Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090033138 | LOCK APPARATUS OF SEAT FOR VEHICLE - A lock apparatus of a seat for a vehicle includes a striker, a base including a first groove portion, a hook including a second groove portion and pivoting between a lock position and an unlock position, a pawl restraining a pivotal movement of the hook towards the unlock position while allowing the pivotal movement of the hook towards the lock position, a cam member including a cam profile for allowing the pivotal movement of the hook towards the lock position and for restraining the pivotal movement of the hook towards the unlock position, and a first biasing member. When the hook is pivoted to the lock position, the striker is positioned between the rotational shaft of the hook and the rotational shaft of the pawl, and the pawl and the hook are engaged at an opposite position of the rotational shaft of the hook relative to the striker. | 02-05-2009 |
20090236882 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a first seat, a second seat, and a seatbelt mechanism provided at the second seat. A first frame member for supporting the second seat and a first seat slide mechanism for slidably moving the second seat are arranged to be vertically coplanar with the shoulder belt guide member and the belt anchor of the seatbelt mechanism. A first lock member is provided at a second frame member disposed adjacently to the first seat for supporting the second seat. A second lock member is provided at a supporting member for supporting the first seat. The first and second lock members allow a movement of the second frame member in a forward and backward direction of the vehicle and engage with each other for locking the second frame member relative to the vehicle floor when an excess load is received from the seatbelt mechanism. | 09-24-2009 |
20100176629 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for vehicle includes a slide mechanism including a lower rail adapted to be fixed to a vehicle floor and an upper rail movably supported relative to the lower rail and adapted to be fixed to a first end portion of a seat frame, a belt anchor connected to a seat belt fixed to the seat frame, a wire member arranged below a second end portion of the seat frame and having ends adapted to be fixed to the vehicle floor, and a separating load transmission mechanism including a wire member retaining device connected to the belt anchor, the wire member retaining device being relatively movable along the wire member in a normal operation and retaining the wire member to lock the relative movement in a case where a separating load equal to or greater than a predetermined level is applied to the belt anchor. | 07-15-2010 |
20100187397 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a longitudinal sliding mechanism including a first lower rail adapted to be fixed to a vehicle floor and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a first upper rail slidably supported to the first lower rail, a width-directional sliding mechanism including a second lower rail mounted on the first upper rail and extending in a width direction of the vehicle and a second upper rail slidably supported to the second lower rail and adapted to be fixed to a seat frame member, and an attachment bracket extending in parallel to the second lower rail and including an upper wall portion and first and second engagement portions extending downwardly from the upper wall portion, facing each other in the longitudinal direction, and supported by the first upper rail, wherein the second lower rail is fixed between the first and second engagement portions. | 07-29-2010 |
20100187885 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower rail, formed into a longitudinal shape and adapted to be fixed to a vehicle floor, an upper rail adapted to be fixed to a seat frame, and assembled to the lower rail to be relatively movable in a longitudinal direction of the lower rail, and a detachment prevention mechanism including an elongated hole, which is formed at the bottom wall portion to open therethrough and which extends in the longitudinal direction, and a load receiving member whose upper end portion is fixed to the upper wall portion and whose lower end portion is inserted downwardly through the elongated hole so as to be movable in an extending direction of the elongated hole, and is engageable with the bottom wall portion in the vicinity of the elongated hole to restrict a movement of the upper rail in an upper direction. | 07-29-2010 |
20100187893 | SEAT BACK FRAME FOR VEHICLE - A seat back frame for a vehicle for supporting a seat back, includes a first back frame, at which a shoulder belt anchor for supporting one end portion of a seat belt is provided, a second back frame arranged substantially in parallel with the first back frame, and a cross member connecting the first back frame and the second back frame, wherein a protruding portion or a recessed portion is formed at the cross member so as to extend in a longitudinal direction thereof, a first recessed surface portion or a first protruding surface portion is formed at the first back frame and a second recessed surface portion or a second protruding surface portion is formed at the second back frame so that the first back frame and the second back frame are fittedly connected to the protruding portion or the recessed portion of the cross member. | 07-29-2010 |
