IP Library Granted Patent US 11,040,640
Granted Patent B2
US 11,040,640 · App. 16/794,788 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Vehicle seat lifting apparatus

Inventor: Yuki Abe (Fujisawa, JP)
Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
B60N2/168B60N2/165B60N2/1615B60N2/1695
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Patent No.
US 11,040,640
App. No.
16/794,788
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat lifting apparatus includes: a cushion base of a vehicle seat; a link member rotatably provided on the cushion base and raising and lowering at least a part of the vehicle seat; a front limiter provided on a front portion in front of a rotation center of the link member and limiting rotation of the link member; and a rear limiter provided on a rear portion behind the rotation center of the link member and limiting the rotation of the link member.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle seat lifting apparatus, comprising:

a cushion base of a vehicle seat;

a link member rotatably provided on the cushion base and configured to raise and lower at least a part of the vehicle seat as the link member rotates;

a front limiter provided in front of a rotation center of the link member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and configured to limit rotation of the link member;

a rear limiter provided behind the rotation center of the link member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and configured to limit the rotation of the link member; and

a connecting member rotatably connected to the link member in one end thereof and rotatably connected to the part of the vehicle seat in another end thereof, wherein

the front limiter is configured to limit a rotation angle of the connecting member with respect to the link member,

the front limiter includes a first contact portion provided on at least one of the connecting member and the link member, and

when the link member is rotated to a predetermined angle in a direction in which a front portion of the link member is raised, the connecting member and the link member contact each other through the first contact portion.

2. The vehicle seat lifting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the front limiter includes a second contact portion provided on at least one of the connecting member and the link member, and when the link member is rotated to a predetermined angle in a direction in which the front portion of the link member is lowered, the connecting member and the link member contact each other through the second contact portion.

3. The vehicle seat lifting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the link member includes a plurality of link members, and the plurality of the link members are arranged apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and are connected to each other with a connecting shaft, and

the second contact portion is constituted by the connecting shaft.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: SHIROKI CORPORATION
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064616/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: ABE, YUKI
To: SHIROKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051860/0138 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-028471 · Feb 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200262319A1 · Aug 20, 2020