Vehicle

Abstract

To provide a vehicle capable of further expanding a living space of a passenger around a vehicle seat.SOLUTION: A vehicle 10 comprises: right and left vehicle seats 12 which are juxtaposed in a vehicle width direction and respectively have a seat cushion 12A with a passenger sitting thereon; a center console 22 which is provided between the right and left vehicle seats 12 with an upper face 22A thereof positioned on a vehicle upper side than a seating surface of the seat cushion 12A; and arm rests 30 in which lower end sections 32 are extended toward the upper face 22A of the center console 22 from lateral sides of the center console 22 of the seat cushions 12A of the vehicle seats 12, and at least a part of upper end sections 34 is arranged to overlap with the upper face 22A of the center console 22 in a planner view.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle equipped with a vehicle seat having an armrest. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a vehicle in which a center console equipped with an armrest is disposed near the rear end of the vehicle. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2022-98832 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When both a center console and an armrest with a seat are arranged around a vehicle seat, the living space for the occupant around the seat of the vehicle seat is reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to provide only one of the center console and the armrest, or to use part of the center console as the armrest as in the vehicle described in Patent Document 1, and there is room for improvement in the living space for the occupant around the seat of the vehicle seat.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE In consideration of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a larger living space for an occupant around a vehicle seat. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The vehicle of the present invention described in claim 1 comprises left and right vehicle seats arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction, each having a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated, a center console arranged between the left and right vehicle seats and having an upper surface located above the vehicle relative to the seating surfaces of the seat cushions, and an armrest whose lower end extends from the side of the center console side of the seat cushion of the vehicle seat toward the upper surface of the center console and whose upper end is positioned so that at least a portion of it overlaps the upper surface of the center console in a plan view.

[0007] In the vehicle according to the present invention described in claim 1, the lower end of the armrest extends from the side of the center console side of the seat cushion of the vehicle seat toward the upper surface of the center console, and at least a part of the upper end of the armrest is arranged to overlap the upper surface of the center console in a plan view. Therefore, the armrest covers the center console portion, and the living space for the occupant around the seat of the vehicle seat can be increased by the amount of overlap.

[0008] The vehicle according to the present invention as set forth in claim 2 has the configuration as set forth in claim 1, wherein the armrest is formed integrally with the seat cushion.

[0009] In the vehicle of the present invention described in claim 2, the armrest is formed integrally with the seat cushion, so that when the seat cushion is configured to be movable in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, the armrest can move in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle together with the seat cushion.

[0010] The vehicle of the present invention described in claim 3 is configured as described in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the center console extends in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and the armrest is movable in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle along the center console.

[0011] In the vehicle of the present invention described in claim 3, the armrest is movable in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle along the center console, so that the armrest can be moved to a comfortable position to suit the occupant's physique, posture, etc.

[0012] The vehicle of the present invention described in claim 4 has the configuration described in any one of claims 1 to 3, and further includes at least one of a cup holder, an operating unit capable of operating vehicle electronic devices, and a storage compartment on the upper surface of the center console.

[0013] In the vehicle of the present invention described in claim 4, at least one of a cup holder, an operating unit for operating vehicle electronic devices, and a storage compartment is provided on the upper surface of the center console, so that the upper surface of the center console can be utilized effectively.

[0014] The vehicle of the present invention described in claim 5 has the configuration described in claim 4, wherein the operating unit is arranged on the upper surface of the center console at a position on the front side of the armrest in the vehicle where it can be operated by the fingers of an occupant.

[0015] In the vehicle of the present invention described in claim 5, an operating unit capable of operating vehicle electronic devices is positioned on the upper surface of the center console at a position on the front side of the armrest in a position where it can be operated by the occupant's fingers, so that the occupant can operate the operating unit while resting his / her arm on the armrest.

[0016] The vehicle according to the present invention described in claim 6 has the configuration described in claim 4, wherein the armrest is disposed at a height position where the operating portion can be operated by a finger of an occupant.

