Vehicle seat
Disclosed is a vehicle seat including a first side frame, a second side frame, a first coupling member, a second coupling member, a recliner, a coupling plate, a first fastener and a second fastener to fix the coupling plate to the first side frame by fastening, a first reinforcer to reinforce a first portion, of the first side frame, located in an extending direction center thereof, and a second reinforcer to reinforce a second portion, of the first side frame, surrounding the second coupling member. The first side frame has a low-rigidity portion provided between the first fastener and the second fastener. A thickness of the low-rigidity portion is smaller than a sum of a thickness of the first portion and a thickness of the first reinforcer and than a sum of a thickness of the second portion and a thickness of the second reinforcer.
1. A vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seatback, the vehicle seat comprising:
a first side frame constituting a part of a framework of the seat cushion and extending in a seat front-rear direction, the first side frame being arranged at a first end, in a seat-width direction, of the seat cushion;
a second side frame constituting a part of the framework of the seat cushion and extending in the seat front-rear direction, the second side frame being arranged at a second end, in the seat-width direction, of the seat cushion;
a first coupling member coupling a front end of the first side frame and a front end of the second side frame to each other, the first coupling member extending in the seat-width direction;
a second coupling member coupling a rear end of the first side frame and a rear end of the second side frame to each other, the second coupling member extending in the seat-width direction;
a back frame constituting a framework of the seatback;
a recliner coupled to a lower end of the back frame, the recliner having a function of switching a rotatable state, in which the back frame is rotatable in seat front-rear directions, and a non-rotatable state;
a coupling plate to which the recliner is coupled, the coupling plate being fixed to the rear end of the first side frame;
a first fastener to fix the coupling plate to the first side frame by fastening;
a second fastener to fix the coupling plate to the first side frame by fastening, the second fastener being arranged in a position displaced toward a seat rear side relative to the first fastener;
a first reinforcer fixed to a first portion, of the first side frame, located in an extending direction center thereof to thereby reinforce the first portion; and
a second reinforcer fixed to a second portion, of the first side frame, surrounding the second coupling member to thereby reinforce the second portion,
wherein the first side frame has a low-rigidity portion provided between the first fastener and the second fastener, and
wherein a thickness, parallel to the seat-width direction, of the low-rigidity portion is smaller than a sum of a thickness, parallel to the seat-width direction, of the first portion and a thickness, parallel to the seat-width direction, of a part of the first reinforcer, the part being fixed to the first portion, and than a sum of a thickness, parallel to the seat-width direction, of the second portion and a thickness, parallel to the seat-width direction, of a part of the second reinforcer, the part being fixed to the second portion.
2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the low-rigidity portion comprises a gap arranged between the first reinforcer and the second reinforcer.
3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in between the first fastener and the second fastener, the gap is smallest in a distance between the first reinforcer and the second reinforcer.