20120139315 | SEAT FRAME - A seat frame includes a projecting portion formed on a surface of a recliner to face a reinforcement plate, the projecting portion having a cross sectional shape with a recessed portion and a protruded portion in a rotational direction of the recliner, the reinforcement plate including a first through-hole for fitting the projecting portion, the upward-downward direction frame including a second through-hole larger than the first through-hole which extends within the second through-hole when the upward-downward direction frame and the reinforcement plate are overlaid, and a three-member welding portion formed by a periphery of the projecting portion, a periphery of the first through-hole, and a periphery of the second through-hole wherein the recliner, the reinforcement plate, and the upward-downward direction frame are welded with the projecting portion of the recliner fitting to the first through-hole of the reinforcement plate while the reinforcement plate and the upward-downward direction frame are overlaid. | 06-07-2012 |
20120292970 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle includes a first arm including a guide wall, a second arm including internal teeth and being rotatably supported by the first arm, a pawl including external teeth which are engageable with and disengageable from the internal teeth, a cam engaging with the pawl for causing the pawl to advance and retract along a guide wall and for causing the internal teeth and the external teeth to mesh with and unmesh from each other as the cam rotates, a recessed portion recessed in a direction of an axis line of the second arm and including a restricting portion, an engaging portion restricting the external teeth and the internal teeth from meshing with each other by being in contact with the restricting portion, a hinge cam including a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion and a flange portion, and a biasing member. | 11-22-2012 |
20120318948 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a first rail provided with a limiting portion extending from an end of each of the first folded back wall portions at a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of the first rail, a second rail provided with a first through-hole extending through each of the second side wall portions and a second through-hole extending through each of the adjacent second folded back wall portions, the through-holes facing in the width direction at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the second rail, and locking members, each of which is inserted through the first through-hole and the adjacent second through-hole and bridges the second side wall portion and the adjacent second folded back wall portion in the width direction and blocks a movement of the limiting portion in directions the first rail and the second rail move relative to each other. | 12-20-2012 |
20130026806 | VEHICLE SEAT LIFTER DEVICE - The seat lifter device for a vehicle includes a lock/unlock device which is formed with an engagement/disengagement mechanism to produce a lock condition in which the relative rotation between a first rotation member and a second rotation member is restricted and an unlock condition in which the relative rotation therebetween is allowed by the engagement/disengagement operation of the engagement/disengagement mechanism such that a detent member movably supported on the first rotation member fixed to the base frame side engages with or disengages from the second rotation member fixed to the rear link member. This seat lifter device can firmly hold the seat lifted position even when an exterior force generated upon a vehicle collision is applied to the engagement/disengagement mechanism through the rear link member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130113263 | SEAT ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat adjustment apparatus for a vehicle includes a first bracket, a second bracket defining an accommodating void with the first bracket, a pawl, and a pawl reverse spring, The pawl includes a ratchet portion, a pawl side reverse wall portion, and a pawl side return wall portion, the ratchet portion allowing a relative rotation of the first and second brackets in a first direction and prohibiting a relative rotation of the first and second brackets in a second direction in a case where the pawl is biased to rotate in a normal direction, the pawl side reverse wall portion allowing the relative rotation in the second direction so that the pawl is reversed by being biased to rotate in a reverse direction, the pawl side return wall portion bringing the pawl to be returned by being biased to rotate in the normal direction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130161995 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE AND SEAT DEVICE - A memory mechanism is provided with engagement portions, a housing recess, a memory plate, and engagement receiving portions. The engagement portions are provided to an adjacent pair of pawls, respectively. The housing recess has a cylindrical shape and is provided to a first member. The memory plate is formed in an annular shape which is cut at one point. The memory plate is housed within the housing recess while being reduced in diameter with the cut portion disposed between the engagement portions. The engagement receiving portions are respectively adjacent between the engagement portions of the memory plate, to the engagement portions. The engagement portions are engaged with and disengaged from the engagement receiving portions as the pawls move in the radial direction. | 06-27-2013 |
20130206952 | VEHICLE SEAT SLIDING APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle seat sliding apparatus including a first rail formed of a metallic plate and a second rail in which the first rail is formed with a bearing surface configured to support a head portion of a tightening member shifted with respect to a bottom wall portion of the first rail in the direction of upright extension of the first rail at a distal end thereof, and a connecting portion configured to connect the bearing surface and the bottom wall portion on the non-end portion side of the first rail with respect to the bearing surface is formed to have a straight line group extending radially so as to intersect at a point positioned on the non-end portion side of the first rail with respect to the bearing surface. | 08-15-2013 |