[0017] In the vehicle of the present invention described in claim 6, the armrest is positioned at a height position where the operating unit can be operated by the occupant's fingers, so that the height position from the top surface of the center console to the armrest can be set at a position where the occupant can operate the operating unit. Effect of the Invention

[0018] As described above, the vehicle according to the present invention has an excellent effect of making it possible to increase the living space for an occupant around the vehicle seat. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0019] [Figure 1] 1 is a plan view showing a schematic diagram of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a side view showing a portion of the vehicle in FIG. [Diagram 3] 2 is a front view showing a main part of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 as seen from the seat front side. [Figure 4] 4 is a plan view showing the main part of the seat as seen from above in FIG. 3. FIG. [Diagram 5] 2 is a side view showing a main part of the vehicle in FIG. 1 as seen from the left side of the seat. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0020] A vehicle 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 1 to 5. In the following description, when the front-rear, left-right, top-bottom directions are used, they refer to the front-rear, left-right, top-bottom directions of the vehicle. Also, the arrow FR shown in each figure indicates the forward direction, the arrow UP indicates the upward direction, the arrow RH indicates the rightward direction, and the arrow LH indicates the leftward direction. In the following description, when the front-rear, up-down, and left-right directions are simply used, they refer to the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the up-down direction of the vehicle, and the left-right direction when facing forward, unless otherwise specified.

[0021] 1, a vehicle 10 of this embodiment includes a driver's seat 16 and a passenger seat 18 formed of a vehicle seat 12 on which passengers in a vehicle interior 14 sit, and a rear seat 20 formed of a vehicle seat 13. In the vehicle 10 of this embodiment, as an example, a steering wheel 15 is disposed on the left side of the vehicle interior 14, the driver's seat 16 is disposed on the left side of the vehicle interior 14, and the passenger seat 18 is disposed on the right side of the driver's seat 16. In addition, a center console 22 is provided between the driver's seat 16 and the passenger seat 18, and a dashboard 24 is provided in front of the driver's seat 16 and the passenger seat 18.

[0022] As shown in Fig. 3, the center console 22 has an upper surface 22A located above the seating surface of a seat cushion 12A for an occupant, which will be described later. As shown in Fig. 1, the center console 22 extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the upper surface 22A is provided with, for example, two cup holders 25, a storage compartment 26 having a concave shape, and an operation unit 28 capable of operating various vehicle electronic devices (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 10. Examples of the vehicle electronic devices include a car navigation system, an audio system, and a control device that controls the operation of the vehicle 10. In the present embodiment, as an example, the operation unit 28 is configured with a touch panel type liquid crystal screen, and the liquid crystal screen is displayed on the upper surface 22A of the center console 22.

[0023] The rear seat 20 is provided behind the driver's seat 16 and the passenger seat 18, and the vehicle seat 13 constituting the rear seat 20 is, for example, a bench-type seat that can seat three passengers. Note that the rear seat 13 is not limited to a bench-type seat, and an independent vehicle seat 12 may be provided.

[0024] As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the vehicle seat 12 constituting the driver's seat 16 and the passenger seat 18 includes a seat cushion 12A on which an occupant sits, and a seat back 12B connected to the rear end of the seat cushion 12A and capable of supporting the occupant's back. A headrest 12C capable of supporting the occupant's head is provided at the upper end of the seat back 12B. The vehicle seat 12 also includes an armrest 30 on the center console 22 side. Note that, in each of the drawings, as an example, an embodiment in which the armrest 30 is provided only on the center console 22 side is shown, but an armrest may also be provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction.

[0025] The seat cushion 12A includes a frame that forms the skeleton of the seat cushion 12A, a cushion material made of urethane foam, and a cloth or leather covering material that covers the surface of the cushion material. The vehicle seat 12 is provided with a seat slide portion 40 that allows the seat cushion 12A to slide in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

[0026] Although not shown, the seat sliding section 40 includes a seat rail that is fastened to the floor of the vehicle 10, and an upper rail to which the vehicle seat 12 is attached and is slidable relative to the seat rail. The seat rail and the upper rail are configured as a pair of left and right rails that extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The seat sliding section 40 also includes a transmission shaft (not shown) that is suspended between the pair of left and right rails of the upper rail, a slide motor 42 that rotates the transmission shaft, and a control section (not shown) that controls the rotational drive of the slide motor 42.

[0027] The vehicle seat 12 attached to the upper rail slides in the vehicle front-rear direction (arrow X) based on the driving force of the slide motor 42 transmitted via a transmission shaft. Although not shown, the vehicle seat 12 may be provided with a lift device that raises and lowers the seat cushion 12A in the vehicle up-down direction.

[0028] The seat back 12B is configured to include a frame that forms the skeleton of the seat back 12B, a cushioning material made of urethane foam, and a cloth or leather covering material that covers the surface of the cushioning material. The seat back 12B is equipped with a reclining unit 50 that rotates the seat back 12B in the front-rear direction of the vehicle around the lower end of the seat back 12B.

