Vehicle seat

• US 8,998,324 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nishide, Harutomi, Kitaguchi, Asami, Tsuruta, Akihiro, Inagaki, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): KWIECINSKI, RYAN D
• Application Number:
  US13/963,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20140042789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 297/344.1, 248/429, 248/430, 296/65.13, 296/65.15
• US Class Current: 297/344.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/015 Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0264 characterised by the type of electrical connection, e.g. wiring, plugs or USB
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/067 by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4142 for controlling activation of safety devices, e.g. airbag systems electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents B60R21/015

Abstract

A seat main body is mounted on a seat mount base on a vehicle body floor through left and right seat rails. The seat mount base includes left and right side members and a connection member connecting substantially central portions of the side members to each other. The seat rails each include a lower rail and an upper rail. Force sensors are disposed between the side members and the corresponding lower rails. The upper rails are secured to the seat main body. A central region of the connection member, located substantially in a center in a seat width direction, protrudes toward the front compared to joining portions where the connection member is joined to the left and right side members. A space opening toward the rear is formed between the joining portions.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat main body;

a seat mount base secured to a vehicle body floor member, the seat mount base comprising;

a pair of left and right side members, each extending in a vehicle body front-rear direction and secured to the vehicle body floor member, and

a connection member connecting, to each other, respective substantially central portions in the front-rear direction of the side members;

a pair of left and right seat rails disposed between the seat main body and the seat mount base, each comprising;

a secured rail connected to a corresponding one of the left and right side members and extending in the front-rear direction, and

a movable rail slidably held by the secured rail and connected to the seat main body;

force sensors disposed between a respective pair of the secured rail and the corresponding side member; and

a cross member disposed below the seat main body and extending in a vehicle width direction, the cross member being fixedly joined, via a bottom surface thereof, to the vehicle body floor member and bulging upward from the vehicle body floor member,

wherein the connection member includes joining portions, each joined to the respective left and right side members at the respective substantially central portions of the side members, and a central region located at a substantial center in a seat width direction, the central region protruding toward a vehicle body front direction compared to the joining portions such that a space open toward a vehicle body rear direction is formed between the joining portions of the connection member, and

wherein the central region of the connection member is fixedly disposed above the cross member so as to be superposed on at least part of the cross member in the front-rear direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the force sensors are connected to wiring cables held by the connection member.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2,

wherein the wiring cables are held along a front side edge of the connection member.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3,

wherein the wiring cables are held on an upper surface of the connection member.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the central region of the connection member extends linearly in the vehicle width direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5,

wherein the connection member further comprises connection arms, each provided continuously between the central region and the respective joining portions, the connection arms are bent toward the vehicle body front direction such that the connection member has a convex shape in a plan view.