JP2008279893A - Vehicular seat device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular seat device capable of effectively making a vehicle body compact, and sufficiently ensuring a luggage storage space as necessary. <P>SOLUTION: In a vehicle, a single front seat 5 is arranged in a center part of the vehicle width direction in a cabin, and a plurality of rear seats 6, 6 are arranged on a diagonally backward side of the front seat 5. The rear seats 6, 6 are movably supported from the diagonally backward position of the front seat 5 to the side position of the front seat 5. When the rear seats 6, 6 are located diagonally backward of the front seat 5, their front ends are directed in the diagonally outward side in plan view. When the rear seats 6, 6 are located aside the front seat 5, their front parts are supported in a forwardly directed state of the vehicle body in plan view. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular seat device having a single front seat disposed in a vehicle width direction center portion in a vehicle interior and a plurality of rear seats disposed obliquely rearward thereof. .

In recent years, due to demands such as reducing the fuel consumption of a vehicle, it has been required to form a vehicle body that is lightweight and compact. However, in such a vehicle, a plurality of passengers are provided in the vehicle compartment while having a compact configuration. A device for securing a seatable space is required. For example, in Patent Document 1 below, by arranging a single front seat consisting of a driver's seat at the center in the vehicle width direction in the passenger compartment, and by arranging a plurality of rear seats on the rear side thereof, A space for a plurality of passengers to be seated is secured in the vehicle interior while reducing the size of the vehicle body.
JP 7-156807 A

  As disclosed in Patent Document 1, a single front seat made up of a driver's seat is disposed in the front part of the passenger compartment, and a plurality of passengers can be seated behind the front seat. In a vehicle equipped with a rear seat, a wide space is formed in the front part of the rear seat, so that a front view of an occupant seated in the rear seat is ensured, and excellent living There is an advantage that an environment can be obtained. However, how to arrange the front seats and rear seats in order to ensure a sufficient luggage storage space and further improve the living environment of the vehicle while effectively downsizing the body of the vehicle. The problem of whether to do so has become a problem, and it has been desired to set these relative positions appropriately.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and can effectively reduce the size of the vehicle body, improve the vehicle's living environment, and provide a storage space for luggage as necessary. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat device that can be sufficiently secured.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a vehicle in which a single front seat is disposed in the center of the vehicle interior in the vehicle width direction, and a plurality of rear seats are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat. The rear seat is supported so as to be movable from an oblique rear position of the front seat to a lateral position of the front seat, and the rear seat is located obliquely behind the front seat, When the front end of the vehicle faces diagonally outward from the plane, and the rear seat is located on the side of the front seat, the front of the vehicle is It is supported so that it may be in the state which faced.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat device according to the first aspect, the seat back of the rear seat is supported so as to be foldable on the seat cushion.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat device according to the second aspect, a kick-up portion that bulges upward is formed at a rear portion of the floor panel, and a rear seat is installed on the kick-up portion. It is supported so as to be displaceable in a state where it has been moved and a state where it has moved forward.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the vehicle seat device according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a hinge shaft that swingably supports the seat cushion of the rear seat, and the seat cushion with the hinge shaft as a fulcrum. By swinging and displacing the rear seat, the rear seat is supported so as to be movable from an obliquely rearward position of the front seat to a lateral position of the front seat.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the vehicle seat device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the seat back is folded on the seat cushion of the rear seat and the back surface of the seat cushion is upward. The rear seat is configured to move to the side position of the front seat in the reverse state facing the front.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the vehicle seat device according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the seat back is folded on the seat cushion of the rear seat, and the front of the kick-up portion. By moving the rear seat to the side, a flat luggage placement surface composed of the upper surface portion of the rear seat and the upper surface portion of the kick-up portion is formed.

  In the invention according to claim 1, when an occupant is seated on the rear seat, the rear seat is disposed in an obliquely rearward position of the front seat in a state of being inclined. While preventing interference with the wheel house for the rear wheel, it is possible to secure a sufficient width dimension of the rear seat, and a wide seat formed on the side portion of the front seat by the passenger seated in the rear seat Since the space can be used as a footrest space or the like, the living environment of the vehicle can be effectively improved. In addition, when the rear seat is not used, the rear part of the driver's seat can be used as a loading part for luggage etc. if the rear seat is moved to a position ahead of the front seat. By omitting the luggage compartment at the rear part of the vehicle body, there is an advantage that a sufficient space for placing luggage or the like can be secured while shortening the longitudinal dimension of the vehicle body to effectively make the vehicle body compact.

