IP Library Granted Patent US 9,623,775
Granted Patent B2
US 9,623,775 · App. 14/416,184 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Vehicle seat

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Patent No.
US 9,623,775
App. No.
14/416,184
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat in which a forward tilting of a frame causes a turning of a walk-in member, the turning of the walk-in member causes a turning of a disengagement member, the turning of the disengagement member causes a turning of a tip-up locking member thereby disengaged from a stopper member, and then a cushion frame is tipped up by a rotational biasing force applied by a biasing unit.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a joining unit;

a cushion frame joined to a seat cushion, turnably supported on the joining unit about a third pivot portion, and fixed to the third pivot portion;

a frame joined to a seat back and turnably supported on the joining unit;

a walk-in member turnably supported on the joining unit about a first pivot portion, and having an input portion and an output portion with the first pivot portion located between the input portion and the output portion;

a disengagement member turnably supported on the joining unit about a second pivot portion, the disengagement member having one end portion joined to the output portion via a rod, another end portion arranged at a position being at a right angle to the one end portion, and a pressing portion formed on the one end portion;

the rod joining the output portion of the walk-in member and the one end portion of the disengagement member; and

a tip-up locking member turnably supported on the joining unit about the second pivot portion, the tip-up locking member having one end portion contacting the pressing portion, another end portion formed on the one end portion in a bifurcated shape, and an engagement portion extending from the one end portion and the other end portion toward a front side;

a spring suspended between the other end portion of the tip-up locking member and the joining unit, and constantly rotationally biasing the tip-up locking member about the second pivot portion in a counterclockwise direction;

a movement hole provided in the joining unit;

a stopper member joined to the cushion frame and capable of engaging with and disengaging from the engagement portion of the tip-up locking member, the stopper member moving inside the movement hole in response to turn of the cushion frame about the third pivot portion; and

a biasing unit applying a rotational biasing force to the third pivot portion in the counterclockwise direction,

wherein a forward tilting of the frame causes a turning of the walk-in member, the turning of the walk-in member causes a turning of the disengagement member, the turning of the disengagement member causes a turning of the tip-up locking member thereby disengaged from the stopper member, and then the cushion frame is tipped up by the rotational biasing force applied by the biasing unit.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.
Reel/Frame 057036/0815 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISM CO., LTD
To: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057037/0905 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.
To: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISM CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057037/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 044531/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2015
From: KANAI, YUYA
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 035672/0767 →