US 2011/0031772 A1 · VEHICLE SEAT ARRANGING STRUCTURE · patentgrep

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Abstract

With a vehicle seat arranging structure, a second-row passenger-side seat may be placed in a rearward slide position by sliding the second-row passenger-side seat toward the rear of a vehicle by 150 millimeters so that the second-row passenger-side seat is closer to the rear of the vehicle than the second-row driver-side seat. In addition, each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat may be placed in an obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position by swiveling each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat from the frontward-oriented position 10 degrees inward in the vehicle-width direction. In this way, the sense of distance between the occupants seated in the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is reduced. As a result, it is possible to promote communication between these occupants (to make it easier for these occupants to communicate with each other).

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A vehicle seat arranging structure, comprising:

a plurality of vehicle seats;
a seat sliding mechanism that supports at least one of the plurality of vehicle seats in such a manner that the vehicle seat supported by the seat sliding mechanism is allowed to slide with respect to a passenger compartment floor in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle;
and
a seat swiveling mechanism that supports at least one of the plurality of vehicle seats in such a manner that the vehicle seat supported by the seat swiveling mechanism is allowed to swivel with respect to the passenger compartment floor about a position that deviates from a longitudinal and lateral center of a seat cushion inward in a vehicle-width direction and rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to be placed in any one of a frontward-oriented position, in which the vehicle seat supported by the seat swiveling mechanism faces a front of the vehicle, an obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position, in which the vehicle seat supported by the seat swiveling mechanism is oriented obliquely outward in the vehicle width-direction and faces the front of the vehicle, and an obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position, in which the vehicle seat supported by the seat swiveling mechanism is oriented obliquely inward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front of the vehicle, wherein an angle by which the vehicle seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position is set to be smaller than an angle by which the vehicle seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position.

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A vehicle seat arranging structure, comprising:

a driver's seat and a passenger's seat;
a second-row driver-side seat and a second-row passenger-side seat that are arranged behind the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, respectively;
a second-row seat sliding mechanism that supports each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat in such a manner that each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is allowed to slide with respect to a passenger compartment floor in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle;
and
a second-row seat swiveling mechanism that supports each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat in such a manner that each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is allowed to swivel with respect to the passenger compartment floor about a position that deviates from a longitudinal and lateral center of a seat cushion inward in a vehicle-width direction and rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to be placed in any one of a frontward-oriented position, in which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat faces a front of the vehicle, an obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position, in which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is oriented obliquely outward in the vehicle width-direction and faces the front of the vehicle, and an obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position, in which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is oriented obliquely inward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front of the vehicle, wherein an angle by which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position is set to be smaller than an angle by which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position.

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A vehicle seat arranging structure, comprising:

a driver's seat and a passenger's seat;
a second-row driver-side seat and a second-row passenger-side seat that are arranged behind the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, respectively;
a front seat sliding mechanism that supports at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat in such a manner that at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is allowed to slide with respect to a passenger compartment floor in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle so as to be placed in any one of a side-by-side position and a staggered position, wherein the driver's seat and the passenger's seat are aligned and next to each other in a vehicle-width direction when the vehicle seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is in the side-by-side position, and the passenger's seat is positioned between the driver's seat and the second-row driver-side seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the vehicle seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is in the staggered position;
a second-row seat sliding mechanism that supports at least one of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat in such a manner that at least one of second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat supported by the second-row seat sliding mechanism is allowed to slide with respect to the passenger compartment floor in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to be placed in any one of a side-by-side position and a staggered position, wherein the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat are aligned and next to each other in the vehicle-width direction when the vehicle seat supported by the second-row seat sliding mechanism is in the side-by-side position, and the second-row passenger-side seat is closer to a rear of the vehicle than the second-row driver-side seat when the vehicle seat supported by the second-row seat sliding mechanism is in the staggered position;
and
a second-row seat swiveling mechanism that supports each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat in such a manner that each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is allowed to swivel—with respect to the passenger compartment floor about a position that deviates from a longitudinal and lateral center of a seat cushion inward in the vehicle-width direction and rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to be placed in any one of a frontward-oriented position, in which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat faces a front of the vehicle, and an obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position, in which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is oriented obliquely inward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front of the vehicle, wherein an angle by which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to an obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position is set to be smaller than an angle by which each of the second-row driver-side seat and the second-row passenger-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position.

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A vehicle seat arranging structure, comprising:

a driver's seat and a passenger's seat;
a second-row driver-side seat and a second-row passenger-side seat that are arranged behind the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, respectively;
a front seat sliding mechanism that supports at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat in such a manner that at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is allowed to slide with respect to a passenger compartment floor in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle so as to be placed in any one of a side-by-side position and a staggered position, wherein the driver's seat and the passenger's seat are aligned and next to each other in a vehicle-width direction when the vehicle seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is in the side-by-side position and the driver's seat is positioned between the passenger's seat and the second-row passenger-side seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the vehicle seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is in the staggered position;
and
a second-row seat swiveling mechanism that supports the second-row passenger-side seat in such a manner that the second row passenger-side seat is allowed to swivel with respect to the passenger compartment floor about a position that deviates from a longitudinal and lateral center of a seat cushion inward in the vehicle-width direction and rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to be placed in any one of a frontward-oriented position, in which the second-row passenger-side seat faces a front of the vehicle, an obliquely outward frontward-oriented position, in which the second-row passenger-side seat is oriented obliquely outward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front of the vehicle, and an obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position, in which the second-row passenger-side seat is oriented obliquely inward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front of the vehicle, wherein an angle by which the second-row passenger-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position is set to be smaller than an angle by which the second-row passenger-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position.

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A vehicle seat arranging structure, comprising:

a driver's seat and a passenger's seat;
a second-row driver-side seat and a second-row passenger-side seat that are arranged behind the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, respectively;
a front seat sliding mechanism that supports at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat in such a manner that at least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is allowed to slide with respect to a passenger compartment floor in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle so as to be placed in any one of a side-by-side position and a staggered position, wherein the driver's seat and the passenger's seat are aligned and next to each other in a vehicle-width direction when the vehicle seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is in the side-by-side position, and the passenger's seat is positioned between the driver's seat and the second-row driver-side seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the vehicle seat supported by the front seat sliding mechanism is in the staggered position;
and
a second-row seat swiveling mechanism that supports the second-row driver-side seat in such a manner that the second-row driver-side seat is allowed to swivel with respect to the passenger compartment floor about a position that deviates from a longitudinal and lateral center of a seat cushion inward in the vehicle-width direction and rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to be placed in any one of a frontward-oriented position, in which the second-row driver-side seat faces a front of the vehicle, an obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position, in which the second-row driver-side seat is oriented obliquely outward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front the vehicle, and an obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position, in which the second-row driver-side seat is oriented obliquely inward in the vehicle-width direction and faces the front of the vehicle, wherein an angle by which the second-row driver-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-outward frontward-oriented position is set to be smaller than an angle by which the second-row driver-side seat is swiveled from the frontward-oriented position to the obliquely-inward frontward-oriented position.

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