JP2003118454A - Vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle capable of the arrangement for enabling a passenger to sit on a seat with his/her legs thrown out through a large opening produced when a front door and a rear door are opened by utilizing the structure specific to the vehicle with biparting doors. SOLUTION: The vehicle 1 has so-called biparting doors, and by opening the front door 2F and the rear door 2R, the large opening 11 for a passenger to get on/off is provided. The seat 3 can be arranged in such a way that a continuous horizontal plane is formed of the seat surface of a seat back 5 and seat surfaces of seat cushions 4 and 6 by tilting the seat back 5 backward to make the seat surface horizontal, facing upward. By arranging the seat 3 to form a horizontal surface with the doors 2F and 2R open, a passenger can sit on the seat with his/her legs thrown out of the vehicle. In addition, the seat 3 may be a conventional seat to which a mechanism of rotating the seat outward from the vehicle is added.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle, and more specifically, to a vehicle in which an occupant can comfortably sit with the legs thrown out of the vehicle when a door provided on the side of the vehicle is opened. The present invention relates to a vehicle in which parts can be arranged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a door structure for improving the entry / exitability of a vehicle occupant, there is known a so-called double-door door as disclosed in, for example, JP-A-02-20423. In a vehicle equipped with such a type of door, the opening portion closed by the front door and the opening portion closed by the rear door are continuous, and there is no pillar between the opening portions, so the front By opening the door and the rear door, an opening that is long in the vehicle front-rear direction can be obtained in the side portion of the vehicle, and an occupant can easily get in and out through the opening.

However, the structure described in the above publication is merely intended to use the large opening on the side of the vehicle obtained by the double doors for the purpose of improving the ease of getting on and off the vehicle. That is, the structure of the conventional double-door door is focused only on the practical advantage of getting on and off, and not on the other commercial value of the vehicle. As described above, a vehicle having a double door structure has a large feature in that when the front door and the rear door are opened, a large opening on the side of the vehicle that is long in the vehicle front-rear direction can be obtained. It is possible to create new value by reviewing it from other perspectives as well as practicality. In other words, in a vehicle equipped with a double door, the front door and the rear door are opened and the vehicle parts such as seats are further arranged to improve the ease of getting on and off based on the vehicle with the double door structure. It is possible to realize new ways of using vehicles that go beyond what is possible, and to provide the commercial value of new vehicles that have never existed before.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is one of new ways of using a vehicle by utilizing the structure peculiar to the vehicle having a so-called double door structure.
As a result, it is possible to arrange the vehicle parts so that the occupant can comfortably sit with the legs thrown out of the vehicle through the large opening that occurs when the front door and the rear door are open, which is convenient. With the aim of providing new vehicle commercial value.

[0005]

The first structure of the present invention is as follows.
A boarding / alighting opening provided on a side portion of the vehicle body, a front door supported by a hinge mechanism on a front vertical side of the boarding / alighting opening, and a hinge mechanism on a rear vertical side of the boarding / alighting opening. A vehicle having a supported rear door, wherein the front door and the rear door cooperate to close the opening / closing opening and a state in which the opening / closing opening is opened, The vehicle has a seat capable of taking a first mode in which the occupant is seated facing the front of the vehicle and a second mode in which the occupant is seated facing the outside of the vehicle, and the front door and the rear door are opened to open the seat. In the second mode, the front door, the rear door, and the seat cooperate to allow an occupant to sit from the seating surface of the seat to the lower edge of the opening / closing opening. As a vehicle, characterized in that said sheet is found provided near the landing opening.

