JP2000318667A - Saddle type seat for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance closeness between a driver and a passenger while securing riding comfortability for the passenger, inspite of simple structure. SOLUTION: This seat has a driver seating part 17 with a driver seating face 17a formed in its upper face, a passenger seating part 19 with a passenger seating face 19a arranged in a rear side of the driver seating face 17a and formed in its upper face, and a driver bustle part 21 arranged on the driver seating face 17a and formed in its front face with a driver bustle face 21a rised upwards from the seating face 17a. The maximum lateral width H1 of the driver bustle part 21 is made narrower than a lateral width H2 of the passenger seating face 19a, and left and right front ends of the seating face 19a are extended upto both sides of the driver bustle part 21 to form a laterally extended seating face 19b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a saddle-ride type seat arranged on a vehicle such as a motorcycle or a three-wheeled vehicle, and more particularly to a saddle-ride type seat for a vehicle having a driver's waist rest.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a seat adjustment device capable of moving a driver's waist according to a driver's body size in order to stabilize the driver's driving posture has been proposed. There has been proposed a seat adjustment device applicable to a motorcycle in which a sitting posture of the driver is set to a posture in which the driver is in close contact with the driver (see Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-010220).

[0003]

However, in such a conventional vehicle, since the passenger seating portion, which also serves as the driver's waist, is moved, the appearance image is largely changed. The structure for this becomes large.

[0004] Further, since the front of the passenger seating portion is a driver's waist abutment, the step between the driver's seating surface and the passenger's seating surface is large. Not only does the rider's fatigue increase. or,
Taking into account the interference between the driver's elbow and the rider's knee, the adhesion may be reduced.

[0005] Further, if an attempt is made to reduce the level difference between the driver's seating surface and the passenger's seating surface, the thickness of the cushion portion of the passenger will decrease, and the riding comfort of the passenger will deteriorate.

Further, it is desired to provide a storage box below the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

Therefore, the present invention provides a saddle-ride type seat for a vehicle which has a simple structure and can improve the degree of close contact between the driver and the passenger while ensuring the riding comfort of the passenger. That is the task.

Another object is to reduce the change in the appearance image, reduce the air resistance, and provide a storage box below the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driver seating portion having a driver seating surface formed on an upper surface, and a driver seating portion provided rearward of the driver seating surface. A driver seating portion having an arranged passenger seating surface formed on an upper surface thereof, and a driver having a driver waist contact surface disposed on the driver seating surface and rising upward from the driver seating surface formed on a front surface. A waist abutment portion, wherein the driver's waist abutment has a maximum left-right width narrower than the left-right width of the passenger seating surface, and the driver's waist abutment has left and right front ends of the driver seating surface A saddle-riding type seat for a vehicle which extends to both sides of the portion to form left and right seating surfaces.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the driver's waist abutment is provided so as to be movable back and forth on the driver's seating surface.

[0011] The invention described in claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In addition to the configuration described above, a seat bottom plate on the side of the passenger seat portion is provided at a lower position than the driver seat surface, and a seat bottom plate in front of the passenger seat portion is projected upward to form a support portion, A contact portion is formed at the driver's waist portion to contact the support portion.

The invention described in claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the present invention.
In addition to the configuration according to any one of the above, a storage box is provided below both the driver seating portion and the passenger seating portion, a seal bottom plate of the driver seating portion and the passenger seating portion, An annular seal member is provided between the upper edge of the storage box and the seal member to seal between the two, and the left and right width of the driver's waist portion is formed narrower than the left and right width of the seal member arrangement range. The front and rear width of the driver's waist rest is formed to be narrower than the front and rear width of the seal member arrangement range.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the structure will be described. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a scooter type vehicle 11 having a foot board 16 extending horizontally between a steering wheel and a saddle type seat 14, and FIG. Reference numeral 12 denotes a body frame, on which a storage box 13 and a saddle type seat 14 are supported via a bracket or the like (not shown).

