JP2011157026A - Seat for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a spring member for biasing a lifter mechanism in a lift-up direction have other additional functions. <P>SOLUTION: In a seat cushion 3, a rear link 12 of the lifter mechanism 10 constituted of a four-joint link mechanism is lifted up from a vehicle floor and is lifted down on the vehicle floor by a vertical moving motion in relation to a side frame 3Fa of the seat cushion 3. A torsion spring S for biasing the rear link 12 in an operation direction for lift-up is provided between the side frame 3Fa and the rear link 12. In the torsion spring S, the one end S1 is latched on the side frame 3Fa, while the other end S2 is latched on the rear link 12. A winding part S3 wound in a coil shape is formed at a portion between the ends S1 and S2. A rotary shaft 14A of a lifter lever 15 is inserted into the winding part S3, and the rotary shaft 14A is journaled by the winding part S3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle seat. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vehicle seat provided with a lifter mechanism capable of adjusting a seating height position of a seat cushion with respect to a vehicle floor.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a vehicle seat, a configuration including a lifter mechanism capable of adjusting a seating height position of a seat cushion with respect to a vehicle floor is known. Here, the following Patent Document 1 discloses a specific configuration of the above-described lifter mechanism. In this disclosure, the seat cushion is connected to the vehicle floor via a link, and the seating height position of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle floor is adjusted by an operation of rotating the link up and down.

  Specifically, the operation of rotating the link described above is performed by rotating the operation member provided on the side portion of the seat cushion, and the meshing position between the meshing teeth formed between the operation member and the link by the same operation. Changes so that the link is sent in the direction of rotation. Further, the above-described vehicle seat is provided with a spring member that urges the link in the direction in which the link is raised and rotated, and the urging force of the spring member lifts the seat cushion to the side opposite to the gravity direction. The operation force is reduced, and each operation force for moving the seat cushion up and down is balanced.

JP 2009-255643 A

  However, in the related art disclosed above, the spring member is configured to perform only the function of applying an urging force in the upright rotation direction to the link.

  The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described problems, and the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide another additional function to the spring member that biases the lifter mechanism in the direction of lifting up. It is to be able to have it.

In order to solve the above problems, the vehicle seat of the present invention takes the following means.
First, a first invention is a vehicle seat provided with a lifter mechanism capable of adjusting a seating height position of a seat cushion with respect to a vehicle floor. The seat cushion is lifted up or down on the vehicle floor by a movement in which the first member constituting the lifter mechanism moves up and down relative to the second member. The second member includes a lifter lever that transmits rotational power to the first member by a rotation operation to move the first member up and down, and a state in which the rotary shaft is rotatably connected to the second member. It is provided. Further, a spring member is provided between the second member and the first member to urge the first member in an operation direction that lifts up the seat cushion. The spring member has one end hooked on the second member and the other end hooked on the first member, and a coiled portion wound around the portion between the one end and the other end. The torsion spring is formed, and the rotation shaft of the lifter lever is inserted into the winding portion of the torsion spring, and the rotation shaft is pivotally supported by the winding portion.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, by rotating the lifter lever, the first member moves up and down in response to transmission of rotational power from the lifter lever, and the seat cushion is lifted up from the vehicle floor. Or lifted down on the vehicle floor. At this time, the rotation shaft of the lifter lever and the first member are in a relationship in which each other exerts a power transmission action, so that the rotation shaft of the lifter lever is separated from the first member. A repulsive force is generated. However, this repulsive force is caused by the rotating shaft of the lifter lever being passed through a winding formed on a spring member (torsion spring) in which one end and the other end are hooked on the first member and the second member, respectively. With this configuration, it is supported via the spring member. In this way, the spring member that urges the lifter mechanism in the direction of lifting the lifter mechanism can be provided with another additional function of supporting the rotating shaft of the lifter lever.

  Next, according to a second aspect, in the first aspect described above, one end of the spring member is passed through the elongated hole formed in the second member by twisting from the start end side to the end end side. By this, it is supposed that it is locked and held at the end position of the long hole. The shape of the long hole is that the middle part of the path from the start end side to the end end side is once guided in a direction to constrict one end of the spring member, and then the end portion is released while releasing the constricted state. It is formed as a bowl-shaped shape leading to the position, and at the terminal end position of the long hole, the one end of the spring member is locked to the movement in the return direction to the starting end side by the biasing It has become.

