# US 10,766,383 B2 · Vehicle seat

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- Number: US 10,766,383 B2
- Document ID: US10766383B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/306,576
- Filed: 2017-06-05
- Published: 2019-09-26
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-28
- Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Masahiko Mike; Yudai Shouji
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766383B2

## CPC

- B60N 2/1615: {Parallelogram-like structure}
- B60N 2/165: {Gear wheel driven mechanism}
- B60N 2/06: slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence)
- B60N 2/16: height-adjustable
- B60N 2/1675: {with weight compensating means}
- B60N 2/168: {and provided with braking systems}
- B60N 2/682: {Joining means}
- B60N 2205/20: Measures for elimination or compensation of play or backlash
- F16B 19/06: Solid rivets made in one piece
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a lifter device lifting/lowering a seat cushion. The lifter device includes a link member coupling a side frame and a riser to each other, and a clinching pin coupling the riser or the side frame and the link member to each other. The clinching pin includes a first portion located on the opposite side of the link member from the riser, a second portion located in a position corresponding to a hole of the link member, a third portion located in a position corresponding to a hole of the riser, and a fourth portion that is located on the opposite side of the riser from the link member. A surface of the second portion facing the riser has a portion adjacent to the third portion, and the portion is away from a surface of the riser facing the second portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle seat, comprising:
a seat cushion; and
a lifter device that moves the seat cushion up/down,
wherein the lifter device includes:
a side frame fixed to the seat cushion,
a riser for mounting the seat cushion,
a link member that couples the side frame and the riser to each other, and
a clinching pin that couples the riser and the link member to each other,
the link member includes a hole and is provided with a metal bush that covers an inner wall portion of the hole and portion of both faces of the link member,
the clinching pin includes:
a first portion located on an opposite side of the link member from the riser;
a second portion located in a position corresponding to the hole of the link member;
a third portion located in a position corresponding to a hole of the riser; and
a fourth portion located on an opposite side of the riser from the link member,
the first portion has a diameter greater than a diameter of the second portion and greater than an internal diameter of the metal bush,
the second portion has a diameter greater than a diameter of the third portion and smaller than the internal diameter of the metal bush,
the third portion has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the hole of the riser,
the fourth portion has a diameter greater than the diameter of the third portion and greater than the diameter of the hole of the riser, and
the second portion has an axial end surface facing the riser and adjacent to the third portion, the axial and surface being located away from a surface of the riser facing the second portion so as to define an interstice between the axial end surface and the surface of the riser.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein a maximum length of the second portion is shorter than a thickness of the metal bush.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle seat according to claim 2, further comprising a washer that is located between the opposite side of the riser from the link member and a surface of the fourth portion facing the riser.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The vehicle seat according to claim 3,
wherein the third portion has a length longer than a total thickness of the riser and the washer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein the link member is one of a front link member and a rear link member, and
the side frame, the riser, the front link member, and the rear link member form a parallel link mechanism.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a slide adjuster having an upper rail and a lower rail,
wherein the riser is mounted on the upper rail.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1, further comprising a brake device having a pinion gear,
wherein the link member is provided integrally with a sector gear, the sector gear has a leading end portion on which teeth of an arc shape are formed, and the pinion gear meshes with the teeth.