  In the invention according to claim 2, since the rear seat is moved to the forward position in a compact state by folding the seat back on the seat cushion of the rear seat, the rear seat is not There is an advantage that it is possible to secure a wide space as a loading part for luggage or the like at the rear part of the front seat while preventing obstruction at the time of use.

  In the invention according to claim 3, since the rear seat is supported so as to be displaceable between the state where the rear seat is installed on the kick-up portion and the state where the rear seat is moved to the front side thereof, the rear seat is used when the rear seat is used. By installing it on the kick-up part provided at the rear part of the seat, there is an advantage that the installation height is sufficiently secured and an easy seating posture can be obtained, and when the rear seat is not used, the kick By moving the rear seat to the front side of the up portion, the rear seat can be accommodated so as not to get in the way, and there is an advantage that a wide space as a loading portion such as luggage can be secured in the rear portion of the front seat.

  In the invention according to claim 4, a hinge shaft for swingably supporting the seat cushion of the rear seat is provided, and the seat cushion of the rear seat is pivoted and displaced with the hinge shaft as a fulcrum, thereby Since the rear seat is moved from the oblique rear position of the front seat to the side position of the front seat, the operation of moving the rear seat in the oblique rear position of the front seat forward can be easily performed. In addition, there is an advantage that a wide space as a loading portion for luggage or the like can be sufficiently secured in the rear portion of the front seat.

  In the invention according to claim 5, the seat back is folded on the seat cushion of the rear seat, and the rear seat is moved to the side position of the front seat in a reverse state with the back surface of the seat cushion facing upward. Therefore, the flat surface formed by the back surface of the seat cushion can be used as a loading surface for luggage, etc., and there is an advantage that the loading space for luggage can be effectively expanded when the rear seat is not used. is there.

  In the invention according to claim 6, the upper seat portion and the kick-up portion of the rear seat are moved by moving the rear seat to the front side of the kick-up portion in a state where the seat back is folded on the seat cushion of the rear seat. In order to form a flat luggage placement surface composed of the upper surface portion of the front seat, the kick-up portion installed on the rear side of the front seat and the left and right sides of the front seat are disposed. With the seat cushion of the rear seat, it is possible to form a placement space for luggage or the like having a wide flat surface formed in a U shape when viewed from the plane.

  1 to 3 show a vehicle equipped with a vehicle seat device according to the present invention, and a side opening of the vehicle is formed with an opening for getting on and off by side doors 1 and 1, and a vehicle interior. The instrument panel 2 is installed in the front part of the vehicle so as to extend in the vehicle width direction. A steering wheel 3 is installed at a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction of the instrument panel 2, and a single front seat 5 comprising a driver's seat is provided on a floor panel 4 of a passenger compartment located on the rear side of the steering wheel 3. Is arranged. A pair of left and right rear seats 6, 6 are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat 5, so that the rear seats 6, 6 having a larger dimension in the vehicle width direction than the front seat 5 are installed. The part is formed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a rear pillar 7 is disposed at a substantially central part in the vehicle width direction on the rear surface of the vehicle body, and the rear pillar 7 and the side doors 1 and 1 are continuously connected. A rear window 8 is disposed so as to cover the rear window 8, thereby ensuring rear visibility on the left and right sides of the vehicle without being obstructed by the rear pillar 7.

  The front seat 5 includes a seat cushion 9 that serves as a seat for a passenger, a seat back 10 erected at the rear end, and a pair of left and right seat sliders 11, 11 disposed below the seat cushion 9. And have. In the center of the front portion of the floor panel 4, seat rails 12, 12 are installed so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and the seat sliders 11, 11 of the front seat 5 are slidable on the seat rails 12, 12. By being supported, the front-rear position of the front seat 5 can be adjusted.