With such a configuration, the front door and the rear door are opened, and the seat is set to the second mode, whereby a plurality of occupants throw their legs out of the vehicle through the opening / closing openings on the side of the vehicle. It is possible to provide the commercial value of a new vehicle that has never existed before in terms of convenience of being able to sit down.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a boarding / alighting opening provided on a side portion of a vehicle body, a front door supported by a hinge mechanism on a front vertical side of the boarding / alighting opening, and a boarding / alighting board A rear door that is supported by a hinge mechanism on the rear vertical side of the opening, and the front door and the rear door cooperate to close the opening / closing opening and the opening / closing opening. A vehicle that can be in an open state, having a seat support member mounted in the vehicle interior of the vehicle, a substantially flat seat surface, and a first angle at which the seat surface stands up to a predetermined angle. A seat back pivotally supported by the seat support member and a substantially planar seat so as to be rotatable between a position and a second angular position in which the seat surface is substantially horizontal with the seat surface facing upward. The seat back has the above When the seat back is in the position, the vehicle rear side of the seat surface is lower than the vehicle front side, and when the seat back is in the second position, the seat surface is in a substantially horizontal state. The vicinity of the front end is rotatably rotatable about a rotation axis substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the seat back and displaceable in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to cooperate with the seat surface to form a substantially continuous horizontal surface. A seat cushion that is supported by the seat support member and is rotatably connected to the seat back about a turning shaft whose rear end portion is substantially parallel to the turning shaft. The vehicle is characterized by being provided in the vicinity of the section.

With such a configuration, by making the seat back seat surface horizontal, the seat cushion seat surface also becomes horizontal, and the seat back seat surface and the seat cushion seat surface form a continuous horizontal surface. The occupants can sit side by side on the horizontal plane formed by the seating surfaces and throw the legs out of the vehicle through the large openings obtained by opening the front door and the rear door. Moreover, when the seat back is in an upright state, that is, when the occupant is seated facing the front of the vehicle, the rear end side of the seat cushion is lower than the front end side, that is, the seat angle as a whole. Therefore, the occupant can take a natural driving posture and a sitting posture.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the seats are arranged in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the seats are substantially composed of the seat surface of the seat cushion and the seat surface of the seat back. When each of the continuous horizontal surfaces is formed, the horizontal surfaces formed by the above-mentioned sheets are configured to be substantially continuous.

With such a structure, a wider horizontal surface can be formed along the boarding / alighting opening by the plurality of seats arranged in the front-rear direction.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a boarding / alighting opening provided on a side portion of a vehicle body, a front door supported by a hinge mechanism on a front vertical side of the boarding / alighting opening, and the boarding / alighting board A rear door that is supported by a hinge mechanism on the rear vertical side of the opening, and the front door and the rear door cooperate to close the opening / closing opening and the opening / closing opening. A vehicle which can be opened, a seat cushion disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, a seat back supported by the seat cushion near one end of the seat cushion, and the seat cushion The seat cushion is provided between the vehicle body and the vehicle body in the first direction in which the seat back is located on the rear side of the vehicle body and on the opposite side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the opening / closing opening of the vehicle body. Between the second orientation Tobakku is located, it is a sheet composed of a sheet rotating mechanism for rotating a substantially vertical axis around a vehicle, wherein are found provided near opening the passenger.

With such a structure, the front door and the rear door are opened, and the seat is set to the second direction, so that the front door and the rear door are opened to allow the vehicle to pass through a large opening. The legs can be thrown out to the outside so that the person can sit down, and since the rotation mechanism can be added to the conventional seat, the cost of the seat can be suppressed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a footrest is accommodated below the seat cushion, and when the seat is in the second mode, the footrest extends from the opening / closing opening to the outside of the vehicle compartment. The seat cushion is configured to be able to project from the other end.

With such a construction, the door is opened and the seat is set to the second mode, and the footrest is projected to improve the comfort when an occupant throws his / her legs out of the vehicle and sits down. I can.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle according to the second to fifth aspects of the present invention, the vehicle opens the front door and the rear door to set the seat in the second mode. The front door, the rear door, and the seat cooperate with each other so that an occupant can sit down from the seating surface of the seat to the lower edge of the opening / closing opening.

With such a configuration, the front door and the rear door are largely opened and the seat is flattened or the seat is rotated in the vehicle exterior direction, so that a plurality of passengers can get out of the vehicle through the openings for getting in and out of the vehicle. With the convenience of being able to sit down with the legs thrown out, it is possible to offer a new vehicle commercial value that has never existed before.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the front door hinge mechanism and the rear door hinge mechanism are configured so that the front door and the rear door are 90 degrees in a top view with respect to the vehicle body centering around the hinge mechanism. It is rotated more than an angle of degree.

