Seat lifter
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoya Okamoto, Sho Kume
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Abstract
A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower area with respect to the floor; a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism is disposed between the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm. The drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction or outside the outer lower arm in the width direction.
Claims8
A seat lifter comprising:
- an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle, the inner lower arm being disposed on an inner side in a width direction of the vehicle;
- an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower arm with respect to the floor, the outer lower arm being disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction;
- a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link so as to cause the inner link and the outer link to rotate together;
- a planetary gear mechanism connected to the coupling rod and capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm;
- a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism;
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- a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism,
- the planetary gear mechanism being disposed between the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm, and
- the drive unit being disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction or outside the outer lower arm in the width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.