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Granted Patent B2
US 11,135,944 · App. 16/668,751 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Takashi Sugimoto (Anjo, JP); Kohshi Katoh (Toyota, JP); Osamu Oda (Toyota, JP); Tetsuya Nagai (Okazaki, JP); Yuji Yamada (Ichinomiya, JP); Akira Takinami (Toyota, JP); Masatoshi Hada (Nagakute, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/02B60N2002/0208
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,135,944
App. No.
16/668,751
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat cushion is swingable about an axis A with respect to a seat cushion support frame that is a part of a main frame. A cushion return spring that is a flat spring is disposed between the seat cushion and the seat cushion support frame so that an elastic force of the cushion return spring returns the seat cushion to a neutral position. A pair of clamp rollers that clamps the cushion return spring is disposed. The clamp rollers are movable along a longitudinal axis of the cushion return spring. Changing of a clamping position by moving the clamp rollers changes an effective length of the cushion return spring. In this way, a swingable range of the seat cushion and a force to return the seat cushion to the neutral position are changed.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a main frame;

a seat cushion that is supported to be swingable to the right and left with respect to the main frame;

a flat spring with a first end supported by the main frame and a second end supported by the seat cushion, the flat spring biasing the seat cushion to a neutral position;

a clamp disposed at the main frame or the seat cushion, the clamp clamping the flat spring, and a clamping position being adjustable in a direction extending along a longitudinal axis of the flat spring; and

a support fixed to the main frame, the support supports the first end of the flat spring and allows the flat spring to move relative to the main frame in the direction extending along the longitudinal axis of the flat spring.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the clamp comprises two clamp rollers that are movable along the longitudinal axis of the flat spring and in contact with respective front and back surfaces of the flat spring.

3. A vehicle seat comprising:

a main frame;

a seat cushion that is supported to be swingable to the right and left with respect to the main frame;

a flat spring with a first end supported by the main frame and a second end supported by the seat cushion, the flat spring biasing the seat cushion to a neutral position; and

a clamp disposed at the main frame or the seat cushion, the clamp clamping the flat spring, and a clamping position being adjustable along a longitudinal axis of the flat spring, the clamp comprises two clamp rollers that are movable along the longitudinal axis of the flat spring and in contact with respective front and back surfaces of the flat spring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2019
From: SUGIMOTO, TAKASHI; KATOH, KOHSHI; ODA, OSAMU; NAGAI, TETSUYA; YAMADA, YUJI; TAKINAMI, AKIRA; HADA, MASATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050881/0832 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-206650 · Nov 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200139849A1 · May 7, 2020
Cited By (1)
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