Vehicle seats

JP7879000B2Active Publication Date: 2026-06-23NHK SPRING CO LTD +1

Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
NHK SPRING CO LTD
Filing Date
2022-10-11
Publication Date
2026-06-23

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Abstract

To prevent a lock of a recliner from being released by a load input to a hinge cover from a seat belt etc. during a vehicle collision.SOLUTION: A vehicle seat 10 includes a hinge cover 68 and a reclining lever 32. The hinge cover 68 is disposed at a side portion of a seat cushion 12 and has an opening 70 through which a recliner shaft 50 of a recliner 46 provided between the seat cushion 12 and a seat back 16 penetrates. The reclining lever 32 is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover 68, is rotated about the recliner shaft 50 to unlock the recliner 46, and has a protrusion 42 protruding inward in the seat width direction. The protrusion 42 faces an edge portion of the opening 70 in a radial direction of the recliner shaft 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
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Claims

1. A hinge cover positioned on the side of the seat cushion, having an opening through which the shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and the seat back passes, A reclining lever is positioned on the outside in the seat width direction relative to the hinge cover, rotates around the axis to unlock the recliner, and has a protrusion that projects inward in the seat width direction, the protrusion being inserted into the inside of the opening and facing the edge of the opening in the radial direction of the axis, Equipped with, The aforementioned protrusions face the edge of a plurality of opposing portions arranged along a circle concentric with the axis, and the plurality of opposing portions form a curved plate shape that curves along the circle, in a vehicle seat.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion and the edge portion face each other in a surface.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the convex portion faces the edge portion from at least the lower side and the front side of the seat.