SEAT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20080309136A1
• Filed: 03/25/2008
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Kojima, Yasuhiro, Nihonmatsu, Hideo, Nagura, Mikihito
• Application Number:
  US12/054,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20080309136A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/340
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/12 slidable and tiltable

Abstract

A seat device for a vehicle includes a lower frame, a slide mechanism, a reclining mechanism for supporting a seatback relative to a seat cushion with a reclined angle and holding the seatback to a predetermined position, a slide lock mechanism for restricting the movement of the lower frame and holding a seat to a predetermined position relative to a vehicle floor and a walk-in mechanism disposed between the reclining mechanism and the slide lock mechanism for releasing the restriction of the movement of the lower frame by operating the slide lock mechanism in association with the reclining movement of the seat. The walk-in mechanism includes a first link rotatably supported by the shaft member and operatively connected to the reclining mechanism and the slide lock mechanism to transmit a power from the reclining operation of the seatback to the slide lock operation of the slide lock mechanism.

Claims

1. A seat device for a vehicle comprising:

a lower frame adapted to be mounted for supporting a seat cushion and a seatback of a seat and including a shaft member extending in a width direction of the seat;

a slide mechanism adapted to be mounted between the lower frame and a vehicle floor for movably supporting the seat in a front/rearward direction relative to the vehicle floor;

a reclining mechanism adapted to be mounted between the lower frame and the seatback for supporting the seatback relative to the seat cushion with a reclined angle and holding the seatback to a predetermined position relative to the seat cushion;

a slide lock mechanism mounted on the slide mechanism for restricting the movement of the lower frame and holding the seat to a predetermined position relative to the vehicle floor; and

a walk-in mechanism disposed between the reclining mechanism and the slide lock mechanism for releasing the restriction of the movement of the lower frame by operating the slide lock mechanism in association with the reclining movement of the seat, the walk-in mechanism including a first link rotatably supported by the shaft member and operatively connected to the reclining mechanism and the slide lock mechanism to transmit a power from the reclining operation of the seatback to the slide lock operation of the slide lock mechanism.

2. A seat device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first link includes a link body and fixing member assembled to the link body and divided into two parts in an outer peripheral direction relative to the shaft member.

3. A seat device for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the walk-in mechanism further includes a walk-in plate rotatably supported around a hinge axis of the reclining mechanism and connected to the link body of the first link and a second link rotatably supported on an upper rail of the slide mechanism and operatively connected to the slide lock mechanism and the link body.

4. A seat device for a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a lifter mechanism having a link member provided between the lower frame and the slide mechanism and rotatably supported by the shaft member at the rear end of the lower frame and connected to an upper rail of the slide mechanism, wherein the lifter mechanism vertically movably supports the seat cushion relative to the vehicle floor by the rotation of the link member.

5. A seat device for a vehicle according to claim 3 further comprising a lifter mechanism having a link member provided between the lower frame and the slide mechanism and rotatably supported by the shaft member at the rear end of the lower frame and connected to the upper rail of the slide mechanism at a support shaft supporting the second link, wherein the lifter mechanism vertically movably supports the seat cushion relative to the vehicle floor by the rotation of the link member.