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US 2014/0191550 A1Published application
Vehicle seat apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Abstract
A vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat unit supporting mechanism rotatably supporting a seat unit about a rotation axis in a roll direction of a vehicle and a yaw direction of the vehicle. The rotation axis is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat apparatus, and so as to pass near a waist of a driver sitting on the vehicle seat apparatus.
Claims19
A vehicle seat apparatus comprising:
- a seat unit;
- a seat backrest arranged on a rear side of the seat unit;
- and
- a seat unit supporting unit that supports the seat unit so that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are relatively movable in a vertical direction of the vehicle seat apparatus;
- wherein a rotation axis of the seat unit using the seat unit supporting unit is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat apparatus.
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A vehicle seat apparatus comprising:
- a seat unit;
- a seat backrest arranged on a rear side of the seat unit;
- a seat unit supporting unit that supports the seat unit so that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are relatively movable in a vertical direction of the vehicle seat apparatus;
- and
- a seat unit moving unit that moves a side of the seat unit in the same direction as a turning direction of a vehicle relatively upward in the vertical direction of the vehicle seat apparatus with respect to the side of the seat unit in the direction opposite as a turning direction of a vehicle;
- wherein a rotation axis of the seat unit using the seat unit supporting unit is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat apparatus.
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A vehicle seat apparatus comprising:
- a seat unit;
- a seat backrest arranged on a rear side of the seat unit;
- a seat unit supporting unit that supports the seat unit so that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are relatively movable in a vertical direction of the vehicle seat apparatus;
- and
- a distance changing unit that changes a distance between the seat unit and the seat backrest on one side in a lateral direction of the vehicle seat apparatus;
- wherein a rotation axis of the seat unit using the seat unit supporting unit is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle sea apparatus.
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A vehicle seat apparatus comprising:
- a seat unit;
- a seat backrest arranged on a rear side of the seat unit;
- a seat unit supporting unit that supports the seat unit so that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are relatively movable in a vertical direction of the vehicle seat apparatus;
- a seat unit rotating unit that rotates the seat unit in a top view of the vehicle seat apparatus;
- and
- a seat backrest rotating unit that rotates the seat backrest in the top view of the vehicle seat apparatus,
- wherein the seat unit rotating unit and the seat backrest rotating unit rotate the seat unit and the seat backrest in opposite directions in the top view;
- wherein a rotation axis of the seat unit using the seat unit supporting unit is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.