Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9914370-B2
Application number	US-201414299121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2014
Priority date	Jun 10, 2013
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a connection mechanism; a seat cushion connected to an interior structure of a vehicle via the connection mechanism and configured to be displaced between a first state and a second state at which the seat cushion is arranged at a position closer to a front part-side of the vehicle than at the first state; and a seat back, wherein a sitting surface of the seat cushion at the first state gradually inclines upwardly from the rear of the seat towards the front of the seat, and wherein the connection mechanism is configured to displace the seat cushion to the second state and move a front part-side of the seat cushion more downwardly than at the first state, whereby the sitting surface of the seat cushion is made more horizontal at the second state than at the first state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a connection mechanism;
a seat cushion connected to an interior structure of a vehicle via the connection mechanism and configured to be displaced between:
a first sitting position; and
a second sitting position at which the seat cushion is arranged at a position closer to a front part-side of the vehicle than at the first sitting position; and

a seat back erectably connected to the seat cushion, wherein
a sitting surface of the seat cushion at the first sitting position forms a gradual upward incline from a rear of the vehicle seat towards a front of the vehicle seat,
the connection mechanism is configured to displace the seat cushion to the second sitting position and move a front part-side of the seat cushion more downwardly than at the first sitting position, whereby the sitting surface of the seat cushion is made more horizontal at the second sitting position than at the first sitting position,
the connection mechanism is lockable in each of the first sitting position and the second sitting position so as to maintain a sitting position of the vehicle seat relative to the interior structure of the vehicle,
a lifter mechanism having a vertical adjustment function is provided between the seat cushion and the connection mechanism,
the lifter mechanism is configured as a four-joint link including the seat cushion, the connection mechanism, a first lifter link member, and a second lifter link member,
the first lifter link member is rotatably connected to a front part of the seat cushion and a front part of the connection mechanism, respectively,
the second lifter link member is rotatably connected to a rear part of the seat cushion and a rear part of the connection mechanism, respectively, and
the connection mechanism is configured to displace the seat cushion from the first sitting position to the second sitting position independently of any rotatable movement of the first lifter link member and the second lifter link member.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
a lock releasing/closing member of the connection mechanism is integrated with a vertical adjustment operating member of the lifter mechanism so that the lock releasing/closing member and the vertical adjustment operating member are operable at the same time with a single actuation movement, and
a vertical adjustment operation of the lifter mechanism can be performed at a state where the connection mechanism is lock-released.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Kuno Satoru

Classifications

• B60N2002/0216

  the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a transversal axis · CPC title

• B60N2/0745

  the slide path being curved · CPC title

• B60N2/1825

  including a curved slide · CPC title

• B60N2/1695

  with simultaneous height and inclination adjustment · CPC title

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title