VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20200130542A1
• Filed: 10/17/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tachi-S Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Tachi-S Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamaoka, Shunsuke, Shiotani, Hideya
• Granted Patent: US 10,960,790 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/20 the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/04, B60N2/22 , B60N2/3002 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2245 provided with a lock mechanism on the upper part of the back-rest
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/366 characterised by the locking device
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/919 Positioning and locking mechanisms B60N2/16, B60N2/18, B60N2/22, B60N2/225 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2205/40 Dual or redundant actuating means, e.g. backrest tilting can be actuated alternatively by a lever at the backrest or a lever in the luggage compartment

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle seat capable of easily maintaining the appearance. A bezel of the vehicle seat is abutted on a body fixing member so that the shift of the bezel in the direction in which the bezel is separated from an exposing section of a body is restricted by the body fixing member.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat that includes a trim cover, a seat pad whose surface is covered by the trim cover, a frame supporting the seat pad, a supporting device shiftably supporting the frame, and an operation device transmitting a releasing force to the supporting device to enable the frame to be shifted, the operation device being mounted to the frame through the opening of the trim cover,

wherein the operation device includes:

a bezel having an abutting section abutted on the back face side of the trim cover and to which a terminal along the opening of the trim cover is coupled; and

a body having an edge covering, from the front face side, the portion of the trim cover in which the abutting section of the bezel is abutted on the back face side and fastened and fixed to the frame,

wherein the bezel includes a first frame abutting section formed to be abuttable on the frame,

wherein the first frame abutting section is abutted on the frame, the frame restricting the shift of the bezel in a first direction that is the direction in which the abutting section of the bezel is separated from the edge of the body.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the bezel includes at least one second frame abutting section formed to be abuttable on the frame,

wherein the second frame abutting section is abutted on the frame, the frame restricting the shift of the bezel in the direction orthogonal to the first direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2,

wherein the bezel is deformed more easily than the frame.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2,

wherein a plurality of second frame abutting sections are formed to be spaced at a predetermined distance in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the shift of the bezel is restricted by the abutting on the frame and the first direction.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the bezel includes at least one body abutting section formed to be abuttable on the body in the direction orthogonal to the first direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5,

wherein the bezel is deformed more easily than the body.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5,

wherein the vehicle seat includes a lever rotatably axially supported on the body,

wherein the body includes a lever abutting section on which the lever is abutted,

wherein the body abutting section of the bezel is formed at the position overlapped with the lever abutting section of the body, as seen in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the lever is abutted on the lever abutting section and the first direction.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the seat pad includes a recess section in which the bezel is disposed,

wherein the bezel is disposed in the recess section in a state where at least a portion of the outer face of the bezel is in contact with the inner face of the recess section.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the bezel includes a third frame abutting section formed to be abuttable on the frame,

wherein the third frame abutting section is abutted on the frame, the frame restricting the shift of the bezel in the direction opposite the first direction.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 9,

wherein the frame includes a fastening section to which the body is fastened and fixed,

wherein the third frame abutting section of the bezel is abutted on the fastening section of the frame.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein as seen in the first direction, the inner shape of the abutting section of the bezel is formed to be smaller than the outer shape of the edge of the body, and the outer shape of the abutting section of the bezel is formed to be larger than the outer shape of the edge of the body.