  According to this second invention, one end of the spring member is passed through the elongated hole formed in the second member in a bowl shape by twisting from the start end side to the end end side, In the middle part of the route, the guide is once guided in the direction of constriction, and then the constricted state is released to the end position. As a result, one end of the spring member is locked in the return direction toward the start end of the long hole due to the biasing by the state where the end of the long hole is restored after being once constricted at the position of the end of the long hole. And is held at the end position of the long hole. In this way, a configuration in which one end of the spring member is twisted and hooked to the second member can be obtained by a simple configuration in which a long hole having a curved shape is formed in the second member.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an overall structure of a vehicle seat according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is the disassembled perspective view which showed the assembly | attachment structure to the cushion frame and rear link of a torsion spring. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated using drawing.

  First, the configuration of the vehicle seat 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle seat 1 according to the present embodiment includes a lifter mechanism 10 that can adjust the seating height position of the seat cushion 3 with respect to the vehicle floor (not shown). Here, the lifter mechanism 10 lifts up the seating height position of the seat cushion 3 by an operation of pulling up or pushing down the lifter lever 15 provided on the left side in the drawing, which is the outer side of the seat cushion 3. It has an operating structure that can be lifted or lowered.

  Hereinafter, the specific configuration of the lifter mechanism 10 will be described together with the configuration of the vehicle seat 1. Here, the vehicle seat 1 includes a seat back 2 that serves as a backrest for a seated occupant and a seat cushion 3 that serves as a seating portion, and the lower ends of the left and right sides of the seat back 2 are respectively rotated. It is connected to the rear end portions of both the left and right sides of the seat cushion 3 via reclining devices 4 and 4 that function as a rotatable rotating shaft device.

  The above-described seat back 2 has an internal skeleton structure constituted by a back frame 2F assembled in an inverted U shape. Here, the back frame 2F is composed of side frames 2Fa and 2Fa made of a pair of left and right vertically elongated steel plate members arranged opposite to each other on the left and right side portions. The upper frame 2Fc is formed of a steel pipe member bent in an inverted U shape so as to connect the upper ends of the side frames 2Fa and 2Fa.

  Then, the upper end portions of both side frames 2Fa and 2Fa and the end portions on each side of the upper frame 2Fc are firmly and integrally joined to each other by welding so that the back frame 2F has an inverted U-shaped rigid body. It is a frame and is firmly integrated. The back frame 2F has side frames 3Fa on both the left and right sides of the cushion frame 3F, the lower ends of the side frames 2Fa and 2Fa being the skeleton of the seat cushion 3 via the reclining devices 4 and 4, respectively. , 3Fa is connected to the rear end.

  Further, the skeleton structure inside the seat cushion 3 described above is constituted by a U-shaped cushion frame 3 </ b> F opened to the rear side of the seat cushion 3. The skeleton structure of the left and right side portions of the cushion frame 3F is configured by side frames 3Fa and 3Fa made of a pair of left and right steel plates that are long in the front-rear direction and are opposed to each other. The structure is constituted by a front frame 3Fc made of a horizontally long steel plate member that connects the front end portions of both side frames 3Fa, 3Fa.

  The front end portions of the side frames 3Fa and 3Fa and the end portions on the respective sides of the front frame 3Fc are firmly and integrally joined to each other by welding so that the cushion frame 3F opens to the rear side. It is formed into a solid rigid frame that is firmly integrated. In the cushion frame 3F, both side frames 3Fa and 3Fa are connected to a vehicle floor (not shown) via a slider device 5 and a lifter mechanism 10, respectively.

  The slider device 5 described above is slidably moved in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the pair of left and right lower rails 5A, 5A that are fixedly installed on the vehicle floor and formed in a shape elongated in the vehicle front-rear direction. It has a pair of left and right upper rails 5B and 5B assembled so as to be in a possible state, and switches a slide lock mechanism (not shown) provided on the upper rails 5B and 5B on each side between a locked state and a released state. As a result, the sliding movement of the upper rails 5B, 5B with respect to the lower rails 5A, 5A can be locked or allowed.