20130214112 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a first rail including a locked portion, a second rail movably connected relative to the first rail and including bearing holes, a lock member including a lock portion and rotating around the bearing holes to engage the lock portion with the locked portion and disengage the lock portion from the locked portion to selectively bring a relative movement between the first and second rail into a locked state, and wherein the second rail includes a fracture opening allowing the shaft portion to shift from the bearing hole in a case where a load is inputted in the direction of the relative movement, and a restriction portion configured to restrict the lock member from rotating in a direction in which the locked state is released in a case where the shaft portion shifts from the bearing hole. | 08-22-2013 |
20130221725 | SEAT FRAME FOR VEHICLE - A seat back frame includes: a first side member and a second side member each formed into an elongated shape along an up-and-down direction of a seat back so as to support each side portion of the seat back; and a belt guide portion on which tension of a seat belt is applied when the seat belt is pulled, the belt guide portion being formed in an upper portion of the first side member and guiding the seat belt having the one end retained by a seat belt retaining member. The first side member is formed of a sheet of steel plate and includes: a side member side wall portion formed in parallel to a direction of application of the tension of the seat belt on the belt guide portion and formed continuously along a longitudinal direction of the first side member; a side member front wall portion formed on a front side of the vehicle with respect to the side member side wall portion; and a side member rear wall portion formed on a rear side of the vehicle with respect to the side member side wall portion, the first side member having an open cross-sectional shape. | 08-29-2013 |
20130285433 | OTTOMAN DEVICE - An ottoman device includes a base bracket, a link mechanism supporting an ottoman and including a rotation link, engagement portions formed at facing surfaces that are provided at the rotation link and the base bracket respectively and engaging with each other to restrict a rotation of the rotation link, at least one of the engagement portions including an inclined surface serving as an engagement surface, a restriction portion restricting a relative axial movement between the rotation link and the base bracket in a direction in which the rotation link is separated from the base bracket in a load range where an engagement state between the engagement portions is maintainable, and an operation portion configured to change a relative position between the rotation link and the base bracket by moving the restriction portion in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. | 10-31-2013 |
20130300177 | OTTOMAN DEVICE - An ottoman device includes an ottoman, a link mechanism supporting the ottoman and configured to selectively move the ottoman to a deployed position and a retracted position, and a base bracket configured to support the link mechanism to a front edge of a vehicle seat, the base bracket being configured to be fixed to a front edge portion of a cushion frame of the vehicle seat and to a side slide rail which is provided to be movable integrally with the cushion frame in a width direction and which is positioned below the front edge portion to support the cushion frame. | 11-14-2013 |
20130341479 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper rail retaining a seat above the upper rail, a lower rail retaining the upper rail in a state where the upper rail moves relative to the lower rail, a rolling element arranged between the lower rail and the upper rail and a retaining member configured to retain the rolling element between the lower rail and the upper rail, the retaining member including a protruding portion having a top portion arranged to slidably contact with a rolling surface at which the rolling element rolls. The protruding portion includes a spreading portion extending from the top portion in an elongating direction, the elongating direction conforming to a path of the rolling element formed on the rolling surface, the spreading portion tapering to a sharp end form with an increasing distance from the top portion in the elongating direction. | 12-26-2013 |
20130341484 | VIBRATION PROOF STRUCTURE OF SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vibration proof structure of a seat apparatus for a vehicle, includes a first member and a second member movably arranged relative to each other in a first relative direction corresponding to a forward movement of a seat element in a front and rear direction of the vehicle and in a second relative direction corresponding to a rearward movement of the seat element in the front and rear direction, a first restriction wall restricting a relative movement of the first member to the second member in the first relative direction, a second restriction wall restricting the relative movement of the first member to the second member in the second relative direction, and a resistance force applying portion applying a resistance force to the first member moving in the first relative direction while not applying the resistance force to the first member moving in the second relative direction. | 12-26-2013 |