The saddle-ride type seat 14 is provided with a hinge (not shown) at a front end portion 15 so as to be freely opened and closed.
Driver seating portion 1 having driver seating surface 17a formed on the upper surface
7 and a passenger seating portion 19 which is disposed behind the driver seating surface 17a and has an passenger seating surface 19a formed on the upper surface.
And a driver's waist abutment portion 21 that can move back and forth on the driver's seating surface 17a, and has a driver's waist abutment portion 21a formed on the front surface rising upward from the driver's seating surface 17a.

The saddle-ride type seat 14 is provided with a seat bottom plate 22 on the bottom surface, and a support portion 22a projecting upward is formed substantially at the center of the seat bottom plate 22 in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The driver's waist rest 21 is supported on the upper side.

On the front and rear sides of the support portion 22a, a skin 25 is provided on the seat bottom plate 22 via a cushion member 24, and a driver seat 17 and a passenger seat 19 are formed. I have. The seat bottom plate 22 on the side of the passenger seating portion 19 from the driver seating surface 17a.
Is provided at a lower position.

The driver's waist abutment 21 has a substantially crescent shape in plan view as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3A, and the driver's waist abutment 21 has a maximum left-right width H1. The left and right widths of the rider's waist portion 21 are formed narrower than the left and right widths H2 of the passenger seating surface 19a.

The right and left front ends of the passenger seating surface 19a are extended to both sides of the driver's waist abutment portion 21 to form left and right extending seating surfaces 19b. The surface 19b is a substantially horizontal surface or an inclined surface extending forward and downward, and a portion outside the left-right extending seating surface 19b is inclined downward.

Further, the driver's waist abutment portion 21 has an inclined surface 21 inclined rearward and downward from the upper end of the driver's waist abutment surface 21a.
b is formed.

As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the driver's waist abutment 21 has a metal plate 21d fixed on a resin waist abutment bottom plate 21c and a skin 21f via a cushion material 21e such as urethane. Covered. The waist bottom plate 21c
The front end 21h extends obliquely downward and forward to a position below the seat bottom plate support 22a. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, a pair of bolt holes 21 g and 21 j are formed on the waist abutment bottom plate 21 c and the sheet metal 21 d in a pair on the left and right, and a total of three bolt holes are formed in the front-rear direction. It is configured so that the position can be adjusted.

The support portion 22a is provided with a metal plate 26 on the back surface and a plate 27 on the front surface side. The front portion 27a and the rear end portion 27b of the plate 27 lower the skin 25 downward. It is imposed. A bolt hole 28 is formed in the support portion 22a, the metal plate 26, and the plate 27, and the bolt 29 is pressed from below with the contact portion 21i of the waist contact bottom plate 21c contacting the plate 27. It is configured to be screwed into a weld nut 21k inserted and welded to the sheet metal 21d. Reference numeral 21m denotes a collar, which is interposed between the sheet metal 21d and the sheet metal 26.

On the other hand, the storage box 13 is disposed below both the driver seat 17 and the passenger seat 19 and is opened and closed by a saddle type seat 14.

As shown in FIG. 2B, a sealing member 30 is attached to the mounting piece 22b of the seat bottom plate 22, and the upper edge 13a of the storage box 13 is formed by the sealing member 30. The space between them is annularly sealed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the maximum width H1 of the driver's waist abutment 21 is smaller than the width H3 of the range in which the seal member 30 is provided. Is formed to be narrower than the front-back width H5 of the arrangement range of the seal member 30.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the driver and the passenger are seated on the saddle type seat 14, the driver sits on the driver seating surface 17a and places the driver's waist on the driver's waist abutment 21. It is brought into contact with the waist contact surface 21a. The rider sits on the rider's seating surface 19a behind the driver's waist abutment 21 so as to sandwich the driver's waist abutment 21 between his crotch, and places both feet on the left and right extending seating surfaces 19b. Sit down on the thigh.

In such a seating state, the maximum left-right width H1 of the driver's waist abutment 21 is determined by the left-right width H of the passenger seating portion 19.
2 and the left and right front ends of the passenger seating surface 19a are provided with left and right extending seating surfaces 19b extending to both sides of the driver's waist abutment 21, so that the driver's waist abutment 21 is This allows the rider to move back and forth while maintaining a leg opening angle and a body posture while having a simple structure, so that the degree of adhesion can be improved.

