layer} · CPC title

• A47C7/287

  with combinations of different types flat type tensioned springs · CPC title