  The lifter mechanism 10 includes a pair of left and right front links 11 and 11 that rotatably link the front portions of the side frames 3Fa and 3Fa on each side of the cushion frame 3F and the front portions of the upper rails 5B and 5B, respectively. Each of the side frames 3Fa, 3Fa and the rear portion of the upper rails 5B, 5B is constituted by a four-bar linkage mechanism having a pair of left and right rear links 12, 12 that rotatably link the links. The seating height position of the seat cushion 3 with respect to the vehicle floor is lifted up or down by the up-and-down rotating motion that has acted.

  Here, each rear link 12, 12 described above is in a state in which the end portions on the side connected to the side frames 3Fa, 3Fa are integrally connected to each other by a connecting rod 13 made of steel pipe. As shown in FIG. 3, the end portions on each side of the connecting rod 13 are rotatably connected to the side frames 3Fa, 3Fa on each side by connecting pins 13A, 13A, thereby the side frames 3Fa, It is in a state in which the shaft is rotatably connected to 3Fa.

  The operation of rotating the lifter mechanism 10 upside down is performed by operating the lifter lever 15 provided on the outer side of the seat cushion 3. Here, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, the lifter lever 15 is connected to a brake unit 14 that is connected to the side frame 3 Fa on the outer side of the seat cushion 3. A lever operation for pulling upward or pushing downward about a rotating shaft 14A as a shaft can be performed. Here, the outer side side frame 3Fa described above corresponds to the second member of the present invention, and the outer side rear link 12 corresponds to the first member of the present invention.

  The above-described lifter lever 15 is normally held in a neutral position that is the initial position before the operation by biasing, and by rotating this up and down, the rotating shaft 14A is rotated in the operated direction, By releasing the hand from the operation, only the lifter lever 15 is returned to the neutral position by urging while maintaining the rotational position of the rotating shaft 14A by the brake mechanism inside the brake unit 14.

  The rotating shaft 14A of the brake unit 14 described above is inserted into a through hole 3Fa1 formed in the side frame 3Fa on the outer side of the seat cushion 3, and is rotatably supported with respect to the side frame 3Fa. It is provided. A pinion gear 14B is press-fitted and fixed integrally with the rotary shaft 14A, and the pinion gear 14B is engaged with a gear portion 12B formed on the rear link 12 on the outer side. Is provided. Thereby, the rotating shaft 14A is rotated by the operation of moving the lifter lever 15 up and down, thereby rotating the pinion gear 14B in the same direction and moving the gear portion 12B in the rotating direction. The rear link 12 is operated to be raised from the vehicle floor or to be brought down on the vehicle floor.

  Specifically, by operating the lifter lever 15 to be lifted upward, the outer side rear link 12 is rotated so as to be lifted forward, and the lifter lever 15 is pushed downward. The rear link 12 is rotated so that the rear link 12 is tilted backward. Then, when the outer side rear link 12 is turned upside down by the lifter lever 15, the inner side rear link 12 is also turned upside down integrally in the same direction. 11 and 11 are also operated up and down in the same direction in cooperation.

  Then, by releasing the lifter lever 15 that has been moved up and down, the rotation position of the rotating shaft 14A is held by the operation of the brake mechanism inside the brake unit 14, and the rotation posture of each link is maintained by this holding force. The seat cushion 3 is held at the seating height position where the seat cushion 3 is lifted up or lifted down. Returning to FIG. 1, the operating force for moving the lifter lever 15 up and down is in the lifting direction for lifting the seat cushion 3 by the action of the seat cushion 3 applied to the lifter mechanism 10 and the weight of the seated occupant. The operating force is heavier than the operating force in the push-down direction that lifts down the seat cushion 3.

  Therefore, the above-described lifter mechanism 10 is urged in the rotational direction in which the above-described rear links 12 and 12 are raised to the front side, thereby reducing the operating force for lifting the seat cushion 3. A torsion spring S (a torsion spring on the right side in the figure is not shown) is attached. Here, the torsion spring S corresponds to the spring member of the present invention. Specifically, the torsion springs S (the torsion springs on the right side in the drawing are not shown) are provided between the rear links 12 and 12 on each side and the side frames 3Fa and 3Fa on each side of the cushion frame 3F. The rear links 12 and 12 are urged to rotate with respect to the side frames 3Fa and 3Fa.