[0029] The reclining unit 50 includes a shaft portion 52. The central axis of the shaft portion 52 is aligned in the vehicle width direction, and a portion of the frame of the seat cushion 12A on the vehicle rear side and a portion of the frame of the seat back 12B on the vehicle lower side are mechanically connected by the shaft portion 52. The reclining unit 50 also includes a reclining motor 54 and a control unit (not shown) that controls the rotational drive of the reclining motor 54. The reclining motor 54 is provided, for example, in the seat cushion 12A. The output shaft of the reclining motor 54 is connected, for example, to a gear train (not shown) provided on the shaft portion 52 as a reduction gear or a driving force transmission device.

[0030] The seat back 12B is rotated about the shaft portion 52 by the driving force of the reclining motor 54. As a result, the seat back 12B rotates about the shaft portion 52 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle (the direction of the arrow M in FIG. 1).

[0031] The headrest 12C is provided at the end of the seat back 12B on the upper side of the seat. The headrest 12C includes a cushioning material made of urethane foam and a fabric or leather covering material that covers the surface of the cushioning material.

[0032] As an example, the armrest 30 is configured to include a frame that forms the skeleton of the armrest 30, a cushioning material made of urethane foam, and a fabric or leather covering material that covers the surface of the cushioning material. The armrest 30 may be covered around the frame with a molding that is a design part made of resin or the like.

[0033] As shown in Fig. 3, the armrest 30 is formed in an inverted L-shape when viewed from the front side of the seat. A lower end 32 of the armrest 30 extends from the side of the center console 22 side of the seat cushion 12A toward the upper surface 22A of the center console 22. An upper end 34 of the armrest 30 extends substantially horizontally from the upper end of the lower end 32 toward the center console 22 side, and is disposed so that at least a portion of it overlaps the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 in a plan view, as shown in Fig. 4.

[0034] In this embodiment, as an example, upper ends 34 of the driver's seat 16 and the passenger seat 18 are arranged so as to overlap approximately ¼ of the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 in the vehicle width direction, and are arranged so as to expose the cup holder 25. Also, in this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4, the operating unit 28 is arranged at a position that can be operated by the occupant's finger F when the occupant rests his / her arm on the armrest 30.

[0035] Also, as an example, the armrest 30 is formed integrally with the seat cushion 12A. Specifically, for example, a frame forming the skeleton of the armrest 30 is formed by extending from a frame forming the skeleton of the seat cushion 12A.

[0036] 5, the armrest 30 is disposed at a height position that allows the occupant to operate the operating unit 28 with his / her finger F while the occupant rests his / her arm on the upper end 34 of the armrest 30. In this embodiment, the armrest 30 is integrally formed with the seat cushion 12A, and therefore, when the vehicle seat 12 is moved in the vehicle fore-and-aft direction by the seat sliding portion 40 as described above, the armrest 30 is also moved in the vehicle fore-and-aft direction together with the seat cushion 12A.

[0037] 5, the armrest 30 is movable along the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 in the vehicle front-rear direction, and is moved, for example, from the position of the armrest 30 shown by the solid line to the position of the armrest 30 shown by the dashed line by moving backward with the movement of the vehicle seat 12. Note that in this embodiment, in order to enable the armrest 30 to move smoothly along the upper surface 22A of the center console 22, a gap is provided between the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 and the underside of the upper end portion 34 of the armrest 30 to such an extent that the occupant can hold the operating unit 28 at a height position where the operating unit 28 can be operated with the finger F while resting the arm on the upper end portion 34 of the armrest 30.

[0038] In the present embodiment, as an example, when the seat back 12B is reclined toward the rear of the vehicle by the reclining unit 50, the arm rest 30 is configured to be movable toward the rear of the vehicle in accordance with the reclining angle of the seat back 12B. Specifically, although not shown, the arm rest 30 is provided with a second upper end portion on the upper surface of the upper end portion 34, which is slidable in the front-rear direction relative to the upper end portion 34. The second upper end portion is configured to slide toward the rear of the vehicle as the seat back 12B is reclined toward the rear of the vehicle.

[0039] In this embodiment, a posture sensor (not shown) is provided to detect the reclining angle of the seat back 12B of the vehicle seat 12, i.e., the posture of the seat back 12B. The posture sensor is, for example, a rotary encoder that detects the rotational position of the output shaft of the reclining motor 54. The seat back 12B is rotated in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by the driving force of the reclining motor 54. Therefore, by detecting the rotational position of the output shaft of the reclining motor 54, the rotation angle of the seat back 12B in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, i.e., the posture, can be indirectly detected. The posture sensor outputs an electric signal corresponding to the rotational position of the output shaft of the reclining motor 54, i.e., the rotation angle (posture) of the seat back 12B.

