IP Library Granted Patent US 12,139,050
Granted Patent B2
US 12,139,050 · App. 17/960,209 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Seat frame for vehicle

Inventors: Dong Hyeon Son (Hwaseong-si, KR); Woo Sool Song (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
B60N2/12B60N2/146B60N2/68B60N2002/971
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Patent No.
US 12,139,050
App. No.
17/960,209
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a seat frame for a vehicle, the seat frame including a back frame provided on a vehicle seat and including a rotary spring disposed at a lower end thereof, the rotary spring is configured to fold the vehicle seat forward when a lever operates, and a flat spring disposed at the lower end of the back frame and including a slider provided on a lower surface of the back frame and configured to fix the back frame so as to prevent the vehicle seat from being restored rearward when the vehicle seat is folded forward.

Claims (20)

1. A seat frame for a vehicle, the seat frame comprising:

a back frame disposed on a vehicle seat and including a rotary spring disposed at a lower end of the back frame, the rotary spring being configured to fold the vehicle seat forward when a lever operates; and

a flat spring disposed at the lower end of the back frame and including a slider disposed on a lower surface of the back frame, the slider being configured to fix the back frame to prevent the vehicle seat from being restored rearward when the vehicle seat is folded forward,

wherein the flat spring includes:

a sliding part configured to have the slider move thereon; and

a fixing part configured to insert and lock the slider therein when folding of the vehicle seat is completed, and

wherein a first contact angle between a first moving direction of the slider and the fixing part is greater than a second contact angle between a second moving direction of the slider and the sliding part.

2. The seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part has a ring shape.

3. The seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the back frame is configured to fold the vehicle seat forward as the slider rotates counterclockwise on the sliding part.

4. The seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part is configured to fix the back frame by fixing the slider in the fixing part so that the vehicle seat is prevented from being restored rearward.

5. The seat frame of claim 1 ,

wherein the lever is disposed at an upper end of the vehicle seat, and

wherein the back frame is configured to be unfixed when the lever operates, and the vehicle seat is configured to be folded forward by operation of the rotary spring.

6. The seat frame of claim 1 , further comprising:

a rail disposed at a lower end of the vehicle seat and configured to allow the vehicle seat to slide and move forward when the vehicle seat is folded forward.

7. The seat frame of claim 6 , wherein a locking cable of the rail is configured to be released when the vehicle seat is folded forward, and the vehicle seat is configured to move forward while sliding on the rail.

8. The seat frame of claim 1 , wherein the flat spring is configured to be spaced apart from the slider and thereby have the back frame unfixed before the vehicle seat is folded forward.

9. The seat frame of claim 6 ,

wherein the back frame is configured to move and slide the vehicle seat rearward on the rail when the vehicle seat is restored to an initial position, and

wherein the vehicle seat is configured to be restored rearward when the vehicle seat is stopped on the rail.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: SON, DONG HYEON; SONG, WOO SOOL
To: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061316/0121 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0131898 · Oct 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230107030A1 · Apr 6, 2023