Vehicle seat

• US 8,708,419 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2011
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Shimamura, Kozo
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, PETER R
• Application Number:
  US13/197,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20120032485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 297/344.1, 297/354.1, 297/354.12, 297/463.1
• US Class Current: 297/463.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0705 omega-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0818 inside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0843 about a longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0887 with synchronised movements

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back, a reclining adjustment mechanism and a seat-position adjustment mechanism. The seat is connected to the seat cushion. The reclining adjustment mechanism adjusts an inclination angle of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion. The reclining adjustment mechanism includes a reclining operating part which is disposed on the seat cushion in a vicinity of a connecting part between the seat cushion and the seat back. The seat-position adjustment mechanism adjusts a position of the seat cushion in a forward/rearward direction. The seat-position adjustment mechanism includes a seat-position operating part which is disposed on the seat cushion below the reclining operating part within a range of a length of the reclining operating part.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion;

a seat back connected to the seat cushion;

a reclining adjustment mechanism to adjust an inclination angle of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion, the reclining adjustment mechanism including a reclining operating part which is disposed on the seat cushion in a vicinity of a connecting part between the seat cushion and the seat back; and

a seat-position adjustment mechanism to adjust a position of the seat cushion in a forward/rearward direction, the seat-position adjustment mechanism including a seat-position operating part which is disposed on the seat cushion below the reclining operating part within a range of a length of the reclining operating part,

wherein the reclining operating part includes a curved portion having an upper surface extending in the forward/rearward direction and a lower surface depressed upward at substantially a center in the forward/rearward direction of the lower surface,

wherein the reclining operating part is configured to be operated by being pulled upward at a front end of the reclining operating part by a passenger seated on a rear part of the seat cushion,

wherein, when the reclining operating part reaches a lower limit position at which the reclining operating part cannot be operated further downward, the seat-position operating part is situated below the curved portion and is vertically aligned with and closely adjacent to the curved portion of the upper operating part, and

wherein the reclining operating part and the seat-position operating part are disposed independently on the seat cushion and separatable from one another by the passenger pulling the reclining operating part upward.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat-position operating part is disposed below the reclining operating part.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the reclining operating part and the seat-position operating part are configured to be operated in substantially a same direction.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the seat-position operating part is configured to be operated by being pulled substantially upward by the passenger seated on the seat cushion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4, wherein the reclining operating part has a reclining grip, the seat-position operating part has a seat-position grip, and the reclining grip and the seat-position grip have different shapes from each other.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4, wherein the reclining operating part has a reclining grip having a first longitudinal axis, the seat-position operating part has a seat-position grip having a second longitudinal axis, and the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are not parallel to each other.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat-position operating part is configured to be operated by being pushed into the side of the seat cushion.