Seat frame for vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorMasayuki Hoshi
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Abstract
A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
Claims10
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat back frame,
- wherein:
- the seat back frame comprises
- side frames that are disposed at both ends of the seat back frame in a seat width
- direction of the vehicle seat, and
- a lower member frame that connects lower ends of the side frames and is formed of a plate-shaped member;
- a reinforcement portion that extends along the seat width direction is provided at a portion of the lower member frame extending along the seat width direction;
- an upper flange is provided at an upper portion of the lower member frame, wherein the upper flange is formed by bending an upper end portion of the lower member frame;
- the upper flange is disposed above the reinforcement portion;
- each of the side frames includes a side wall and a rear wall that extends inward in the seat width direction from a rear end of the side wall;
- a rear wall side flange is provided at an inner end of the rear wall in the seat width direction;
- the upper flange extends to an outside of the rear wall side flange in the seat width direction;
- and
- a protruding amount of the upper flange at a lateral end of the lower member frame in the seat width direction is smaller than a protruding amount of a portion of the upper flange positioned overlapping the reinforcement portion in an up and down direction.
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat back frame,
- wherein:
- the seat back frame comprises
- side frames that are disposed at both ends of the seat back frame in a seat width direction of the vehicle seat, and
- a lower member frame that connects lower ends of the side frames and is formed of a plate-shaped member;
- a reinforcement portion that extends along the seat width direction is provided at a portion of the lower member frame extending along the seat width direction;
- an upper flange is provided at an upper portion of the lower member frame, wherein the upper flange is formed by bending an upper end portion of the lower member frame;
- the upper flange is disposed above the reinforcement portion;
- each of the side frames includes a side wall and a rear wall that extends inward in the seat width direction from a rear end of the side wall;
- a rear wall side flange is provided at an inner end of the rear wall in the seat width direction;
- the upper flange extends to an outside of the rear wall side flange in the seat width direction;
- each of the side frames is provided with a fragile portion;
- and
- the fragile portion is disposed between the upper flange and the rear wall side flange in an up and down direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.