With such a structure, a large space is secured near the outside of the entry / exit opening created by opening both doors, so that the door is opened and the seat is moved to the second position.
In this mode, that is, by making the seat flat or rotating the seat in the direction outside the vehicle, the occupant can throw his / her legs into the space on the side of the vehicle caused by the large opening of the door and sit comfortably.

An eighth structure of the present invention is a roof panel which is provided in a roof section and which is continuous with the vehicle entrance / exit opening section, and a roof panel which can be opened or closed. And further.

With this structure, by opening the roof panel in addition to the front door and the rear door, when the occupant throws his legs out of the vehicle and sits down, the opening also expands upward, further increasing the feeling of opening. Can be improved.

[0021]

According to the present invention, as one of new ways of using a vehicle having a so-called double door structure, which is peculiar to a vehicle, a large opening that occurs when the front door and the rear door are opened. Through the parts, it is possible to arrange the vehicle parts so that the occupant can comfortably sit with the legs thrown out of the vehicle, and it is possible to provide a new vehicle product value in terms of convenience.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION One of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described as a first embodiment with reference to FIGS.

A vehicle 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of a vehicle structure including a seat 3 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
0423 has a door structure, which is a so-called double-door double door, disclosed in 0423. The opening / closing opening 11 is provided at the side of the vehicle 1 and the hinge mechanism (not shown) is provided on the front vertical side of the opening / closing opening 11. ) Supported by front door 2F
And a rear door 2R supported by a hinge mechanism 21 on the rear longitudinal side of the boarding / alighting opening 11. The front door 2F closes a front area of the entry / exit opening 11, and the rear door 2R closes the remaining area of the entry / exit opening 11. Further, the hinge mechanism 21 is used for both the front door 2F and the rear door 2R, and is configured to rotate the door about the hinge mechanism 21 with respect to the vehicle body by an angle of 90 degrees or more in a top view. If both doors 2F, 2R are fully opened, an open space is created in the outer portion of the opening / closing opening 11 for passengers. Although FIG. 1 shows only the door on the left side in the vehicle traveling direction, it has a symmetrical configuration on the right side in the vehicle traveling direction.

On the other hand, in the vicinity of the entry / exit opening 11 in the passenger compartment,
The seat 3 is installed via a general seat slide mechanism. The seat 3 is divided into two parts on the left and right, and each independently functions as a seat. FIG. 1 shows the arranged state only on the left side. Also, those sheets 3
Are provided in two rows in the vehicle front-rear direction, and when arranged in the state shown in FIG. 1, the seat cushion 4 of the front seat, the seat back 5 of the front seat, the seat cushion 6 of the rear seat, and the seat back of the rear seat ( (Not shown) forms a continuous horizontal surface (referred to as a full-flat state), and a plurality of occupants (two in FIG. 1) face the outside of the vehicle with their legs thrown out of the vehicle body. You can sit naturally. Although FIG. 1 shows a state where only the left side in the vehicle traveling direction is arranged, the same arrangement can be made independently on the right side. The seat 3 may be provided with a slide mechanism that is movable in the vehicle width direction. In this case, by sliding the seat 3 outward in the vehicle width direction when the seat 3 is arranged as described above, it is easier to sit. Become. Needless to say, the seat 3 is in a state (referred to as a normal state) in which the seat back 5 stands up near the rear end of the seat cushion 4 when the occupant performs a normal operation, but is in a full flat state and a normal state. The mechanism for changing the mode of the seat 3 between the two will be described later in detail.

Further, a roof opening 12 is formed in the roof of the vehicle so as to be continuous with the above-mentioned entry / exit opening. The roof opening 12 is further opened / closed by a roof panel 9 attached to the inner edge of the roof opening 12 in the vehicle width direction via a hinge. FIG. 1 shows an open state, and the roof panel 9 is kept open by a damper 91 provided between the roof panel 9 and the vehicle roof.

Then, the occupant opens the front door 2F and the rear door 2R and puts the seat 3 in a fully flat state, so that the legs are outside the vehicle through the large openings on the side of the vehicle due to the opening of the double doors 2F, 2R. In the state of being thrown out, line up on the seat 3 which is in a fully flat state,
You can sit down. Further, when the roof panel 9 is opened, the opening is continuous to the upper side of the occupant, so that the occupant can feel more open.

