US 8,708,392 B2Granted

Retractable vehicle seat

AssigneesToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsTaiyou Otsuka, Toshio Araki, Eiji Mizutani, Ryo Hattori, Masashi Fujimoto, Shinji Yamada, Yasunori Takenaka

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Abstract

A retractable vehicle seat in which a seat main body disposed on a vehicle floor is flipped up laterally, so as to be retracted in a vehicle interior side wall of which the upper portion is inwardly inclined, may include a connection mechanism that is configured to rotatably connect the seat main body to a support stand. The connection mechanism includes a four-link mechanism having a stationary link integral with the support stand, an intermediate link integral with the seat main body, and a first link and a second link that connect these two links. The second link is configured to increase an angle between the first link and the intermediate link as the seat main body is flipped up.

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Dependent claims

A retractable vehicle seat in which a seat main body disposed on a vehicle floor is configured to flip up laterally, so as to be retracted in a vehicle interior side wall, comprising:

a connection mechanism that is configured to rotatably connect the seat main body to a vehicle main body, the connection mechanism comprising:
a four-link mechanism having a stationary link integral with the vehicle main body;
an intermediate link integral with the seat main body;
and
a first link and a second link that connect the stationary link and the intermediate link,
wherein the second link is configured to increase an angle between the first link and the intermediate link as the seat main body is flipped up, and
wherein when the seat main body is flipped up, a spacing between the first link and the second link is increased.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.