Vibration damping device and vehicle seat provided with the vibration damping device

• US 10,252,649 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Original Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Inventors: Sasaki, Yoshitaka, Tokiwa, Yuji, Goto, Katsuji, Otake, Yoshinori, Ando, Masakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): White, Rodney B
• Application Number:
  US15/785,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20180111525A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 2972161-2162, 267286
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/50 Seat suspension devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/503 attached to the backrest B60N2/504 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/544 Compression or tension springs B60N2/542 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2222/08 Inertia
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2232/08 Linear
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2234/02 cylindrical
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 7/116 on metal springs

Abstract

A vibration damping device comprises: a spindle member through which a shaft portion is inserted, the spindle member being movable along a length direction of the shaft portion; a first coil spring disposed between the spindle member and one end portion of the shaft portion in the length direction, the one end portion of the shaft portion being inserted through the first coil spring, and the first coil spring urging the spindle member toward a side of another end portion of the shaft portion in the length direction; and a second coil spring disposed between the another end portion of the shaft portion and the spindle member, the another end portion of the shaft portion being inserted through the second coil spring, and the second coil spring urging the spindle member toward a side of the one end portion of the shaft portion.

Claims

1. A vibration damping device comprising:

a spindle member through which a shaft portion is inserted, the spindle member being movable along a length direction of the shaft portion;

a first coil spring disposed between the spindle member and a first end portion of the shaft portion in the length direction, the first portion of the shaft portion being inserted through the first coil spring, and the first coil spring urging the spindle member toward a side of a second end portion of the shaft portion in the length direction; and

a second coil spring disposed between the second end portion of the shaft portion and the spindle member, the second end portion of the shaft portion being inserted through the second coil spring, and the second coil spring urging the spindle member toward a side of the first end portion of the shaft portion,

wherein,

an outer side of the shaft portion is covered with a collar member fabricated of resin, and the collar member being disposed between;

the shaft portion and

the spindle member, the first coil spring and the second coil spring.

2. A vehicle seat comprising a seat main body that includes:

a sitting portion on which a vehicle occupant sits;

a seat back that supports an upper body of the vehicle occupant sitting on the sitting portion;

a headrest that is provided at an upper side of the seat back and supports a head area of the vehicle occupant; and

a vibration damping device comprising;

a spindle member through which a shaft portion is inserted, the spindle member being movable along a length direction of the shaft portion,

a first coil spring disposed between the spindle member and a first end portion of the shaft portion in the length direction, the first portion of the shaft portion being inserted through the first coil spring, and the first coil spring urging the spindle member toward a side of a second end portion of the shaft portion in the length direction, and

a second coil spring disposed between the second end portion of the shaft portion and the spindle member, the second end portion of the shaft portion being inserted through the second coil spring, and the second coil spring urging the spindle member toward a side of the first end portion of the shaft portion,

wherein the vibration damping device is provided at the seat back or the headrest.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein an outer side of the shaft portion is covered with a collar member fabricated of resin, the collar member being disposed between:

the shaft portion and

the spindle member, the first coil spring and the second coil spring.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein a spring constant K₁ of the first coil spring and a spring constant K₂ of the second coil spring are set such that a natural oscillation frequency of the spindle member is the same as a resonance frequency of the seat main body.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the vibration damping device is provided at an upper end side of a seat back frame that structures a framework of the seat back.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the vibration damping device is arranged along a seat width direction.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the vibration damping device is arranged along a seat front-and-rear direction.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the vibration damping device is arranged to include components in a seat width direction, a seat front-and-rear direction and a seat up-and-down direction.