Cushion frame

• US 10,471,855 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Niwa, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Mark R
• Application Number:
  US15/899,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20180236902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 29734412
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0732 Attachment of seat frame to the slide, e.g. eyelets
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/16 height-adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/688 Particular seat belt attachment and guiding
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1806 for buckles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/26 secured to the seat

Abstract

A cushion frame for a conveyance seat is provided. The cushion frame comprises a first and a second side frame; a connecting member that couples the first side frame to the second side frame; a fixing bracket that comprises a first and a second fixing part; and a belt anchor that is disposed in the fixing bracket and is coupled to a seat belt. The first fixing part comprises a first plate-surface that is substantially parallel to a seat-width axis. The second fixing part comprises a second plate-surface that is substantially perpendicular to the first plate-surface and is situated in the opposite side of the second side frame across the first side frame. The belt anchor is fixed to the second fixing part.

Claims

1. A cushion frame mounting in a conveyance, the cushion frame comprising:

a first side frame that is disposed in a first width-end side of a seat and extends along a front-rear axis of the seat;

a second side frame that is disposed in a second width-end side of the seat and extends along the front-rear axis of the seat;

a connecting member that extends along a seat-width axis and couples the first side frame to the second side frame;

a fixing bracket that comprises;

a first fixing part that is coupled to a conveyance, and

a second fixing part that is coupled to the first side frame; and

a belt anchor that is disposed in the fixing bracket and coupled to a seat belt,

the first fixing part comprising a first plate-surface that is substantially parallel to the seat-width axis,

the second fixing part comprising a second plate-surface that is substantially perpendicular to the first plate-surface and is situated in the opposite side of the second side frame across the first side frame,

the second fixing part being indirectly coupled to the first side frame via the connecting member, and

the belt anchor being disposed in the second fixing part.

2. The cushion frame according to claim 1, wherein a mechanical fastener couples the first fixing part to the conveyance and is situated in the same side of the first side frame as the second side frame is situated.

3. The cushion frame according to claim 1, wherein the first side frame comprises, in a lower end area of the first side frame, a protrusion that protrudes towards the second side frame and extends along the front-rear axis of the seat.

4. The cushion frame according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises

a connecting rod that indirectly or directly couples the first side frame to the second side frame;

and

a connecting collar that is coupled to a first end of the connecting rod and couples the second fixing part to the first side frame.

5. The cushion frame for a conveyance seat according to claim 1, wherein a center of the connecting member is situated lower than a center of the belt anchor.

6. A cushion frame mounting in a conveyance, the cushion frame comprising:

a first side frame that is disposed in a first width-end side of a seat and extends along a front-rear axis of the seat;

a second side frame that is disposed in a second width-end side of the seat and extends along the front-rear axis of the seat;

a connecting member that extends along a seat-width axis and couples the first side frame to the second side frame;

a fixing bracket that comprises;

a first fixing part that is coupled to the conveyance, and

a second fixing part that is coupled to the first side frame;

a belt anchor that is disposed in the fixing bracket and coupled to a seat belt; and

a mechanical fastener coupling the first fixing part to the conveyance and being located at a position to a side of the first side frame that is facing the second side frame,

the first fixing part comprising a first plate-surface that is substantially parallel to the seat-width axis,

the second fixing part comprising a second plate-surface that is substantially perpendicular to the first plate-surface and is situated in the opposite side of the second side frame across the first side frame, and

the belt anchor being disposed in the second fixing part.

7. The cushion frame according to claim 6, wherein the mechanical fastener is entirely beyond the first side frame in a direction towards the second side frame.

8. The cushion frame according to claim 6, wherein the first side frame comprises, in a lower end area of the first side frame, a protrusion that protrudes towards the second side frame and extends along the front-rear axis of the seat.

9. The cushion frame according to claim 6, wherein a center of the connecting member is situated lower than a center of the belt anchor.