Vehicle seat

• US 9,296,318 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Ootsuka, Taiyou, Igarashi, Tomokazu, Mizutani, Eiji, Saito, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kelleher, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elahmadi, Zakaria
• Application Number:
  US14/466,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20140360301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 744/71.R, 297/358, 297/337, 297/338, 297/361.1, 297/344.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0296 Central command actuator to selectively switch on or engage one of several special purpose circuits or mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/062 transversally slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/065 Rear seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0705 omega-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0818 inside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0843 about a longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/12 slidable and tiltable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/919 Positioning and locking mechanisms B60N2/16, B60N2/18, B60N2/22, B60N2/225 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 9/08 the controlled members being actuated successively by progressive movement of the controlling member single lever throttle and clutch control for marine engines B63H21/213
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20012 Multiple controlled elements

Abstract

An actuating mechanism (release mechanism) includes an operating pin (operating mechanism) that is operated by an operating lever, a first link that is operated by the operating pin to release a lock of a longitudinal slide mechanism, and a second link that is operated to release a lock of a lateral slide mechanism. A transmitting portion that receives operating force of the lever transmitted from the operating pin and transmits the operating force to a lock portion of each slide mechanism, and an escape portion that allows the operating force transmitted from the operating pin to escape are formed side by side on each of the links, and power transmitted from the lever to each of the links via the operating pin is allowed to escape during operation.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a first mechanism;

a second mechanism; and

an actuating mechanism that actuates the first mechanism and the second mechanism in response to an operation of a single lever,

wherein the actuating mechanism has;

an operating mechanism that is operated by the single lever;

a first link that is operated by the operating mechanism to actuate the first mechanism;

a second link that is operated to actuate the second mechanism;

a transmitting portion that receives an operating force of the single lever transmitted from the operating mechanism and transmits the operating force to the first and second mechanisms; and

an escape portion that allows the operating force transmitted from the operating mechanism to escape,

wherein the transmitting portion and the escape portion are formed side by side on each of the first and second links such that power transmitted from the single lever to each of the first and second links via the operating mechanism is allowed to escape during operation of the single lever.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the first and second links are pivotally supported around a common shaft.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein a connecting position of a first cable that is connected to the first link is farther away from the common shaft than a connecting position of a second cable that is connected to the second link.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting portion of each of the first and second links has a shape that extends flat, and the escape portion has a curved shape.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the first and second links are arranged side by side in an axial direction.