Seat frame of conveyance seat
View Patent ↗A seat frame of a conveyance seat includes: a cushion frame that has cushion side frames disposed on left and right sides; a back frame that has back side frames disposed on left and right sides; recliners that serve as rotary joints, each cushion side frame and the corresponding back side frame being coupled via the corresponding recliner; and recliner plates, each recliner and the corresponding cushion side frame being coupled via the corresponding recliner plate. Each recliner plate has a bent portion at which the recliner plate is bent such that a lower portion of the recliner plate under the recliner is offset in a width direction of the seat frame relative to another portion of the recliner plate, and a reinforcing portion that enhances a strength of the lower portion in an up-down direction of the seat frame.
1. A seat frame of a conveyance seat, comprising:
a cushion frame that has cushion side frames disposed on left and right sides;
a back frame that has back side frames disposed on left and right sides;
recliners that serve as rotary joints, each cushion side frame and the corresponding back side frame being coupled via the corresponding recliner; and
recliner plates, each recliner plate being coupled to the corresponding cushion side frame and the corresponding recliner so as to couple the corresponding cushion side frame and the corresponding recliner, wherein
each recliner plate has a bent portion at which the recliner plate is bent such that a lower portion of the recliner plate under the recliner is offset in a width direction of the seat frame relative to another portion of the recliner plate, and a reinforcing portion that strengthens the lower portion in an up-down direction of the seat frame, and
each recliner plate is positioned on an outer side of the corresponding recliner in the width direction of the seat frame.
2. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing portion is provided so as to control an increase in bending amount at the bent portion of the recliner plate when the reinforcing portion receives a downward load from the recliner.
3. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing portion includes a raised portion of the recliner plate under the bent portion, the raised portion being raised toward a side opposite to the bent portion in the width direction.
4. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 3 , wherein the reinforcing portion is a parabolic shape having a portion of the raised portion adjacent to the bent portion as a base, and a portion apart from the bent portion as a vertex.
5. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bent portion extends in a forward-rearward direction of the seat frame.
6. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bent portion is bent such that a lower-most portion of the recliner plate in the up-down direction of the seat frame and under the recliner is offset in the width direction of the seat frame relative to an upper-most portion of the recliner plate in the up-down direction of the seat frame.
7. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein each recliner plate is coupled to the corresponding side frame by a bolt at a rear end portion of the corresponding side frame.
8. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein each recliner plate is welded to the corresponding recliner.
9. The seat frame of a conveyance seat according to claim 7 , wherein each recliner plate is welded to the corresponding recliner.