Vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorEiji MASUTANI
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Abstract
A seat bottom of a vehicle seat includes a base portion, a movable frame configured to be movable in a front-rear direction relative to the base portion, a tension generator and a tension transmission member. The tension transmission member connected at one end of its first portion with the tension generator is bifurcated at another end of a first portion into a second portion connected with a seat belt anchor or a seat belt buckle and a third portion connected with the movable frame. Upon activation of the tension generator, the third portion pulls the movable frame rearward and at the same time the second portion pulls the seat belt anchor or the seat belt buckle.
Claims13
A vehicle seat comprising a seat bottom with a seating surface configured to be moved in response to an impact from a direction corresponding to a front side of an occupant sitting on the seating surface in a crash of a vehicle, the seat bottom including:
- a base portion configured to be supported at a position fixed relative to a body of the vehicle;
- a movable frame configured to be movable together with the seating surface in a front-rear direction relative to the base portion;
- a tension generator provided at the base portion and configured to be activated in response to the impact;
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- a tension transmission member including a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the tension transmission member being connected at one end of the first portion with the tension generator, and bifurcated at another end of the first portion into the second and third portions which another end of the first portion is connected with one end of the second portion and with one end of the third portion, the tension transmission member being connected at another end of the second portion with a seat belt anchor or a seat belt buckle and connected at another end of the third portion with the movable frame,
- whereby a tension generated by the tension generator activated causes the third portion of the tension transmission member to pull the movable frame rearward and at the same time causes the second portion of the tension transmission member to pull the seat belt anchor or the seat belt buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.