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US 7,604,293 B2Granted
Vehicle seat structure
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorKazuhiro Matsuhashi
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Abstract
A vehicle seat structure, which comprises a seat cushion (10), a seat back (20) connected to a rear end of the seat cushion (10), and a downward displacement suppression device (70, 80, 90, 100) operable, when a rearward load is input into the seat back (20), to suppress a downward displacement of the seat cushion (10).
Claims6
A vehicle seat structure comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back connected to a rear end of said seat cushion;
- a lifter mechanism which supports said seat cushion relative to a vehicle body and allows a height position of the seat cushion to be adjusted relative to the vehicle body;
- and
- a downward displacement suppression device operable, when a rearward and downward load is input into said seat back, to suppress a downward displacement of said seat cushion,
- wherein said downward displacement suppression device includes a shock-absorbing device adapted to suppress a rapid downward displacement of said seat cushion, and
- said lifter mechanism includes a rear link member, said rear link member having a lower end connected to the vehicle body, an upper portion connected to the rear portion of said seat cushion, and an upper end, and
- said shock-absorbing device is directly connected to said upper end of said rear link member to suppress said rapid downward movement of said seat cushion.
5 more elements
A vehicle seat structure, comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back connected to a rear end of said seat cushion;
- a lifter mechanism which supports said seat cushion relative to a vehicle body and allows a height position of the seat cushion to be adjusted relative to the vehicle body;
- and
- a downward displacement suppression device operable, when a rearward and downward load is input into said seat back, to suppress a downward displacement of said seat cushion,
- wherein said downward displacement suppression device includes a shock-absorbing device adapted to suppress a rapid downward displacement of said seat cushion, and said lifter mechanism includes a rear link member having a lower end connected to the vehicle body and an upper portion connected to the rear portion of said seat cushion, and
- wherein said shock-absorbing device is mechanically connected to an upper end of said rear link member to suppress said rapid downward movement of said seat cushion regardless of the height position of the seat cushion adjusted by said lifter mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.