Seat for vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9796302-B2
Application number	US-201514931115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	Nov 4, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A seat for vehicles includes: a seat back frame; and a pressure receiving member that is mounted on the seat back frame to support a back of an occupant. The seat back frame includes a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame mounted on an upper portion of the lower seat back frame in a forwardly and rearwardly swingable manner, and the pressure receiving member is disposed from an area corresponding to the shoulder of an occupant to an area corresponding to the waist of the occupant and is supported by the upper seat back frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat for a vehicle comprising:
a seat back frame comprising a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame that is supported by an upper portion of the lower seat back frame through a pivot axis in such a manner that the upper seat back frame is swingable about the pivot axis forwardly and rearwardly in relation to the lower seat back frame; and
a shoulder and back supporting member provided to the seat back frame to support the shoulder and back of an occupant in the vehicle, the shoulder and back supporting member having an upper area configured to receive a pressure from the shoulder of the occupant and a lower area configured to receive a pressure from the waist of the occupant,
wherein the shoulder and back supporting is supported by the upper seat back frame in such a manner that the upper area is swingable along with the upper seat back frame, and
wherein the upper area extends upwards from a lower side of the pivot axis to an upper side of the pivot axis such that the upper area becomes closer to the back of the occupant so as to support the shoulder and surrounding thereof when the upper area is swung forwardly along with the upper seat back frame.

2. The seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein a flexural rigidity of the upper area of the shoulder and back supporting member is lower than a flexural rigidity of the lower area of the shoulder and back supporting member.

3. The seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the upper area of the shoulder and back supporting member comprises a right side support, a left side support, which are configured to support the right and left shoulder blades of the occupant, and a cut-out portion formed between the right support and the left support.

4. The seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a holding portion that is supported by the lower seat back frame and is located behind the shoulder and back supporting member, the holding portion being configured to support a rear surface of the shoulder and back supporting member by being contacting with the holding portion.

5. A seat for a vehicle comprising:
a seat back frame comprising a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame that is supported by an upper portion of the lower seat back frame in such a manner that the upper seat back frame is swingable forwardly and rearwardly in relation to the seat back frame, the upper and lower seat back frames being provided with first and second wires, respectively; and
a shoulder and back supporting member supported by the upper portion of the seat back frame and shaped in a bendable plate having a shoulder pressure receiving portion and a waist pressure receiving portion, thereby supporting an area from a shoulder to a waist of an occupant in the vehicle,
wherein an upper end of the shoulder pressure receiving portion has a retaining portion engaged with the first wire of the upper seat back frame,
wherein a lower end of the shoulder pressure receiving portion has a slidably-retaining portion slidably engaged with the second wire of the lower seat back frame, and
wherein the slidably-retaining portion comprises,
a vertical portion extending from a back surface of the shoulder pressure receiving portion in a direction perpendicular to the back surface, and
a parallel portion extending downwardly from the vertical portion in a direction parallel to the back surface of the shoulder pressure receiving portion such that the second wire is held between the parallel portion and the back surface.

6. The seat according to claim 5 ,
wherein a flexural rigidity of the shoulder pressure receiving portion is lower than a flexural rigidity of the waist pressure receiving portion.

7. The seat according to claim 5 ,
wherein the shoulder pressure receiving portion comprises a right side support, a left side support, which are configured to support the right and left shoulder blades of the occupant, and a cut-out portion formed between the right support and the left support.

8. The seat according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a holding portion that is supported by the lower seat back frame and is located behind the shoulder and back supporting member, the holding portion being configured to support a rear surface of the shoulder and back supporting member by being contacting with the holding portion.

9. A seat for a vehicle comprising:
a seat back frame comprising a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame that is supported by an upper portion of the lower seat back frame in such a manner that the upper seat back frame is swingable forwardly and rearwardly in relation to the seat back frame, the upper and lower seat back frames being provided with first and second wires, respectively; and
a shoulder and back supporting member supported by the upper portion of the seat back frame and shaped in a bendable plate having a shoulder pressure receiving portion and a waist pressure receiving portion, thereby supporting an area from a shoulder to a waist of an occupant in the vehicle,
wherein an upper end of the shoulder pressure receiving portion has a retaining portion engaged with the first wire of the upper seat back frame, and
wherein a lower end of the shoulder pressure receiving portion has a back surface which contacts the second wire of the lower seat back frame.

10. The seat according to claim 9 ,
wherein a flexural rigidity of the shoulder pressure receiving portion is lower than a flexural rigidity of the waist pressure receiving portion.

11. The seat according to claim 9 ,
wherein the shoulder pressure receiving portion comprises a right side support, a left side support, which are configured to support the right and left shoulder blades of the occupant, and a cut-out portion formed between the right support and the left support.

12. The seat according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a holding portion that is supported by the lower seat back frame and is located behind the shoulder and back supporting member, the holding portion being configured to support a rear surface of the shoulder and back supporting member by being contacting with the holding portion.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishide Harutomi
• Arata Yuji
• Nagatomo Hiromitsu

Classifications

• B60N2/203

  taking a position opposite to the original one · CPC title

• B60N2/4228

  due to impact coming from the rear · CPC title

• A47C7/405

  with double backrests · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/42709

  involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure · CPC title