Armrest device
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorHidetsune Nonaka
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Abstract
An armrest device is provided in which deformation of an armrest frame is suppressed. The armrest device includes an armrest frame, and a bracket by which the armrest frame is rotatably supported. The armrest frame has, at lengthwise extremities thereof, a base end closer to an axis of rotation and a distal end farther from the axis of rotation. The bracket includes a deformation restriction portion provided protrusively toward the armrest frame, the deformation restriction portion being a portion which faces toward the armrest frame in a direction of the axis of rotation of the armrest frame and which is located on one side of the axis of rotation on which the base end is located, when an armrest is in a use position.
Claims19
An armrest device comprising:
- an armrest frame;
- and
- a support member by which the armrest frame is rotatably supported,
- wherein the armrest frame has, at lengthwise extremities thereof, a base end closer to an axis of rotation and a distal end farther from the axis of rotation,
- wherein the support member includes a first restriction portion provided protrusively toward the armrest frame, the first restriction portion being a portion at which the armrest frame and the support member face toward each other in a direction of the axis of rotation of the armrest frame and that is located on one side of the axis of rotation on which the base end is located, when an armrest is in a use position,
- wherein the armrest frame includes a first protruding portion provided protrusively toward the support member, the first protruding portion having an inner surface facing the support member, a center of the first protruding portion in a lengthwise direction of the armrest frame being located on the axis of rotation,
- wherein the first restriction portion is located farther from the axis of rotation than the first protruding portion, and
- wherein a position of the inner surface is included within an extent of the first restriction portion, in the direction of the axis of rotation.
An armrest device comprising:
- an armrest frame;
- and
- a support member by which the armrest frame is rotatably supported,
- wherein the armrest frame has, at lengthwise extremities thereof, a base end closer to an axis of rotation and a distal end farther from the axis of rotation,
- wherein at least one member selected from the group consisting of the armrest frame and the support member includes a first restriction portion provided protrusively toward another of the armrest frame and the support member, the first restriction portion being a portion at which the armrest frame and the support member face toward each other in a direction of the axis of rotation of the armrest frame and which is located on one side of the axis of rotation on which the base end is located, when an armrest is in a use position,
- wherein the armrest frame includes a main frame and a reinforcing frame having a thickness greater than a thickness of the main frame, the reinforcing frame being so located as to lie over a portion of the main frame closer to the base end, and
- wherein the reinforcing frame is located on a side of the main frame opposite to another side of the main frame on which the support member is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.