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VEHICLE SEAT

  • US 20120153697A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2009
  • Published: 06/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle seat having a rotating table that is constructed to be horizontally rotatable, and an outer slide member that is positioned on the rotating table and is constructed to move the seat main body to a vehicle exterior via a door opening by sliding along the rotating table while supporting the seat main body thereon, comprising:

  • a connection mechanism that connects the seat main body to the outer slide member, so as to tilt the seat main body on the outer slide member such that a front side thereof can be raised, anda drive mechanism that is disposed between a protruded end portion of the outer slide member protruded horizontally with respect to the seat main body and an outer surface of the seat main body and is constructed to change a vertical distance between the protruded end portion of the outer slide member and the outer surface of the seat main body, so as to tilt the seat main body such that the front side thereof can be raised,wherein the connection mechanism is constructed to connect a longitudinally central portion of the seat main body to the outer slide member via a connection pin, so that the seat main body can be tilted such that the front side thereof can be raised when the seat main body rotates about the connection pin, andwherein a screw shaft that is connected to one of the outer slide member and the seat main body and is vertically positioned, a motor for rotating the screw shaft, and a nut that is connected to the other of the outer slide member and the seat main body and threadably engages the screw shaft.

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