Further, a table 22 that can be stored is provided on the inner surface of the door 2R, and as shown in FIG. 1, the table 22 is supported by the door 2R substantially perpendicularly to the inner surface of the door trim when in use. So, in the arrangement form as above, the table
By setting 22 to the usable state, food and drink can be placed, which contributes to further improvement in convenience.

An outline of the structure of the seat according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 by taking a front seat as an example.

The seat 3 according to the present embodiment has a mechanism, as schematically shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b),
Normal state (a) in which the rear end side of the seat cushion 4 is lower than the front end side and the seat back 5 stands up near the rear end of the seat cushion 4, that is, the occupant is seated toward the front of the vehicle. And seat cushion 4
(B) in which the seating surface of the seat back and the seating surface of the seat back 5 form a continuous horizontal surface (b).

The seat 3 includes a support member 7 for supporting the seat cushion 4 and the like, a rotating member 8 pivotally supported by the support member 7,
The seat back 5 fixed to the rotating member 8 and the seat cushion 4 supported by the supporting member 7 and the rotating member 8 are mainly configured. Further, the seat cushion 4 and the seat back 5 are respectively configured such that their seating surfaces are substantially flat.

The support member 7 is slidable in the front-rear direction on the vehicle body and fixed at a plurality of positions in the front-rear direction, and is disposed in the vehicle interior in the vicinity of the opening / closing opening through a so-called seat slide mechanism. . In addition, a seat cushion 4 is supported by its front portion so as to be rotatable around the front end portion thereof, and its rotation axis A is movable in the front-rear direction by a predetermined length.

Further, on the rear portion of the support member 7, a rotating member 8 is rotatably supported around a rotating shaft B which is substantially parallel to the rotating shaft A of the front end portion of the seat cushion 4. Rotating member 8
Is configured to rotate between a first angular position and a second angular position, and can be locked and unlocked with respect to the support member 7 at the two positions.

The seat back 5 is fixed to the fixing member D on the rotating member 8 so that the seat back 5 can be integrally rotated by the rotation of the rotating member 8 about the rotation axis B. It is fixed. The first position of the rotating member is the seat back 5
The second position of the rotating member is in the upright state of the seat back 5
The seat back 5 pivots via the pivoting member 8 between the above two states.

On the other hand, the seat cushion 4 is supported by the support member 7 near the front end thereof as described above. The vicinity of the rear end of the seat cushion 4 is rotatably supported by the rotating member 8 about a rotating shaft C that is substantially parallel to the rotating shafts A and B of the front end of the seat cushion 4.

The size and shape of the seat cushion 4 and the seat back 5, the position of the rotary shaft A and the permissible displacement length thereof, the position of the rotary shaft B, the position of the rotary shaft C, and the seat back 5 in the fixed portion D. The relative positional relationship of the rotating member 8 and the first and second angular positions of the rotating member 8 are set as follows.
That is, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the rotating member 8 is in the first angular position, that is, the seat back 5 is in a standing state in which the seat back 5 forms a predetermined angle (torso angle) α with respect to the horizontal plane. At this time, when the seat cushion 4 is in an inclined state forming a predetermined angle (seat angle) β with respect to the horizontal plane, and as shown in FIG. 2B, the rotating member is at the second angular position, That is, when the seat back 5 is in a horizontal state in which the seat back 5 is tilted rearward about the rotation axis B by the angle α, the seat cushion 4 is rotated upward by the rotation axis A by the angle β to be in the horizontal state. The seat cushion 4 and the seat back 5 form a continuous horizontal surface.

By making the above settings, the seat 3 according to this embodiment can be in the normal state (a) and the full flat state (b). Moreover, the normal state (a)
The seat back 5 is seat cushion 4 when
The occupant naturally stands up near the rear end of the seat cushion and the rear end side of the seat surface of the seat cushion 4 is inclined lower than the front end side (that is, has a proper torso angle α and seat angle β). Can take a driving posture and a sitting posture. In the fully flat state (b), the seat surface of the seat cushion 4 and the seat back 5
Since the seat surface of the seat forms a continuous horizontal surface, the occupant can use the horizontal surface formed by the seat surfaces as a bed, or for various applications such as sitting on the outside of the vehicle with the doors 2F and 2R open. It can be utilized.