  At the rear part of the floor panel 4, a kick-up part 13 bulging upward is formed over substantially the entire length in the vehicle width direction, and the rear seats 6, 6 are installed on the kick-up part 13. Each of the rear seats 6 and 6 includes a seat cushion 14, a seat back 15 erected at the rear end thereof, and a reclining mechanism 16 that supports the seat back 15 so as to be tiltable with respect to the seat cushion 14. The reclining mechanism 16 supports the seat back 15 so as to be displaceable between a use state in which the seat back 15 stands up from the rear end portion of the seat cushion 14 and a lying state folded on the seat cushion 14.

  A hinge member 22 is provided at the front end of the kick-up portion 13 so as to swingably support the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hinge member 22 has a pair of hinges whose base ends are fixed to the upper surface of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 and the lower surface of the seat cushion 14 by means such as bolts, respectively. Plates 23 and 24 and a hinge shaft 25 formed of a horizontal shaft that couples the hinge plates 23 and 24 to each other so as to be rotatable are provided. The hinge shaft 25 is installed so that its axis is overhanging in front of the front end of the kick-up portion 13 when viewed from above, and the vehicle width direction inner portion of the axis is positioned on the front side of the vehicle body. It is installed in a state inclined at a predetermined angle α (see FIG. 4).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the rear seats 6, 6 are in front of the rear seats 6, 6 as viewed from above in a normal use position where the seat cushion 14 is installed on the kick-up portion 13. The rear part of the rear seats 6 and 6 is disposed so as to be close to each other, so that the rear part protrudes inward from the left and right of the rear part of the vehicle body. The front seat 5 is disposed obliquely rearward in a state where interference with the installed rear wheel wheel house 26 is avoided.

  Then, the headrest is removed from the seat back 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6, and the seat cushion 14 is supported with the hinge shaft 25 of the hinge member 22 as a fulcrum in a state where the seat back 15 is laid down on the seat cushion 14. In the state where the seat back 15 is integrated, the rear seats 6 and 6 are moved as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 by swinging and displacing them to the front side of the vehicle body as indicated by an arrow A in FIG. The seat cushion 14 and the seat back 15 are inverted in the up-and-down state, and the floor is located at the side of the front seat 5, that is, the front of the kick-up portion 13 and the side of the front seat 5. The rear seats 6 and 6 are accommodated on a flat surface formed of the panel 4.

  The folding thicknesses of the seat cushion 14 and the seat back 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 are set to be substantially the same as the bulging amount of the kick-up portion 13, thereby the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6. When the rear seats 6 and 6 are moved to the accommodation state by moving the rear seats 6 and 6 to the front side of the kick-up portion 13 with the seat back 15 folded up, the upper surface portion (seat The back surface portion of the cushion 14 is substantially the same height as the upper surface portion of the kick-up portion 13 so that a flat load placement surface is formed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the inclination angle α of the hinge shaft 25 with respect to the front portion of the kick-up portion 13 extending in the vehicle width direction is the inclination angle of the rear seats 6 and 6 at the use position, that is, the front and rear of the vehicle body. The angle β formed by the line L extending in the direction and the center line M in the front-rear direction of the rear seats 6 and 6 and the inclination angle β of the front surface of the seat cushion with respect to the front surface portion of the kick-up portion 13 are set to about ½ times. Yes. With this configuration, when the seatback 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 in the rear use position is folded on the seat cushion 14 and is swing-displaced with the hinge shaft 25 of the hinge member 22 as a fulcrum. The front portions of the rear seats 6, 6, which are the rear end surface of the seat cushion 14 and the lower end surface of the seat back 15, are each directed straight toward the front side of the vehicle body. The rear seats 6 and 6 are accommodated in the section.

  As described above, a single front seat 5 is disposed in the center of the vehicle interior in the vehicle width direction, and a plurality of rear seats 6 and 6 are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat 5. In the vehicle, the rear seats 6 and 6 are supported so as to be movable from an oblique rear position of the front seat 5 to a lateral position of the front seat 5, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are obliquely rearward of the front seat. When the front seat is in a state of facing the diagonally outward side of the vehicle when viewed from above, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are located on the sides of the front seat 5 Since the rear seats 6 and 6 are supported so that the front portion of the vehicle faces the front of the vehicle body when seen from the plane, the vehicle environment is effectively downsized and the vehicle living environment is improved. Can secure enough storage space for luggage as needed. There is an advantage in that.

