Seat frame-mounting structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKatsuya Ueda, Kikuo Sugimura, Isao Morishita
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Abstract
A vehicle seat-mounting structure, of which a cut-out portion is formed at an inner side of a seat frame in the transverse direction of a vehicle and extends from an edge portion of the seat frame behind a vehicle seat. In order that opposite edge portions of the cut-out portion in the transverse direction of the vehicle is fixed indirectly to an adjusting rail, a shaft is rotatably supported to a reclining lower arm so as to secure linking members to both ends of the shaft. Bracket members are rotatably supported to the linking members. The seat frame is secured to the bracket members, and the seat frame is then secured to the adjusting rails.
Claims34
A seat frame-mounting structure comprising:
- adjusting rails mounted to an underbody of a vehicle and provided respectively for a left seat and a right seat of a split bench seat to enable said left seat and said right seat to slide independently in longitudinal directions of the vehicle;
- reclining lower arms mounted respectively to said adjusting rails and provided so as to be erect at respective rear seat sides of said adjusting rails;
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- seat frames provided so as to correspond to said left seat and said right seat, and supported on said adjusting rails;
- wherein each of said seat frames has a cove-shaped cut-out which is open toward a rear of the vehicle to avoid interfering with said reclining lower arms, and edge portions of said cut-outs positioned at both sides of said reclining lower arms are supported by said adjusting rails.
A seat frame-mounting structure comprising:
- adjusting rails mounted to an underbody of a vehicle, two of said adjusting rails being provided for each portion of a split bench seat, which is divided into two portions at a central portion in a transverse direction of the vehicle, to enable said portions of said split bench seat to slide independently in longitudinal directions of the vehicle;
- reclining lower arms mounted respectively to said adjusting rails and fixed to respective rear seat sides of said adjusting rails;
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- seat frames provided so as to correspond respectively to said portions of said split bench seat, and supported on said reclining lower arms;
- wherein each of said seat frames is shaped so as to avoid interfering with said reclining lower arms, and has a cove-shaped cut-out, in a vicinity of a central portion in the transverse direction of the vehicle, which is open toward a rear of the vehicle, and edge portions of said cut-outs positioned at both sides of said reclining lower arms are supported by said reclining lower arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.