Details of the seat structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a partial exploded perspective view showing the left side of the seat arranged on the left side in the traveling direction of the vehicle. The right side of the seat has a structure symmetrical with the left side except for the supporting portion of the rotating member.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support member 7 has a pair of left and right sides having a cushion support bracket 71 for supporting the front end portion of the seat cushion 4 and a rotating member shaft supporting portion 72 for supporting the rotating member 8. Frame (only the left side is shown in Figure 3)
70 and a cross member 73 connecting the pair of side frames 70 in the width direction. In addition, the leg portion 74 of the support member 7
However, it is attached to the vehicle body via a so-called seat slide mechanism so that the entire seat 3 can be slid in the front-rear direction and can be fixed at a plurality of positions in the front-rear direction.

The cushion support bracket 71 has a substantially C-shaped portion open on the upper surface, and receives the front cross member 42 of the seat cushion 4 as described later. Also,
The rotating member shaft support 72 is provided with a substantially quadrangular opening 721.

As described above, the rotating member 8 is the supporting member 7.
Is rotatably supported by a rotating member shaft supporting portion 72 provided at the first angular position and the second angular position. This rotation axis becomes the rotation axis B. The side of the rotating member 7 that corresponds to the inner side in the vehicle width direction, that is, the right side in this embodiment, is rotatably supported by the shaft supporting portion 72 in a general manner, while the side that corresponds to the outer side in the vehicle width direction. That is, in the present embodiment, the left side is
It is pivotally supported by the pivotal support 72 via a knuckle 83. The detailed structure of this portion will be described later. A seat cushion connecting pin 81 and a seat back connecting pin 82 are welded to the inside of the rotating member 8 in the vehicle width direction, and the seat back connecting pin 82 is formed with serrations in the longitudinal direction.

The seat cushion 4 has an upper surface composed of left and right side frames (only the left side is shown in FIG. 3) 41 and two hollow pipe-shaped front and rear cross members 42 and 43 connecting them in the width direction. The cushion frame 40 has a substantially rectangular shape as viewed. Further, although not shown, a substantially flat seating surface is formed of a foam material, a skin or the like so as to cover at least the upper surface of the cushion frame 40. The vicinity of both ends of the front cross member 42 is configured to be exposed on the lower surface of the seat cushion 4, and is movable in the front-rear direction and rotatable about an axis in each of the left and right cushion support brackets 71 described above. Accepted. This portion serves as the rotation axis A. On the other hand, both ends of the rear cross member 43 are exposed to the left and right of the seat cushion 4, and are rotatably supported by a rotating member 8 as will be described later.
Becomes

On the other hand, as the seat back 5, a structure having the same frame and seating surface as the seat cushion 4 is used, and the cross member near the seat cushion is used.
Both ends of 52 (hereinafter referred to as a lower cross member) are exposed, and serrations are formed in the longitudinal direction on the inner surface thereof. The both end portions are fixed to the rotating member as described later, and this portion corresponds to the fixed portion D.

Then, the seat cushion connecting pin 81 provided on the rotating member is fitted inside both ends of the rear cross member 43 of the seat cushion 4, and both ends of the lower cross member 52 of the seat back 5 are fitted. A seatback connecting pin 82 provided on the rotating member 8 is fitted inside the portion. Both ends of the rear cross member 43 of the seat cushion 4 and the seat cushion connecting pin 81 are allowed to rotate about an axis, while both ends of the lower cross member 52 of the seat back 5 and the seat back connecting pin 82 are both. By fitting the serrations formed on each other, the seat back 5 is fixed so that there is no relative rotation around the axial direction, that is, the seat back 5 is also integrally rotated by the rotation of the rotating member 8. The seat back 5 and the rotating member 8 may be integrally configured in advance instead of being configured as separate members as described above. That is, the frame of the seat back may be formed with an extension portion provided with the rotation axis B, and the seat cushion connecting pin 81 may be welded in the vicinity of the rotation axis B.

Knuckle 83 on the side corresponding to the outer side in the vehicle width direction
The details of the pivotal support structure of the rotating member 8 including will be described with reference to the exploded view shown in FIG.

