Vehicle seat

• US 10,384,567 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2015
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Yoshida, Hajime, Onuma, Koji, Usami, Hideki, Hayashi, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Gabler, Philip F
• Application Number:
  US15/526,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20170313209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02253 characterised by the transmission between the electric motor and the seat or seat parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/07 Slide construction
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/22 the back-rest being adjustable B60N2/2878 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2209 by longitudinal displacement of the cushion, e.g. back-rest hinged on the bottom to the cushion and linked on the top to the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2222 the back-rest having two or more parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/64 Back-rests or cushions B60N2/2222 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion frame, a slide mechanism, a drive source, and a transmission mechanism configured to receive a driving force from the drive source and to cause the seat cushion frame to move in a front-rear direction. The slide mechanism includes a guide member extending in the front-rear direction and a slide member movable along the guide member relative to the guide member; the seat cushion frame is fixed to one of the guide member and the slide member, and another of the guide member and the slide member is fixed to a floor of a vehicle; and the drive source is fixed to the floor of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion frame;

a slide mechanism including a guide member extending in a front-rear direction and a slide member movable along the guide member relative to the guide member, the seat cushion frame being fixed to one of the guide member and the slide member, another of the guide member and the slide member being fixed to a floor of a vehicle;

a drive source;

a transmission mechanism configured to receive a driving force from the drive source and to cause the seat cushion frame to move in the front-rear direction;

a bracket fixed to the floor; and

a support frame fixed to the bracket,

wherein the drive source is fixed to the floor,

wherein the guide member includes a pair of rails fixed to the floor,

wherein the bracket is configured to support the rails,

wherein the slide member includes a pair of sliders engageable with the pair of rails and slidable relative to the pair of rails,

wherein the seat cushion frame is fixed to the pair of sliders,

wherein the support frame includes a first engageable portion so extending as to have a distal end facing downward,

wherein the seat cushion frame includes a pair of left and right side frames, and

wherein the side frames include a second engageable portion so extending as to have a distal end facing upward, the second engageable portion being engageable with the first engageable portion in an upward-downward direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising an another bracket connecting the pair of rails,

wherein the drive source is fixed to the another bracket.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein another bracket is fixed to the floor.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein a distal end portion of the second engageable portion is inclined toward a proximal end portion of the second engageable portion with respect to a vertical direction, and a distal end portion of the first engageable portion is inclined to a direction away from the proximal end portion of the second engageable portion with respect to the vertical direction.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a cushion pad with which the seat cushion frame is covered,

wherein the cushion pad includes a wire having a hook with which the wire is hooked on to the seat cushion frame.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat cushion frame includes a pair of left and right side frames, and a pipe frame connecting the pair of side frames,

wherein the side frames are made of sheet metal, and

wherein the pipe frame includes left and right end portions placed on upper surfaces of the side frames and welded to the side frames.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a pan frame fixed to the seat cushion frame, wherein the pan frame has an undersurface of which a portion lying over the transmission mechanism is recessed upward.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a base portion fixed to the floor,

wherein the seat cushion frame includes a pair of left and right side frames,

wherein the guide member includes a guide shaft, wherein the guide shaft or the slide member is fixed to the base portion, and

wherein at least part of the guide shaft overlaps the side frames as viewed from a left or right direction.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 8, wherein the slide mechanism includes two pairs of slide mechanisms, one pair being disposed at a left side, and another pair at a right side.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 9, wherein a pair of the slide mechanisms includes two guide shafts disposed in positions shifted in the front-rear direction.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 9, wherein a pair of the slide mechanisms includes two guide shafts of which portions coextensive in the front-rear direction are disposed at a same height.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 9, wherein a pair of the slide mechanisms includes two guide shafts of which portions coextensive in the front-rear direction are disposed in positions shifted from each other in an upward-downward direction.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 9, wherein a pair of the slide mechanisms includes two slide members which are disposed in positions separate from each other in the front-rear direction, a front slide member being fixed to the base portion, a guide shaft corresponding to the front slide member being fixed to the seat cushion frame, a rear slide member being fixed to the seat cushion frame, and a guide shaft corresponding to the rear slide member being fixed to the base portion.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 9, wherein all guide shafts are disposed between the pair of side frames when viewed from above or below.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 8, wherein the transmission mechanism includes an actuator connected to the seat cushion frame, and a screw shaft extending in the front-rear direction, the screw shaft being configured to transmit a driving force from the drive source to the actuator, and

wherein the screw shaft is disposed in a center between the pair of side frames.

16. The vehicle seat according to claim 8, wherein the side frames are made of pipes.

17. The vehicle seat according to claim 8, further comprising a pan frame fixed to the seat cushion frame, wherein the pan frame has an undersurface of which a portion lying over the transmission mechanism is recessed upward.