Further, the left and right widths of the driver's waist abutment portion 21 are formed narrower toward the rear, and the left and right extending seating surfaces 19b are formed as substantially horizontal planes or inclined surfaces extending forward and downward. Since the inclined surface is inclined downward and outward, the driver's waist abutment portion 21 and the inner surfaces of the left and right thighs of the passenger are hard to come into contact with each other, so that the passenger can keep the leg opening angle, thereby improving the degree of adhesion. Is done. Also, the inner surfaces of the left and right thighs are appropriately supported by the inclined surface 21b of the driver's waist abutment 21,
Since the body posture can be maintained, the sitting posture of the passenger is stabilized.

In order to adjust the position of the driver's waist abutment 21, the saddle-ride type seat 14 is opened centering on the hinge at the front end portion 15 to expose the bolt 29, and the bolt 29 is attached and detached to remove the bolt hole 21g. , 21j by changing the position of
As shown in FIG. 6, the driver's waist abutment 21 is set at the foremost position, and as shown in FIG.
To the last position. Of course, it can also be arranged at an intermediate position between the two.

In such a case, it is only necessary to move the driver's waist abutment 21 having such a narrow width, so that a change in the appearance image can be reduced.

Further, a storage box 13 for housing a helmet, an attache case and the like is formed below both the seating portions 17 and 18, and the seat bottom plate 22 also serves as a lid of the box 13, so that the seating portion 13 and the driver's seating portion 17 are attached. Part 1
9, by continuously forming the seat bottom plate 22 so as to reduce the level difference, the sealability and volume of the storage box 13 can be ensured, and the driver seating surface 17 can be secured.
a and the rider's seating surface 19a can be reduced in level, so that air resistance and fatigue of the rider can be reduced, and the ride comfort of the rider can be improved.

Moreover, the support portion 22a is formed by bulging the seat bottom plate 22 upward, and a plate 27 is attached to the support portion 22a, and a front end lower portion 27a and a rear end portion 27b of the plate 27 form a skin 25. Is pressed down, the surface shape of the saddle-ride type seat 14 can be adjusted, and the position of the skin 25 is lower than the upper surface of the support portion 22a, so that the storage box 1 can be inserted through the bolt hole 28 or the like.
3 can be prevented from entering water. That is,
The water that has flowed to the rear end 27b of the plate 27 is directed forward from here along the side edges as shown by arrows in FIG.
The water flows obliquely downward and is drained from the side surface of the saddle type seat 14. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the driver's waist abutment 21 is moved forward, the plate 27 serves as a blindfold, so that the appearance quality when viewed from above is ensured.

Also, the waist rest bottom plate 21 of the driver's waist rest 21
c by extending the vertical wall portion upward, and projecting a boss having a contact portion at the lower end from the horizontal portion to lower the mounting surface while securing the height of the driver's waist contact surface 21a. Can be set.

Further, by forming an inclined surface 21b which is inclined rearward and downward from the upper end of the driver's waist abutment surface 21a, the left and right seating surfaces 19b and the driver's waist abutment 21 Even if a small concave portion is generated between the concave portion and the concave portion, the concave portion does not exert any adverse effect because the concave portion is held by the inclined surface 21b.

Further, a supporting surface higher than the driver seating surface 17a and lower than the passenger seating surface 19a is formed between the left and right extending seating surfaces 19b, and the supporting surface is substantially parallel to the driver seating surface. By doing so, in particular, it is possible to move without impairing the appearance from the side.