The knuckle 83 has a predetermined diameter, which is rotated by an occupant. The knuckle 83 axially protrudes from the center of the operation part 832 and rotates integrally with the operation part 832.
3, the shaft portion 833 rotatably penetrates and the shaft support portion 72
A sleeve 8 having a cross-sectional shape that fits into the opening 721 of
34, and a lock mechanism 83 that is provided between the operating portion 832 and the sleeve 834 to prevent and allow relative rotation between them.
1 (only the appearance is shown in FIG. 3).

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the shaft portion 833 of the knuckle 83 penetrates the side frame opening 721 of the support member 7 and the rotating member 8, and the sleeve 834 is attached to the rotary member shaft support portion 72 of the support member 7. Shaft part 833 in a state of being fitted in the provided opening part 721
Is fixed to the rotating member 8. Therefore, the knuckle 83
Is pivotally supported by the pivotally supporting portion 72 via the sleeve 834, and the pivoting member 8 is integrally rotated by pivoting of the knuckle 83. The end of the shaft portion 833 is fixed to the rotating member 8 by forming serrations in the shaft portion 833, and an opening 84 provided in the rotating member 8 and having serrations (not shown) provided inside.
After fitting the end of the shaft 833 into the
It is done by fixing with.

Although the lock mechanism 831 is not shown in detail,
A structure in which a lever is provided on the knuckle 83, a gear that meshes with the lever and the sleeve is formed, and the lever is biased in the meshing direction by a spring or the like is used. Also,
The lock mechanism 831 can be locked and unlocked at the above-described first angular position and second angular position.

When the seat 3 is changed from the normal state to the full flat state, the occupant first operates the lever to release the lock, and the knuckle 83 or the seat back 5 is rotated to integrally move the rotating member 8 to the first position. 1 to the second angular position (that is, the seat back 5 is changed from the upright position to the horizontal position and the seat cushion 4 is rotated).
(The state where the vehicle rear side of the seat surface is lower than the vehicle front side is changed from the inclined state to the horizontal state), and then the lever is returned and locked to perform a series of operations. On the contrary, when the seat 3 is changed from the full flat state to the normal state, the occupant operates the lever to release the lock and rotates the knuckle 83 or the seat back 5 to move the rotating member 8 from the second angular position. A series of operations is performed in which the seat back 5 is rotated to the first angular position (that is, the seat back 5 is changed from the horizontal state to the upright state and the seat cushion 4 is changed from the horizontal state to the inclined state), and then the lever is returned and locked.

With the above configuration, as described above,
Between the normal state (a) and the full flat state (b),
The seat arrangement is realized.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The structure of the doors 2F, 2R according to the present embodiment is a so-called double door structure similar to that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. On the other hand, the seat 3 provided near the opening / closing opening is a general one having a seat cushion and a seat back supported by the seat cushion near one end of the seat cushion. A sheet rotation mechanism 31 for rotating the sheet around a rotation axis in the up-down direction is provided between and.

The seat rotation mechanism 31 is, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
00-16129 can be used, and a normal state in which an occupant is seated in a state of facing the front of the vehicle, and a seat in the normal state is about 90 degrees outward in the vehicle width direction around the rotation axis.
It is possible to rotate between the two rotated states and lock and unlock at the two positions.

Then, if the seat 3 is rotated to the outside of the vehicle with the doors 2F and 2R opened, the occupant can sit down with the legs thrown out of the vehicle body as shown in FIG. . Further, although not shown, as in the first embodiment, a roof opening is formed in the roof and is continuous with the boarding / alighting opening, and a roof panel for opening / closing the roof opening is provided to improve the feeling of opening. You can do it.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, if a stowable footrest 32 is provided under the seat 3 and the footrest 32 is moved to the use position when the seat 3 is rotated outward, This allows the occupant to sit more comfortably with the legs thrown out of the vehicle body. An example of the structure of such a retractable footrest 32 is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
The one disclosed in 1-4726 can be used.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. There is no limit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a form of a seat arrangement according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a seat mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded perspective view showing details of the seat structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing a shaft support structure of a rotating member on the outer side in the vehicle traveling direction.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an arrangement form according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 vehicle 2F front door 2R rear door 4, 6 seat cushion 5 seat back 7 Support member 9 Roof panel 11 Entrance / exit 12 Roof opening 21 Hinge mechanism 31 Seat rotation mechanism 32 footrest

