Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a hinge cover that is disposed at aside portion of a seat cushion and has an opening through which a recliner shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes, and a reclining lever that is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover and is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner. A part of an edge portion of the opening of the hinge cover is provided with a facing portion that protrudes further toward the recliner shaft side than another portion of the edge portion and faces the recliner shaft in proximity.
1 . A vehicle seat, comprising:
a hinge cover that is disposed at a side portion of a seat cushion and has an opening through which a recliner shaft is provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes; and
a reclining lever that is disposed at an outer side of the hinge cover in a seat width direction and is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner,
wherein a portion of an edge portion of the opening is provided with a facing portion that protrudes further toward the recliner shaft than another portion of the edge portion excluding said portion of the edge portion and is proximate to and faces the recliner shaft,
wherein the opening of the hinge cover is covered from the outer side of the hinge cover in the seat width direction by the reclining lever,
wherein the facing portion faces the recliner shaft from at least a seat upper side and a seat rear side,
when a seat belt contacts the hinge cover at a time of a vehicle collision, a load is input to the hinge cover, and the hinge cover is configured to be displaced to a front side and a lower side with respect to the recliner shaft, and the facing portion is configured to contact the recliner shaft.
2 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the facing portion and a surface of the recliner shaft face each other.