A contact portion 21i extending in the front-rear direction is formed at a wide portion in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the driver's waist contact portion 21, and a support for supporting the contact portion 21i between the left and right extending seating surfaces 19b. By forming the portion 22a, a structure for supporting the movement of the driver's waist abutment portion 21 can be arranged at a position where the passenger does not touch, and the adjustment width of the driver's seating position can be secured.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a storage box 13 is arranged under the saddle type seat 14, and a passenger footstep 32 is set on the vehicle body frame 12 via a bracket 31 beside the storage box 13. However, the passenger footstep 32 has a rod shape, and extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle body in the use state as shown in FIG. 4A, and as shown in FIG. 4B in the non-use state. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in the size of the vehicle body in the left-right direction when not in use. Further, since the passenger footstep 32 has a rod shape, even if the passenger's seating position is slightly displaced in the front-rear direction, the angle change A of the passenger's ankle can be suppressed. And the fatigue of the rider can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a scooter type vehicle. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a sports type vehicle, a tricycle, and the like.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to improve the degree of adhesion while keeping the foot opening angle and the body posture by the rider while having a simple structure. In addition, the driving posture of the driver can be stabilized.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above effects, the driver's waist rest portion is formed narrower than the passenger seating surface, and is provided so as to be able to move back and forth on the driver seating surface. It can be adjusted according to the driver's body shape while minimizing the change in the appearance image.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, the seat bottom plate on the side of the passenger seating portion is provided at a position lower than the driver seating surface, and the seat bottom plate in front of the passenger seating portion is raised upward. The support part is formed by protruding from the front of the driver, and the contact part that contacts the support part is formed at the driver's waist part, so that the passenger's seating surface can be set at a lower position while maintaining the cushioning of the passenger's seating part Thus, it is possible to reduce the air resistance and the fatigue of the passenger while improving the adhesion.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, the component that enables the driver's waist abutment to be adjusted and the seal member are provided at positions that do not interfere with each other. It is possible and practically advantageous that the storage box ensuring the sealing property can be arranged below both the seating portions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle saddle type seat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are views showing a vehicle saddle type seat according to the embodiment, wherein FIG. 2A is a side view of the seat and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

3A and 3B are diagrams showing a driver's waist abutment according to the embodiment, wherein FIG. 3A is a plan view of the driver's waist abutment, and FIG. 3B is a bottom view of the driver waist abutment. .

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an arrangement of a vehicle saddle type seat and the like according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the vehicle saddle type seat according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an essential part cross-sectional view of a state in which the driver's waist abutment according to the embodiment has been moved to the forefront position.

FIG. 7 is an essential part cross-sectional view of a state where the driver's waist abutment according to the embodiment has been moved to the last position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Scooter-type vehicle 13 Body frame 14 Saddle-riding type seat 17 Driver seating section 17a Driver seating surface 19 Passenger seating section 19a Passenger seating surface 19b Left and right seating surface 21 Driver waist abutment 21a Driver waist abutment 21b Inclined surface 21c Waist bottom plate 21i Contact portion 22 Seat bottom plate 22a Support

Claims (4)

[Claims] A driver seating portion having a driver seating surface formed on an upper surface thereof; a passenger seating portion having a passenger seating surface disposed rearward of the driver seating surface formed on an upper surface; A driver waist portion that is disposed on a driver seating surface and has a driver waist abutment surface rising upward from the driver seating surface and a driver waist abutment portion formed on the front surface. The width is narrower than the left and right width of the passenger seating surface, and the left and right front ends of the passenger seating surface are extended to both sides of the driver's waist portion to form left and right seating surfaces. Saddle-type seat for vehicles. 2. The saddle-ride type seat for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the driver's waist rest is provided so as to be movable back and forth on the driver's seating surface. 3. A driving device according to claim 1, wherein a seat bottom plate is provided at a position lower than the driver seating surface on the side of the passenger seating portion, and a seat bottom plate protruding upward from the passenger seating portion is formed upward to form a support portion. The saddle-ride type seat for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a contact portion that contacts the support portion is formed at a user's waist contact portion. 4. A storage box is provided below both the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, and a seal bottom plate of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, and an upper edge of the storage box. A seal member that seals between the two is provided in an annular shape, and the left and right width of the driver's waist portion is formed to be narrower than the left and right width of the seal member arrangement range; The vehicle saddle-ride type seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a front-rear width of the portion is formed to be narrower than a front-rear width of the seal member arrangement range.