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Granted Patent B2
US 11,059,402 · App. 16/767,167 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Conveyance seat

Inventors: Yoichi Tachikawa (Tochigi, JP); Takatoshi Nakazawa (Tochigi, JP); Naoto Nagasawa (Tochigi, JP); Wataru Honda (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60N2/68B60N2/1615B60N2/165B60N2/22B60N2/5825B60N2205/30
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Patent No.
US 11,059,402
App. No.
16/767,167
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The number of components required to restrict the movement of an operating section, when a cushion frame is moved in the height direction, and a link member, which is for moving the cushion frame, is reduced. The seat is provided with: a drive link that is rotatably attached to the cushion frame and that moves the cushion frame in the height direction according to rotation thereof; a gear part that engages with the drive link and that rotates the drive link; a link-rotation restricting member for restricting the rotation range of the drive link; an operating section that accepts an operation for adjusting the height of the cushion frame; and a rotation application section for rotating the drive link via the gear part according to the operating section. The movement of the operating section is restricted as a result of the link-rotation restricting member abutting against the rotation application section.

Claims (21)

1. A conveyance seat in which a height of a cushion frame is adjustable, comprising:

a link member which is rotatably mounted on the cushion frame and moves the cushion frame in a height direction in correspondence with a rotation;

a gear part which engages with the link member and rotates the link member;

a link-rotation restricting member which restricts a rotation range of the link member;

an operating section which accepts an operation to adjust the height of the cushion frame; and

a rotation application section which rotates the link member via the gear part in correspondence with an operation of the operating section,

wherein the movement of the operating section is restricted when the link-rotation restricting member abuts the rotation application section.

2. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation application section comprises a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion which protrude from an outer peripheral portion,

the link-rotation restricting member is arranged between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion, and

the movement of the operating section is restricted when the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion abut the link-rotation restricting member.

3. The conveyance seat according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion is a flange bent from the outer peripheral portion of the rotation application section toward the inside in a seat width direction.

4. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cushion frame comprises side frames arranged on side portions,

the link-rotation restricting member protrudes from each side frame toward the outer side in the seat width direction via a through hole provided in the side frame,

and the operating section and the rotation application section are mounted on one of the right and left side frames which has the link-rotation restricting member mounted thereto.

5. The conveyance seat according to claim 2 , wherein the rotation application section includes a shock absorbing portion configured to absorb a shock when at least one of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion abuts the link-rotation restricting member.

6. The conveyance seat according to claim 5 , wherein the shock absorbing portion comprises:

a first notch portion which is formed in the first protruding portion on the side opposite to the side facing the second protruding portion; and

a second notch portion which is formed in the second protruding portion on the side opposite to the side facing the first protruding portion.

7. The conveyance seat according to claim 4 , comprising a cushion material arranged on the inner side of the cushion frame,

wherein the cushion material vertically overlaps a part of the link-rotation restricting member inside the side frame in the seat width direction, and

the cushion material does not vertically overlap a part of the link-rotation restricting member outside the side frame in the seat width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2020
From: TACHIKAWA, YOICHI; NAKAZAWA, TAKATOSHI; NAGASAWA, NAOTO; HONDA, WATARU
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2017-230133 · Nov 30, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-230738 · Nov 30, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-230739 · Nov 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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