Vehicle seat

• US 10,406,943 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2017
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ference, James M
• Application Number:
  US15/690,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20180079326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02258 characterised by the mounting of the electric motor for adjusting the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1615 Parallelogram-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1635 characterised by the drive mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/26 secured to the seat

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion; a seat lifter including a link which connects the seat cushion and a base on a vehicle body and is configured to rotate about an axis extending in a seat width direction and configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle body by the rotation of the link; and a fixture for fixing a seat belt which is abutted and attached to a mounting surface portion of the link, the mounting surface portion being formed on an outer surface portion of the link and obliquely facing a front side.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion;

a seat lifter including a link which connects the seat cushion and a base on a vehicle body, wherein the link is operable to rotate about an axis extending in a seat width direction and wherein the seat lifter is operable to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle body by the rotation of the link; and

a fixture for fixing a seat belt, wherein the fixture is abutted and attached to a mounting surface portion of the link, the mounting surface portion being formed on an outer surface portion of the link and inclined in the seat width direction so that the mounting surface portion is obliquely facing forwardly with respect to a seat front and rear direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the mounting surface portion is inclined in the seat width direction so that the mounting surface portion also obliquely faces upwardly with respect to a seat upper and lower direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the seat cushion includes a side frame, and

wherein the link is connected to an outer portion of the side frame and the fixture is attached to an outer portion of the link.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the mounting surface portion is formed to partially protrude toward an outer side of the seat in the seat width direction than other portions of the link.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the fixture is attached to an intermediate portion of the link in a link length direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the fixture is attached to the link by a fastening bolt inserted through the fixture and the link, and

wherein a swinging rotation of the fixture around an axis of the fastening bolt is regulated.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6,

wherein the swinging rotation of the fixture around the axis of the fastening bolt is regulated by a convex portion which is formed on the fixture and is fitted into a concave portion formed in the link.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 6,

wherein the swinging rotation of the fixture around the axis of the fastening bolt is regulated by protrusions which are formed on the mounting surface portion so as to protrude toward an outer side of the vehicle seat and abut against the fixture from two sides of the fixture in a swinging rotation direction of the fixture, respectively.