  Among these, the torsion spring S hooked between the outer side rear link 12 where the lifter lever 15 is disposed and the side frame 3Fa is fixed with one end S1 hooked on the side frame 3Fa, The other end S2 is hooked and fixed to the rear link 12, and a winding portion S3 wound in a coil shape is formed at a portion between one end S1 and the other end S2, and this winding portion S3 is The rotary shaft 14 </ b> A that rotates together with the lifter lever 15 described above is inserted and wound.

  As a result, the rotating shaft 14A described above is elastically supported by the winding portion S3 as being inserted into the winding portion S3 of the torsion spring S, and the rotating shaft of the rear link 12 (by the spring biasing force of the torsion spring S) The inter-axis repulsive force applied to the connecting pin 13A) is suppressed. By the way, the torsion spring S described above is hooked to the outer side rear link 12 and the side frame 3Fa as follows.

  That is, first, as shown in FIG. 2, the other end S2 on the side of the torsion spring S that is hooked to the rear link 12 is formed in a shape in which the end is bent in a crank shape, It penetrates through the through-hole 12A formed through the rear link 12 and the elongated hole 3Fa3 formed in the vertically long circular arc shape formed through the side frame 3Fa. A roller R serving as a rolling element is attached to the bent end portion of the end portion inserted through the hole 3Fa3, and the roller R is recessed in the plate surface outside the side frame 3Fa. It is assembled in a state in which it can be set inside and can roll in the guide groove 3Fa4.

  As a result, the other end S2 of the torsion spring S can be moved in the elongated hole 3Fa3 of the side frame 3Fa as the rear link 12 is rotated up and down as it is hooked and fixed to the rear link 12. With this movement, the roller R moves while rolling on the guide groove 3Fa4 of the side frame 3Fa, so that the other end S2 of the torsion spring S moves with the rear link 12 tilting up and down. The side frame 3Fa can move with little contact friction.

  On the other hand, one end S1 on the side of the torsion spring S that is hooked to the side frame 3Fa is also formed in a shape in which the end is bent in a crank shape, and is a long hole that penetrates the side frame 3Fa. The end portion is inserted into the lower end portion (start end portion 3Fa2A) of 3Fa2 and moved from the end S1 of the torsion spring S while being twisted toward the end portion 3Fa2B serving as the upper end portion of the long hole 3Fa2. 3Fa2B is in a state of being screwed in and locked, and the bent end of the end inserted through the long hole 3Fa2 is in a state where it cannot be removed from the long hole 3Fa2. It is fixed as a hooked state.

  Here, the shape of the long hole 3Fa2 from the lower end side start end portion 3Fa2A through which the one end S1 of the torsion spring S is inserted to the upper end side end portion 3Fa2B is once inside the other end S1 of the torsion spring S (the other end). After being guided to move so as to bend and deform in the direction of constriction toward the S2 side, the constricted state is released (that is, restored to the outside) and then guided to the terminal end portion 3Fa2B. It is formed in a shape curved like a bowl. Accordingly, the one end S1 of the torsion spring S described above is bent toward the inside of the long hole 3Fa2 at the position of the terminal end 3Fa2B of the long hole 3Fa2 in the return direction toward the start end 3Fa2A by the biasing. As a state of being locked by the shape of the flange, it is held in a state of being hooked at the position of the terminal end 3Fa2B. Therefore, the shape of the end portion 3Fa2B of the long hole 3Fa2 is oriented so that the lower surface thereof is horizontal or hangs outward so that the downward movement of the one end S1 of the torsion spring S can be completely prevented. Preferably it is formed.

  As described above, according to the vehicle seat 1 of the present embodiment, when the lifter lever 15 is rotated, the rear link 12 moves up and down in response to the transmission of the rotational power from the lifter lever 15, and the seat cushion 3. Is lifted up or down on the vehicle floor. At this time, the rotary shaft 14A of the lifter lever 15 is separated from the rear link 12 because the rotary shaft 14A of the lifter lever 15 and the rear link 12 are in a relationship of exerting power transmission. A repulsive force (interaxial repulsive force) is generated.

  However, this repulsive force is applied to the lifter lever in the winding portion S3 formed in the torsion spring S in which one end S1 and the other end S2 are hooked on the rear link 12 and the outer side frame 3Fa of the seat cushion 3, respectively. Since the 15 rotation shafts 14 </ b> A are configured to pass, the support is supported via the torsion spring S. In this way, the torsion spring S that biases the lifter mechanism 10 in the direction of lifting the lifter mechanism 10 can be provided with another additional function of pivotally supporting the rotating shaft 14A of the lifter lever 15.

