Seat frame for vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorMasayuki Hoshi
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Abstract
A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
Claims9
A seat frame for a vehicle seat comprising:
- a side frame which is disposed at each end of a seat back frame of a seat back of the vehicle seat in a width direction of the vehicle seat;
- a reclining mechanism which comprises a rotation shaft extending in the width direction and pivots the seat back with respect to a seat cushion of the vehicle seat by the rotation of the rotation shaft;
- and
- an actuator which is driven to rotate the rotation shaft,
- wherein:
- the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame while the rotation shaft penetrates the side wall of the side frame,
- the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of the side wall in the width direction while engaging with a portion of the rotation shaft penetrating the side wall of the side frame,
- the attachment bracket comprises:
- an upper portion which is disposed above an attachment area of the reclining mechanism in the side wall;
- and
- a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment area of the reclining mechanism in the side wall, and
- one end of the upper portion and one end of the lower portion in a front to back direction of the vehicle seat are connected to each other, and
- an other end of the upper portion and an other end of the lower portion in the front to back direction are separated from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.