  That is, when an occupant is seated on the rear seats 6, 6, the rear seats 6, 6 are disposed obliquely behind the front seat 5 so that the occupants seated on the front seat 5 Since the passengers seated in the rear seats 6 and 6 can use the wide spaces formed on the left and right sides of the front seat 5 as footrest spaces without any influence, the vehicle living environment is effectively improved. Can be improved. In addition, in the state where the rear seats 6 and 6 are located obliquely behind the front seat 5 as described above, the front portion is configured to face obliquely outward when viewed from the plane, Even when the width dimension of the rear seats 6 and 6 is sufficiently secured, it is possible to prevent the rear seats 6 and 6 from interfering with the rear wheel wheel house 21. Therefore, by efficiently disposing both the front seat 5 and the rear seats 6 and 6, there is an advantage that the vehicle body can be effectively made compact by suppressing an increase in the width dimension of the vehicle body.

  On the other hand, when the rear seats 6 and 6 are not used, if the rear seats 6 and 6 are moved to the front side position of the front seats 5 as shown in the solid line of FIG. 5 and FIG. Since a wide space composed of the kick-up portion 13 and the like can be formed in the rear portion of the seat 5, the vehicle body is made compact by shortening the longitudinal dimension of the vehicle body by omitting the luggage compartment at the rear of the vehicle body, There is an advantage that the rear portion of the front seat 5 can be used as a loading space for luggage or the like as necessary.

  In particular, as shown in the above embodiment, the reclining mechanism 16 that supports the seat back 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 so as to be tiltable is provided, and the seat back 15 is folded on the seat cushion 14 so as to be compact. When the rear seats 6 and 6 are configured to be moved to the front position, the rear seats 6 and 6 are prevented from obstructing when not in use, while the rear portion of the front seats 5 is prevented. There is an advantage that a large space can be secured as a loading part for luggage or the like.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, while forming the kick-up part 13 which bulges upwards in the rear part of the floor panel 4, the state which installed the rear seats 6 and 6 on the said kick-up part 13, and its front side Since the rear seats 6 and 6 are installed on the kick-up portion 13 when the rear seats 6 and 6 are used, the seating height is sufficiently secured and the seating is easy. There is an advantage that posture can be obtained. In addition, when the rear seats 6 and 6 are not in use, the rear seats 6 and 6 can be accommodated by moving the rear seats 6 and 6 to the front side of the kick-up portion 13, and the rear portion of the front seat 5 can be accommodated. There is an advantage that a large space can be secured as a loading part for luggage or the like.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the hinge shaft 25 of the hinge member 22 that supports the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 so as to be swingable is provided, and the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 is provided with the hinge shaft 25 as a fulcrum. Since the rear seat 6, 6 installed on the kick-up portion 13 is moved to the front side of the kick-up portion 13 by swinging and displacing the rear seat 6, There is an advantage that the operation of moving 6 to the accommodation position can be easily performed, and a wide space as a loading portion for luggage or the like can be sufficiently secured in the rear portion of the front seat 5.

  The rear seats 6, 6 installed on the kick-up portion 13 are removed so that the rear seats 6, 6 are moved to the housing portion located on the front side of the kick-up portion 13. In this case, however, the complicated work of loosening the fixing bolts for fixing the rear seats 6 and 6 on the kick-up portion 13 and removing the rear seats 6 and 6 from the installation portion is possible. is necessary. On the other hand, as shown in the above-described embodiment, the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 can swing about the hinge shaft 25 of the hinge member 22 provided on the upper surface of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 or the like. In the case of supporting, the rear seat 6 is released from the locking state by a locking mechanism such as a lock lever or a clamp lever (not shown) for locking the rear seat 6, 6 on the kick-up portion 13. It is possible to easily and quickly move from the rear use position to the front accommodation position by simply oscillating 6.

  As shown in the above embodiment, the hinge shaft 25 of the hinge member 22 provided on the upper surface of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 in a state where the seat back 15 is folded on the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6. By swinging and displacing the seat cushions 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 with the fulcrum as a fulcrum, the rear seats 6 are placed at the lateral positions of the front seats 5 in the upside down state with the back surfaces of the seat cushions 14 facing upward. When the rear seats 6 and 6 are not used, the flat surface formed by the back surface of the seat cushion 14 can be used as a loading surface for the luggage. There is an advantage that the mounting space can be effectively expanded.