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A boarding / alighting opening provided on a side portion of a vehicle body,
A front door supported by a hinge mechanism on the front vertical side of the entry / exit opening; and a rear door supported by a hinge mechanism on the rear vertical side of the entry / exit opening,
A vehicle in which the front door and the rear door cooperate to close the opening / closing opening and the state in which the opening / closing opening is opened, in which an occupant is seated facing the front of the vehicle. By having a seat that can take a first mode and a second mode in which an occupant can be seated facing the exterior direction, by opening the front door and the rear door and setting the seat to the second mode, The front door, the rear door, and the seat work together,
A vehicle characterized in that the seat is provided in the vicinity of the opening / closing opening so that an occupant can sit down from the seating surface of the seat to the lower edge of the opening / closing opening. 2. A boarding / alighting opening provided on a side portion of a vehicle body,
A front door supported by a hinge mechanism on the front vertical side of the entry / exit opening; and a rear door supported by a hinge mechanism on the rear vertical side of the entry / exit opening,
A vehicle which can be in a state in which the front door and the rear door cooperate to close the opening / closing opening and a state in which the opening / closing opening is opened, the seat being mounted in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A first member having a support member and a substantially flat seating surface, and the seating surface is upright at a predetermined angle.
And a seat back pivotally supported by the seat support member so as to be rotatable between a second angular position that is substantially horizontal with the seat surface facing upward, and a substantially planar shape. The seat back surface is lower than the front side of the vehicle when the seat back is in the first position, and the seat back surface is in the second position when the seat back is in the second position. So that it becomes substantially horizontal and cooperates with the seating surface of the seat back to form a substantially continuous horizontal plane, the rotation near the front end is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the seat back. It is supported by the seat support member so as to be rotatable about its axis and displaceable in the vehicle front-rear direction, and its rear end portion is rotatably connected to the seat back about a rotation axis substantially parallel to the rotation axis. The seat consisting of the seat cushion Vehicle, wherein are provided, et al in the part near. 3. A plurality of the seats are arranged in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and each of the seats forms a substantially continuous horizontal surface by the seat surface of the seat cushion and the seat surface of the seat back. The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the horizontal planes formed by the respective seats are configured so as to be substantially continuous with each other. 4. A boarding / alighting opening provided on a side portion of a vehicle body,
A front door supported by a hinge mechanism on the front vertical side of the entry / exit opening; and a rear door supported by a hinge mechanism on the rear vertical side of the entry / exit opening,
A vehicle that can be in a state in which the front door and the rear door cooperate to close the boarding / alighting opening and a state in which the boarding / alighting opening is opened, the vehicle being disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A seat cushion, a seat back supported by the seat cushion near one end of the seat cushion, and a seat cushion provided between the seat cushion and the vehicle body, and the seat cushion is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body. The seat back is rotated about a substantially vertical axis between a first direction in which the seat back is located and a second direction in which the seat back is located on the opposite side in the vehicle width direction from the entry / exit opening of the vehicle body. A vehicle comprising a seat including a seat rotating mechanism, the seat being provided in the vicinity of the entry / exit opening. 5. A footrest is stored under the seat cushion, and when the seat is in the second mode, the footrest projects from the other end of the seat cushion from the passenger opening / closing opening to the outside of the vehicle compartment. The vehicle according to claim 4, which is configured to be possible. 6. The seat of the seat is cooperated by the front door, the rear door and the seat by opening the front door and the rear door of the vehicle and setting the seat in a second mode. The vehicle according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that an occupant can sit down from the surface to the lower edge of the opening / closing opening. 7. The front door hinge mechanism and the rear door hinge mechanism rotate the front door and the rear door with respect to the vehicle body about the hinge mechanism by 90 degrees or more in a top view. The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which is a vehicle. 8. A roof opening which is provided in a roof portion and is continuous with the opening / closing opening of the vehicle, and a roof panel which can take an open state and a closed state. The vehicle according to any one of 1 to 7.