VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20080238162A1
• Filed: 03/19/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Shimizu, Akio, SUZUKI, Hiroyuki, Hashimoto, Yohei, Asada, Hiroyuki, Mikami, Norifumi, Kutomi, Shingo, Susuki, Naoyuki, Taki, Yoshinobu, Adachi, Noriko, Fukaya, Takashi, Yoshii, Takanori
• Application Number:
  US12/051,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20080238162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/217.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2893 coupled to the seat sub-frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7005 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01556 Child-seat detection systems

Abstract

A vehicle seat, includes: a seat cushion which can be fixed to a seat main body and in which an occupant can be seated; a releasing member, operable to release the fixing of the seat cushion to the seat main body; a detector, operable to detect the release of the fixing; and a disabling member, operable to disable an air bag for protecting the occupant when the detector detects the release of the fixing.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a seat cushion which can be fixed to a seat main body and in which an occupant can be seated;

a releasing member, operable to release the fixing of the seat cushion to the seat main body;

a detector, operable to detect the release of the fixing; and

a disabling member, operable to disable an air bag for protecting the occupant when the detector detects the release of the fixing.

2. The vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a shifting member, operable to shift the seat cushion so as to create a space in the seat main body; and

a fastening unit to which a child seat is fastened, wherein

the fastening unit is disposed below a seatback which can support the back of the occupant, and faces the space, and

the child seat fastened to the fastening unit is disposed in the space.

3. The vehicle seat as set forth in claim 2, wherein

the shifting member shifts forwards the seat cushion.

4. The vehicle seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the seat main body is for a front passenger seat.