20140103693 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining device includes a pawl having external teeth, a first arm, a second arm, a cam assembly, and a pressing member. The first arm has a pair of guide walls that guide the pawl in the radial direction. The second arm is rotationally supported by the first arm and has internal teeth. When the cam assembly rotates in a forward direction, the cam assembly presses and moves the pawl radially outward to mesh the external teeth with the internal teeth, and presses the pressing member radially outward. When pressed radially outward, the pressing member presses the pawl in the radial direction and a direction from the guide wall towards the pawl. When the cam assembly rotates in a reverse direction, the cam assembly releases the pressing member and moves the pawl radially inward to separate the external teeth from the internal teeth. | 04-17-2014 |
20140125105 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An engagement section of a pole and a protruding section of an upper arm restrict movement of the pole outward in the radial direction and disable meshing of outer teeth and inner teeth, when the relative rotation angle of a lower arm and the upper arm is within a prescribed range. Outer teeth and the inner teeth of poles cannot engage as a result of the restriction on movement of the pole outward in the radial direction. The amount of movement by the poles separating from the inner teeth along the radial direction is set so as to be greater than the amount of movement by the pole separating from the inner teeth along the radial direction, when the pole reaches a position corresponding to where the outer teeth and the inner teeth cannot mesh as a result of the protruding section, etc., during the unlock operation. | 05-08-2014 |
20140138510 | SEAT SLIDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A seat sliding device for a vehicle includes a first rail, which is adapted to be fixed to one of a vehicle floor and a seat and a second rail, which is adapted to be fixed to the other one of the vehicle floor and the seat and coupled to the first rail to make relative movement with respect to the first rail. An urging member is provided with a latch part, which is latched to a second coupling wall part and a latch end part, which is latched to a lock lever. The urging member generates in association with bending deformation an urging force which urges the lock lever in a vertical direction toward a direction in which the lock lever engages with the first rail. The urging member has a coil part wound about a rotating shaft between the latch part and the latch end part. | 05-22-2014 |
20140145054 | SEAT SLIDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A seat sliding device for a vehicle includes a first rail and a second rail coupled to the first rail to make relative movement with respect to the first rail. A lever is coupled to the second rail to rotate about an axis extending in the widthwise direction, and a lock plate which is fixed to the rear end part of the lever part and arranged between first side wall parts to extend in the widthwise direction astride side wall part through holes and folded wall part through holes. At both edge parts of the lock plate in the widthwise direction, there is formed a latching part which engages with a latched part of the first rail when the lever part rotationally moves in one direction and is released from the latched part when the lever part rotationally moves in the other direction. | 05-29-2014 |
20140239140 | VEHICLE SEAT SLIDING APPARATUS - A vehicle seat sliding apparatus includes: an upper rail configured to freely support a seat thereabove; a lower rail supporting the upper rail in a relatively movable manner, a locking mechanism capable of switching between a lock state where the relative movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail is regulated and an unlock state where the relative movement is allowed; and an unlock operation prevention mechanism regulating an unlock operation of the locking mechanism based on a deployment pressure of an airbag which is disposed in a seat cushion. | 08-28-2014 |
20140239141 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lower rail freely fixed to a vehicle floor and having a pair of first vertical wall portions, a bottom wall portion, and a pair of first flanges; an upper rail fixed to a seat having a seat cushion and a seatback, and having a pair of second vertical wall portions, a lid wall portion, and a pair of second flanges; a locking member connected to the upper rail; a memory piece placed on the bottom wall portion, engages with the upper rail due to an upward urging force by a memory piece urging member; a memory link connected to the upper rail; a lever member connected to an upper portion of the upper rail; and a stopper member fixed to the inside of the upper rail. | 08-28-2014 |
20140239690 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lower rail freely fixed to a vehicle floor; an upper rail freely fixed to a seat having a seat cushion forming a seating surface and a seatback; and a memory member engaging with the upper rail, wherein the memory member includes: a memory base provided to be movable in a forward-rearward direction of the seat; a memory pin mounted to be movable back and forth in a vertical direction with respect to the memory base; a first urging member urging the memory pin; a locking plate mounted to be movable in the forward-rearward direction of the seat with respect to the memory base; and a second urging member urging the locking plate. | 08-28-2014 |
