IP Library Granted Patent US 9,707,864
Granted Patent B2
US 9,707,864 · App. 15/051,014 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Seat device of vehicle

Inventors: Syogo Mizutani (Hiroshima, JP); Tomonori Ohtsubo (Hiroshima, JP); Yoshinori Takeuchi (Aki-gun, JP); Masayoshi Horiue (Frankfurt, DE)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
B60N2/06B60N2/16B60N2002/0208
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Patent No.
US 9,707,864
App. No.
15/051,014
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slide rail is configured to have a specified front-upward slant angle within a range of 9-11 degrees relative to a floor panel such that a seat slides longitudinally with the specified front-upward slant angle and adjustably over a specified longitudinal range along the slide rail, a thigh support portion is provided at a front end portion of a seat cushion so as to swing vertically around its rear portion with an adjustable swing-angle range of 4 degrees or greater, and a seat device of a vehicle does not comprise any other lift mechanism for adjusting a height of the seat than the slide rail having the specified front-upward slant angle.

Claims (25)

1. A seat device of a vehicle, comprising:

a seat comprising a seat cushion and a seatback which is connected to a rear end portion of the seat cushion; and

a slide rail provided to attach the seat to a floor panel such that a position of the seat is longitudinally adjustable within a specified longitudinal range,

wherein said slide rail as a specified front-upward slant angle within a range of 9-11 degrees relative to the floor panel such that said seat slides longitudinally with said specified front-upward slant angle and is adjustable over said specified longitudinal range along the slide rail, a thigh support portion is provided at a front end portion of said seat cushion so as to swing vertically around a rear portion thereof with an adjustable swing-angle range of 4 degrees or greater, and said seat device of the vehicle does not comprise any other lift mechanism for adjusting a height of said seat other than said slide rail.

2. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an assist spring for operational-force reduction which reduces an operational force of adjusting the position of said seat along said slide rail having the specified front-upward slant angle.

3. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the front-upward slant angle of said slide rail is set substantially at 10 degrees.

4. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable swing-angle range of said thigh support portion is set substantially at 5 degrees.

5. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the specified longitudinal range of the seat's adjustable position and the front-upward slant angle of said slide rail are set such that a first shortest clear-vision distance between eye points of a driver and a ground intersection point of a line of sight of an AF05 seated in the seat located at a forward position of the side rail is within a preset specified distance range and a second shortest clear-vision distance between eye points of the driver and the ground intersection point to the line of sight of a AM95 seated in the seat located at a rear end position of the slide rail is within said preset specified distance range.

6. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 5 , wherein said specified distance range of the first and second shortest clear-vision distance is set at 7.0-8.1 m.

7. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 5 , wherein a difference between a largest distance and a smallest distance of said preset specified distance range of the first and second shortest clear-vision distances is set at 1.5 m or less.

8. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a steering wheel of the vehicle is not provided with a telescopic mechanism.

9. A seat device of a vehicle, comprising:

a seat comprising a seat cushion and a seatback which is connected to a rear end portion of the seat cushion; and

a slide rail provided to attach the seat to a floor panel such that a position of the seat is longitudinally adjustable within a specified longitudinal range,

wherein said slide rail has a specified front-upward slant angle within a range of 9-11 degrees relative to the floor panel such that said seat slides longitudinally with said specified front-upward slant angle and is adjustable over said specified longitudinal range along the slide rail.

10. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 9 , further comprising an assist spring for operational-force reduction which reduces an operational force of adjusting the position of said seat along said slide rail having the specified front-upward slant angle.

11. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the front-upward slant angle of said slide rail is set substantially at 10 degrees.

12. A seat device of a vehicle, comprising:

a seat comprising a seat cushion and a seatback which is connected to a rear end portion of the seat cushion; and

a slide rail provided to attach the seat to a floor panel such that a position of the seat is longitudinally adjustable within a specified longitudinal range and said slide rail has a specified front-upward slant angle relative to the floor panel such that said seat slides longitudinally with said specified front-upward slant angle and is adjustable over said specified longitudinal range along the slide rail;

wherein the specified longitudinal range of the seat's adjustable position and the front-upward slant angle of said slide rail are set such that a first shortest clear-vision distance between eye points of a driver and a ground intersection point of a line of sight of an AF05 seated in the seat located at a forward position of the side rail is within a preset specified distance range and a second shortest clear-vision distance between eye points of the driver and the ground intersection point to the line of sight of an AM95 seated in the seat located at a rear end position of the slide rail is within said preset specified distance range; and

said seat device of the vehicle does not comprise any other lift mechanism for adjusting a height of said seat other than said slide rail.

13. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 12 , further comprising an assist spring for operational-force reduction which reduces an operational force of adjusting the position of said seat along said slide rail having the specified front-upward slant angle.

14. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the front-upward slant angle of said slide rail is set within a range of 9-11 degrees relative to the floor panel.

15. The seat device of the vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the front-upward slant angle of said slide rail is set substantially at 10 degrees.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2016
From: MIZUTANI, SYOGO; OHTSUBO, TOMONORI; TAKEUCHI, YOSHINORI; HORIUE, MASAYOSHI
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037801/0463 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-046775 · Mar 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160264022A1 · Sep 15, 2016