Vehicle seat

The vehicle seat design addresses the issue of seat belt restraint during collisions by using a rotation suppressing member to prevent the buckle device from rotating upward, ensuring secure restraint at the target waist position and enhancing safety.

JP2025038812APending Publication Date: 2025-03-19NHK SPRING CO LTD +1
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2023145645
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-09-07
Publication Date
2025-03-19

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing vehicle seat designs fail to effectively restrain the seat belt at the target waist position during a vehicle collision, leading to potential safety issues.

Method used

The vehicle seat incorporates a rotation suppressing member attached to a wire above the buckle device, which prevents the buckle device from rotating upward during a collision, ensuring the seat belt is restrained at the target waist position.

Benefits of technology

This design effectively prevents the buckle device from rotating upward during a collision, ensuring the seat belt is securely restrained at the target waist position, enhancing passenger safety.

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Abstract

To restrain a seated occupant at a target lumbar part position with a seatbelt upon a collision of a vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicle seat 10 includes: a cushion pad 22 including a buckle accommodation hole 22A accommodating a buckle device 40 including an anchor member 45, a coupling member 44 having one end coupled to the anchor member 45, and a buckle 42 to which the other end of the coupling member 44 is coupled, which is rotatable in a seat vertical direction, and to which a tongue provided at webbing 54 is removably attached; a wire 24 which is disposed so as to surround the buckle accommodation hole 22A and supports the cushion pad 22; and a rotation inhibition member 30 which is disposed above the buckle device 40, and which is attached to the wire 24 to inhibit the buckle device 40 from rotating in a seat upward direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
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