20140284983 | VEHICLE SEAT OPERATING DEVICE - A vehicle seat operating device includes: an input side member that performs an operation input; an output side member that is moved based on an operation of the input side member to operate a seat adjustment mechanism; and a speed change mechanism that changes a rate of change of a movement amount of the output side member with respect to an operation amount of the input side member according to an operation position of the input side member. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284984 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle: a locking mechanism that is interposed between a seat cushion and a seatback and selectively switches inclining of the seatback between a permitted state and a regulated state with respect to the seat cushion; a first operation member that performs a first unlocking operation which allows the seatback to incline with respect to the seat cushion within a angle range with respect to the locking mechanism; a second operation member that performs a second unlocking operation which allows the seatback to incline with respect to the seat cushion to a forward tilt position exceeding the angle range with respect to the locking mechanism; and a stopper mechanism that regulates a rearward tilt of the seatback at a regulation angle position included within the angle range in a state of the second unlocking operation. | 09-25-2014 |
20140353454 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a lock member, a stopper portion, a lever member that rotates in a release direction in association with a forward folding of a seatback, and a memory link being released from the lever member in a state where the lever member rotates in the release direction and rotating to an engageable position at which the memory link is engageable with the stopper portion, the memory link being configured to pass through the stopper portion in a case where the upper rail moves to a front side of the seat, the memory link engaging with the stopper portion to restrict the upper rail from moving to a rear side of the seat in a case where the upper rail moves to the rear side of the seat after the memory link passes through the stopper portion. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354023 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper rail configured to support a seat at an upper portion of the upper rail, a lower rail supporting the upper rail in a manner that the upper rail and the lower rail are movable relative to each other, and a shaft member extended in a lengthwise direction of the upper rail, wherein the upper rail includes a pair of vertical wall portions extended in an upper/lower direction, the upper rail includes a bent portion connecting the vertical wall portions to each other and the shaft member is provided at an inner side of the bent portion, and the shaft member includes a threaded portion provided at each end thereof in an axial direction, the bent portion includes lengthwise-direction-end portions, and the threaded portions of the shaft member face the lengthwise-direction-end portions of the bent portion. | 12-04-2014 |
20150034791 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a tower rail, an upper rail, a memory base arranged above a bottom wall portion of the lower rail, a restriction piece holding the memory base so that the memory base is restricted from moving, a memory pin attached to the memory base in a manner that advance and retract of the memory pin relative to the memory base is allowed, the memory pin engages with the lower rail in a protruding state, the memory pin disengages in a retracted state, an interlocking mechanism pushing a lock member and the memory pin in a forward-folded state of a seatback, and a holding member holding the protruding state of the memory pin and allowing the memory base to move. | 02-05-2015 |
20150035337 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle includes a first bracket, a plurality of pawls, a second bracket being relatively rotatably placed to face the first bracket, a cam mechanism having outer teeth of each of the pawls engage with and disengage from inner teeth of the first bracket by moving each of the pawls in the radial direction by rotating a cam member, the first bracket including a first circumferential wall portion and a second circumferential wall portion which are formed to include different levels from each other by a deformation processing, and a step portion serving as a fit-in portion and being fitted-in a fit-in recessed portion being provided at a fixed object of a seat, and the step portion including a welding portion at a circumferential edge of the step portion to be welded to the fixed object. | 02-05-2015 |
20150076310 | HANDLE RETURNING APPARATUS AND SEAT LIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A handle returning apparatus includes an input member rotating in conjunction with an operation handle operated to rotate in first and second directions including a neutral position, and a spring member including a plurality of spring portions integrally formed and including different spring forces, each of the spring portions including first and second spring end portions separating from each other in a circumferential direction and being configured to generate a returning force for returning the operation handle to the neutral position by being resiliently deformed on a basis of the rotation operation of the operation handle to bias the input member in a state where one of the first and second spring end portions engages with the input member and the other engages with a fixation member. The plurality of spring portions is selectively switchable therebetween to generate the returning force depending on a condition of the rotation operation. | 03-19-2015 |