  In addition, one end S1 of the torsion spring S is passed by twisting from the start end 3Fa2A side to the end end 3Fa2B side into a long hole 3Fa2 having a curved shape formed in the side frame 3Fa of the seat cushion 3. As a result, in the middle part of the route, the guide is once guided in the direction of squeezing, and thereafter, the squeezed state is released and guided to the position of the terminal end 3Fa2B. Thereby, one end S1 of the torsion spring S is returned to the start end 3Fa2A side of the elongated hole 3Fa2 due to the biased state at the position of the terminal end 3Fa2B of the elongated hole 3Fa2 after being once constricted and restored. Is held at the position of the end portion 3Fa2B of the long hole 3Fa2. In this way, a configuration in which one end S1 of the torsion spring S is twisted and hooked to the side frame 3Fa can be obtained by a simple configuration in which the long hole 3Fa2 having a curved shape is formed in the side frame 3Fa.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described using one Example, this invention can be implemented with various forms other than the said Example. For example, in the above embodiment, as the lifter mechanism 10, the rear link 12 (first member) rotates upside down with respect to the side frame 3Fa (second member) of the seat cushion 3, so that the seat cushion 3 is attached. The seat height position is illustrated as being lifted up or down, but the seat cushion 3 is seated by the movement of the first member sliding up and down relative to the second member. It may be configured to change the position. The lifter mechanism of the present invention is configured to change the seating height position of the seat cushion by moving the first member with respect to the second member in a different movement mode from the above. May be.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although elongate hole 3Fa2 formed in the shape curved in bowl shape was illustrated as an elongate hole for hooking one end S1 of the torsion spring S, an elongate hole is made into the especially curved shape. It does not have to be formed, as long as it has a shape that extends in the direction of twisting one end of the torsion spring, such as a shape that extends straight or a shape that extends stepwise The shape is not particularly limited. However, in either case, the shape of the terminal part that hooks one end of the torsion spring is oriented horizontally or drooped so that the movement of one end of the torsion spring can be better prevented. It is preferable to be formed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle seat 2 Seat back 2F Back frame 2Fa Side frame 2Fc Upper frame 3 Seat cushion 3F Cushion frame 3Fa Side frame (2nd member)
3Fa1 Through-hole 3Fa2 Long hole 3Fa2A Start end part 3Fa2B End part 3Fa3 Long hole 3Fa4 Guide groove 3Fc Front frame 4 Reclining device 5 Slider device 5A Lower rail 5B Upper rail 10 Lifter mechanism 11 Front link 12 Rear link (first member)
12A Through-hole 12B Gear part 13 Connecting rod 13A Connecting pin 14 Brake unit 14A Rotating shaft 14B Pinion gear 15 Lifter lever S Torsion spring (spring member)
S1 one end S2 other end S3 winding part R roller

Claims (2)

A vehicle seat having a lifter mechanism capable of adjusting a seating height position of a seat cushion with respect to a vehicle floor,
The seat cushion is adapted to be lifted up or down on the vehicle floor by a movement in which the first member constituting the lifter mechanism moves up and down relative to the second member, A lifter lever that transmits rotational power to the first member by a rotating operation to move the first member up and down is pivotally connected to the second member so that a rotary shaft is rotatable. Furthermore, a spring member is provided between the second member and the first member for biasing the first member in an operation direction for lifting the seat cushion. And
One end of the spring member is hooked on the second member and the other end is hooked on the first member, and a coiled portion is formed in a portion between the one end and the other end. A vehicle having a configuration in which a rotating shaft of the lifter lever is inserted into a winding portion of the torsion spring and the rotating shaft is pivotally supported by the winding portion. Sheet. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
One end of the spring member is locked and held at the position of the end of the long hole by being screwed through the long hole formed in the second member from the start end side to the end end side. The shape of the elongated hole is such that the middle part of the path from the start end side to the end end side is once constricted after guiding in a direction to constrict one end of the spring member. It is formed as a bowl-shaped curve that leads to the end position while being released, and one end of the spring member is moved in the return direction to the start end side by the bias at the end position of the elongated hole A vehicle seat characterized in that is locked.

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