IP Library Granted Patent US 8,388,061
Granted Patent B2
US 8,388,061 · App. 12/755,545 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Display device of vehicle seat

Inventors: Yuko Saito (Toyota, JP); Satoru Kuno (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,388,061
App. No.
12/755,545
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a display; and a slide mechanism including: a motor that is configured to move the display between a stored position and a use position, the display being stored in a case member of the display device in the stored position, the display being ejected outside of the case in the use position; and a grappling member, which is configured to engage with a member to be grappled, in the use position, wherein the display is tilted when the grappling member is engaged with the member to be grappled in the use position.

Claims (25)

1. A display device of a vehicle seat, comprising:

a slide mechanism that slides a display between an inside and an outside of a seat back and biases the display to tilt toward a use position while the display is being slid outside of the seat back.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , the slide mechanism further comprising:

a slide base configured to slide the display toward the use position, wherein the display is slidable and tiltable when the slide base is moved in a single direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an axis around which the display is tilted is slidable by the sliding mechanism.

4. A display device, comprising:

a display disposable in a case member of the display device and configured to be moved between a stored position within the case member and a use position outside of the case member; and

a slide mechanism including:

a motor that is configured to move the display between the stored position and the use position; and

a grappling member which is configured to engage with a member to be grappled when the display is moved from the stored position to the use position,

wherein the display is pivotally connected to the slide mechanism and biased toward the use position such that while the slide mechanism slides the display toward the use position, the grappling member engages the member to be grappled tilt the display toward the use position.

5. The display device according to the claim 4 , wherein the member to be grappled is provided in the case member of the display device.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the member to be grappled is a part of the case member of the display device.

7. The display device according to claim 4 , the slide mechanism further comprising:

a slide base configured to slide the display toward the use position, wherein the display is slidable and tiltable when the slide base is moved in a single direction.

8. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein an axis around which the display is tilted is slidable by the sliding mechanism.

9. A display device of a vehicle seat, comprising:

a slide mechanism that includes a slide base that is configured to be movable between an inside and an outside of a seat back; and

a display that includes a monitor that is assembled to the slide base via a biased hinge,

wherein the display is configured to be tilted toward a head rest side via the biased hinge while the display is slid to outside of the seat back,

wherein the display further comprises a grappling claw that projects toward a side opposite to the monitor of the display, and

wherein when the display is slid to outside of the seat back from the inside of the seat back, the grappling claw of the display interferes with a part of the seat back in an interference state, and when the slide base is further slid from the inside of the seat back to the outside thereof, the display is tilted with respect to the slide base toward the head rest side by operation of the biased hinge while the grappling claw is maintained in the interference state.

10. The display device of the vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein the display is assembled to the slide base in a state of being biased toward a side opposite to the head rest.

11. The display device of the vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein the slide base is configured to slide the display toward the outside of the seat back, and wherein the display is slidable and tiltable when the slide base is moved in a single direction.

12. The display device of the vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein an axis around which the display is tilted is slidable by the sliding mechanism.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2010
From: SAITO, YUKO; KUNO, SATORU
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 024198/0127 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-093933 · Apr 8, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100259078A1 · Oct 14, 2010