US 2015/0306985 A1Published application

Vehicle seat

AssigneesToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Shiroki Corporation

InventorMasahide KIMURA

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Abstract

A restricting structure that restricts an allowable adjustment range of a backrest angle of a seatback is formed by a surface abutment structure of a bracket provided on the seatback, and an additional stopper provided on a seat cushion. The additional stopper is joined to a lower arm in a state positioned by a positioning hole in the additional stopper being fit onto a positioning pin that is integrated with the lower arm. A plurality of arrangement positions of the additional stopper are able to be selected by providing the positioning pin in a plurality of locations with respect to the lower arm along a path of a specific location along which additional stopper moves with respect to the lower arm, when the backrest angle of the seatback is changed while the additional stopper is surface abutted against, and temporarily fixed to, the bracket.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A vehicle seat comprising:

a restricting structure that restricts an allowable adjustment range of a backrest angle of a seatback connected to a base on a floor, to within a certain range,
wherein the restricting structure has an engaging portion provided on the seatback, and an engageable portion provided on the base, and is configured to restrict movement of the seatback in a direction in which the backrest angle changes, by the engaging portion and the engageable portion abutting against one another as a result of the seatback moving in the direction in which the backrest angle changes;
one of the engaging portion or the engageable portion is arranged in a fixed position on a first member where the one is provided, and the other is configured to be arranged in a selected one of a plurality of arrangement positions with respect to a second member where the other is provided;
and
the other is provided in a selected arrangement position within a region where a given portion of the other moves with respect to the second member, when the backrest angle of the seatback is changed while the other is temporarily fixed to the one while being abutted against the one.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/694,337Filed 23 Apr 2015
Priority: JP 2014-09109625 Apr 2014
Published: 29 Oct 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60N 2/22
The seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable: the back-rest being adjustable
B60N 2/12
The whole seat being movable: slidable and tiltable
B60N 2/2356
By gear-pawl type mechanisms: with internal pawls
B60N 2205/50
General mechanical or structural details: interlocking shaft arrangements transmitting movement between hinge mechanisms on both sides of a seat