# US 12,179,692 B2 · Vehicle seat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,179,692 B2 - Document ID: US12179692B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/090,819 - Filed: 2022-12-29 - Published: 2023-07-20 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-18 - Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tatsuya Somekawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179692B2 ## CPC - B60R 22/26: secured to the seat - B60R 22/18: Anchoring devices - B60N 2/688: {Particular seat belt attachment and guiding} - B60R 2022/1818: {Belt guides} - B60R 2022/266: {Rear seats, e.g. benches} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Provided is a vehicle seat in which a transverse guide of a belt guide is located on a seat front side and an upper side with respect to two fixation portions of the belt guide and in which two side guides each include a linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward a back frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle seat, comprising: a back frame forming a frame of a seatback; and a belt guide fixed to an upper side of the back frame, the belt guide being configured to transmit a tension acting on a seat belt to the back frame, wherein the belt guide includes: a transverse guide having a bar-like shape, the transverse guide extending in a seat-width direction and having a first end and a second end in the seat-width direction, the transverse guide being contactable with the seat belt across a full width and being subjected to a tension generated in the seat belt; a first side guide provided on the first end of the transverse guide, the first side guide extending from the transverse guide toward the back frame; a second side guide provided on the second end of the transverse guide, the second side guide extending from the transverse guide toward the back frame; a first fixation portion provided on a leading end side of the first side guide in an extending direction of the first side guide, the first fixation portion being fixed to the back frame; and a second fixation portion provided on a leading end side of the second side guide in an extending direction of the second side guide, the second fixation portion being fixed to the back frame, the transverse guide is located on a seat front side and an upper side with respect to the first and second fixation portions, the first side guide includes a first linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward the back frame, and the second side guide includes a second linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward the back frame. ### Claim 2 A vehicle seat, comprising: a back frame forming a frame of a seatback; and a belt guide fixed to an upper side of the back frame, the belt guide being configured to transmit a tension acting on a seat belt to the back frame, wherein the belt guide includes: a transverse guide having a bar-like shape, the transverse guide extending in a seat-width direction and having a first end and a second end in the seat-width direction, the transverse guide being contactable with the seat belt across a full width and being subjected to a tension generated in the seat belt; a first side guide provided on the first end of the transverse guide, the first side guide extending from the transverse guide toward the back frame; a second side guide provided on the second end of the transverse guide, the second side guide extending from the transverse guide toward the back frame; a first fixation portion provided on a leading end side of the first side guide in an extending direction of the first side guide, the first fixation portion being fixed to the back frame; and a second fixation portion provided on a leading end side of the second side guide in an extending direction of the second side guide, the second fixation portion being fixed to the back frame, the transverse guide is located on a seat front side and an upper side with respect to the first and second fixation portions, the first side guide includes a first linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward the back frame, the second side guide includes a second linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward the back frame, and the transverse guide is located frontward of a front end of the back frame and upward of an upper end of the back frame. ### Claim 3 A vehicle seat, comprising: a back frame forming a frame of a seatback; and a belt guide fixed to an upper side of the back frame, the belt guide being configured to transmit a tension acting on a seat belt to the back frame, wherein the belt guide includes: a transverse guide having a bar-like shape, the transverse guide extending in a seat-width direction and having a first end and a second end in the seat-width direction, the transverse guide being contactable with the seat belt across a full width and being subjected to a tension generated in the seat belt; a first side guide provided on the first end of the transverse guide, the first side guide extending from the transverse guide toward the back frame; a second side guide provided on the second end of the transverse guide, the second side guide extending from the transverse guide toward the back frame; a first fixation portion provided on a leading end side of the first side guide in an extending direction of the first side guide, the first fixation portion being fixed to the back frame; and a second fixation portion provided on a leading end side of the second side guide in an extending direction of the second side guide, the second fixation portion being fixed to the back frame, the transverse guide is located on a seat front side and an upper side with respect to the first and second fixation portions, the first side guide includes a first linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward the back frame, the second side guide includes a second linear portion extending linearly from the transverse guide toward the back frame, and a lowest portion of the transverse guide is vertically higher than a highest portion of the first and second fixation portions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the first side guide includes a first curved portion arranged between the first linear portion and the first fixation portion and curved toward the upper side, and the second side guide includes a second curved portion arranged between the second linear portion and the second fixation portion and curved toward the upper side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first and second fixation portions is formed to be flat, and a geometrical moment of inertia of each of the first and second side guides is larger than a geometrical moment of inertia of each of the first and second fixation portions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the first and second fixation portions are curved so as to firmly hold therein part of the back frame from a seat rear side, the first side guide includes, on a leading end side thereof in an extending direction thereof, a first connecting portion connecting with the first fixation portion, the first connecting portion includes: a first load receiving portion that is in contact with the back frame and continuous with the first fixation portion; and a first curved portion curved in an arc-like shape, the first curved portion connecting the first load receiving portion and the first linear portion to each other, the second side guide includes, on a leading end side thereof in an extending direction thereof, a second connecting portion connecting with the second fixation portion, and the second connecting portion includes: a second load receiving portion that is in contact with the back frame and continuous with the second fixation portion; and a second curved portion curved in an arc-like shape, the second curved portion connecting the second load receiving portion and the second linear portion to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle seat according to claim 6, wherein the transverse guide, the first and second linear portions, the first and second curved portions, the first and second load receiving portions, and the first and second fixation portions are formed of a single piece of steel material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the first and second fixation portions are curved so as to firmly hold therein part of the back frame from a seat rear side, the first side guide includes, on a leading end side thereof in an extending direction thereof, a first connecting portion connecting with the first fixation portion, the first connecting portion includes: a first load receiving portion that is in contact with the back frame and continuous with the first fixation portion; and a first curved portion curved in an arc-like shape, the first curved portion connecting the first load receiving portion and the first linear portion to each other, the second side guide includes, on a leading end side thereof in an extending direction thereof, a second connecting portion connecting with the second fixation portion, and the second connecting portion includes: a second load receiving portion that is in contact with the back frame and continuous with the second fixation portion; and a second curved portion curved in an arc-like shape, the second curved portion connecting the second load receiving portion and the second linear portion to each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vehicle seat according to claim 8, wherein the transverse guide, the first and second linear portions, the first and second curved portions, the first and second load receiving portions, and the first and second fixation portions are formed of a single piece of steel material.