  In particular, as shown in the above-described embodiment, the folding thickness of the seat cushion 14 and the seat back 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 is set to be substantially the same as the bulging amount of the kick-up portion 13, and the rear seat The rear seats 6 and 6 are moved to the front side of the kick-up portion 13 in a state where the seat back 15 is folded on the seat cushions 6 and 6, and the upper surface portion of the rear seats 6 and 6 is kicked up. In the case where a flat luggage placement surface formed of the upper surface portion of the portion 13 is formed, the kick-up portion installed so as to cover substantially the entire vehicle width direction on the rear side of the front seat 5 13 and the seat cushions 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 disposed on the left and right sides of the front seat 5, as shown in FIG. From the face Mounting space, such as luggage can be formed that.

  In the state where the seat back 15 is folded on the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6, 6, the rear seat is made with the hinge shaft 25 of the hinge member 22 provided on the upper surface of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 as a fulcrum. The above-described embodiment is configured such that the rear seats 6 and 6 are moved to the lateral position of the front seat 5 by swinging the seat cushions 14 and 6 so that the back surface of the seat cushion 14 is reversed upward. Instead of the form, a seat rail that supports the rear seats 6 and 6 so as to be movable from an oblique rear position of the front seat 5 to a side position of the front seat is provided, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are provided along the seat rail. By sliding the seat, the rear seat seats 6 are moved from the rear position disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat 5 with the front end portions of the rear seats 6 and 6 facing obliquely outward. The rear seats 6 and 6 may be configured to change the direction so that the front end faces the front of the vehicle as the rear seats 6 and 6 move forward toward the side position of the front seat 5. Good.

  Further, as shown in the above-described embodiment, the kick-up part 13 bulging upward from the floor panel 4 is provided at the rear part of the vehicle interior, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are installed on the kick-up part 13. Instead of the above embodiment, the flat floor panel 4 is installed in the entire interior of the vehicle interior, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are located on the floor panel from the diagonally rear position of the front seat 5 to the front seat 5. A state in which the rear seats 6 and 6 are supported so as to be movable to a lateral position and the front end portion faces the front of the vehicle when viewed from the plane when the rear seats 6 and 6 are located on the side of the front seat 5. Further, when the rear seats 6 and 6 are located on the sides of the front seats, the front portion may be supported so that the front portion faces the front of the vehicle body when viewed from the plane. .

1 is a plan view of a vehicle including a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. It is a side view which shows the structure of the vehicle interior of the said vehicle. It is a top view which shows the external appearance structure of the said vehicle. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. It is a top view which shows the state which moved the backseat seat to the front side of the vehicle body.

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5 Front seat 6 Rear seat 13 Kick-up part 14 Seat cushion 15 Seat back 23 Hinge shaft

Claims (6)

  In a vehicle in which a single front seat is disposed in the center of the vehicle interior in the vehicle width direction and a plurality of rear seats are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat, the rear seat is When the rear seat is positioned diagonally behind the front seat, the front end portion of the seat when the rear seat is located obliquely behind the front seat is supported so as to be movable from the oblique rear position of the seat. When the vehicle is facing diagonally outward and the rear seat is located on the side of the front seat, its front is facing the front of the vehicle as viewed from the plane. A vehicular seat device characterized by being supported.   The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein a seat back of the rear seat is foldably supported on the seat cushion.   A kick-up part that bulges upward is formed at the rear part of the floor panel, and the rear seat is supported so as to be displaceable between a state where it is installed on the kick-up part and a state where it is moved forward. The vehicle seat device according to claim 2.   A hinge shaft for swingably supporting the seat cushion of the rear seat is provided, and the seat cushion swings and displaces with the hinge shaft as a fulcrum, so that the position of the front seat is set to the lateral position from the diagonally rear position of the front seat. The vehicle seat device according to claim 2, wherein the rear seat is supported so as to be movable.   The seat back is folded on the seat cushion of the rear seat, and the rear seat is configured to move to the side position of the front seat with the reverse side of the seat cushion facing upward. The vehicle seat device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the vehicle seat device is a vehicle seat device.   A flat surface composed of the upper surface portion of the rear seat and the upper surface portion of the kick-up portion by moving the rear seat to the front side of the kick-up portion with the seat back folded on the seat cushion of the rear seat. The vehicular seat device according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein a vehicular loading surface is formed.

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