[0040] In this embodiment, as an example, the sliding amount of the second upper end portion with respect to the rotation angle of the seat back 12 is set in advance, and the second upper end portion 34 is slid according to the detected rotation angle of the seat back 12B. The second upper end portion 34 can be slid in the front-rear direction of the vehicle by providing, for example, a motor (not shown).

[0041] (Action and effect) Next, the effects of this embodiment will be described.

[0042] In the vehicle 10 according to this embodiment, a lower end 32 of the armrest 30 extends from the side of the center console 22 side of the seat cushion 12A of the vehicle seat 12 toward the upper surface 22A of the center console 22. In addition, at least a part of an upper end 34 of the armrest 30 is disposed so as to overlap the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 in a plan view. Therefore, the armrest 30 covers the center console 22, and the living space for the occupants around the seat of the vehicle seat 12 can be increased by the amount of the overlap.

[0043] Furthermore, in the vehicle 10 according to this embodiment, the armrest 30 is formed integrally with the seat cushion 12A, so that when the seat cushion 12A is configured to be movable in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, the armrest 30 can move in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle together with the seat cushion 12A.

[0044] In addition, in the vehicle 10 according to this embodiment, the armrest 30 is movable in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle along the center console 22, so that the armrest 30 can be moved to a comfortable position according to the physique, posture, etc. of the occupant.

[0045] In addition, in the vehicle 10 of this embodiment, a cup holder 25, an operating unit 28 capable of operating vehicle electronic devices, and a storage compartment 26 are provided on the upper surface 22A of the center console 22, so that the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 can be utilized effectively.

[0046] In addition, in the vehicle 10 of this embodiment, the operating unit 28 capable of operating the vehicle electronic devices is positioned at a position that can be operated by the occupant's finger F on the front side of the armrest 30 on the upper surface 22A of the center console 22, so that the occupant can operate the operating unit 28 while resting his / her arm on the armrest 30.

[0047] Furthermore, in the vehicle 10 according to this embodiment, the armrest 30 is positioned at a height position where the operating unit 28 can be operated by the occupant's finger F, so that the height position from the upper surface 22A of the center console 22 to the armrest 30 can be set at a position where the occupant can operate the operating unit 28.

[0048] In addition, the vehicle 10 according to this embodiment is configured so that the second upper end of the armrest 30 can move toward the rear of the vehicle depending on the reclining angle of the seat back 12B, thereby preventing the armrest 30 from moving away from the occupant when reclining.

[0049] (Supplementary information regarding this embodiment) In the above embodiment, the cup holder 25, the operation unit 28 capable of operating the vehicle electronic devices, and the storage compartment 26 are provided on the top surface 22A of the center console 22, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is sufficient that at least one of the cup holder 25, the operation unit 28 capable of operating the vehicle electronic devices, and the storage compartment 26 is provided.

[0050] In the above embodiment, the armrest 30 is formed integrally with the seat cushion 12A, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the armrest 30 may be formed separately. In this case, the armrest 30 and the seat cushion 12A are joined by a known fastening method. The armrest 30 may be connected to the seat back 12B instead of the seat cushion 12A, or the armrest 30 may be independent without being connected to either the seat cushion 12A or the seat back 12B.

[0051] In addition, in the above embodiment, the lower end 32 of the armrest 30 extends diagonally toward the upper surface 22A of the center console 22, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the armrest 30 may extend vertically toward the upper surface 22A of the center console 22.

[0052] Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above, and it is of course possible to implement the present invention in various other modified forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0053] 10 Vehicles 12 Vehicle seats 12A Seat cushion 22 Center console 22A Top 25 Cup holder 26 Storage 28 Control section 30 Armrest 32 Lower end 34 Upper end

Claims

1. Left and right vehicle seats each having a seat cushion on which an occupant sits and arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction; a center console provided between the left and right vehicle seats and having an upper surface located above the seating surface of the seat cushion; an armrest having a lower end portion extending from a side of the seat cushion of the vehicle seat on the center console side toward an upper surface of the center console and having an upper end portion arranged so that at least a portion of the armrest overlaps with the upper surface of the center console in a plan view; A vehicle equipped with.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the armrest is integrally formed with the seat cushion.

3. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the center console extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the armrest is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the center console.

4. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the center console is provided with at least one of a cup holder, an operating portion for operating vehicle electronic devices, and a storage compartment.

5. 5. The vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the operation portion is disposed on the upper surface of the center console at a position on the vehicle front side of the armrest that can be operated by a finger of an occupant.

6. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the armrest is disposed at a height position where the operating portion can be operated by a finger of an occupant.

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