JP2009149159A - Sheath material attached to seat, and seat provided with the sheath material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheath material attached to a seat capable of simplifying assembling work of the seat, and a seat provided with the sheath material. <P>SOLUTION: The sheath material attached to the seat and the seat 12 provided with the sheath material are provided with a frame 11 forming a skeleton of the seat 10; and the sheath material 12 attached to the frame 11. A back rest part side sheath material 16 of the sheath material 12 has a wire harness 21 mounted to an inner surface 16A; a connector 22 provided on an end part of the wire harness 21; and a deformation part 23 for supporting the connector 22. The connector 22 is connected to a connector 27 of a motor 17 by deforming (rolling-in) the deformation part 23 to an inner side of the back rest part side sheath material 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an exterior material attached to a frame on which an auxiliary machine including electrical components is mounted, and a sheet provided with the exterior material.

For example, as a seat installed in a vehicle such as an automobile, an electric mechanism for adjusting the position of the seat portion in the front-rear direction and the up-down direction with respect to the vehicle body, and for reclining the backrest portion with respect to the seat portion There is known an electric seat on which an electric mechanism or an air conditioner for adjusting the temperature and humidity of the surface of the seat portion and the surface of the backrest portion is mounted.
In such an electric seat, an electrical component included in various mechanisms and devices (hereinafter collectively referred to as an auxiliary machine) and a wire harness connected to a control device that controls the operation of these auxiliary machines are routed.
Conventionally, proposals have been made for the purpose of improving the assembly workability of the auxiliary machine and the wire harness in such an electric seat (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In Patent Document 1, a switch and a motor are individually fixed to a frame forming a skeleton of a seat portion of a seat and a frame forming a skeleton of a backrest portion.
And the wire harness for supplying electric power to a switch and a motor, and transmitting the control signal output from the switch to a motor is connected to a switch and a motor, respectively, and is wired by the sheet | seat.

Conventionally, the wire harness is fixed to the frame by fixing a plurality of locations directly to the frame with a clamp member or the like, and in Patent Document 1, supported by a laminate sheet that is fixed to the frame by a clamp member, It is assembled to the sheet at once.
Note that, in the wire harness, a portion where it is difficult to maintain the shape by the support by the laminate sheet is directly fixed to the frame by a clamp member or the like as in the prior art.
JP 2002-264710 A

However, in patent document 1, after fixing a wire harness to a frame with a clamp member, a connector is connected to an auxiliary machine including electrical components, and after the connection work of such a connector is completed, an exterior material is put on the frame and The sheet is assembled by locking and attaching the exterior material to the frame.
For this reason, the assembly process of the sheet requires two processes, a connector connection process and an exterior material attachment process. Further, when the exterior material is mounted on the frame, a wire harness fixed to the frame is attached. It was necessary to work so as not to break, and the assembly work was time-consuming.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an exterior material capable of simplifying the sheet assembling operation and a sheet including the exterior material.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the exterior material according to the present invention is characterized by the following (1) and (2).
(1) An exterior material to be attached to a frame that forms a skeleton of a seat, and an inner surface facing the frame side when attached to the frame, a wire harness attached to the inner surface, and the wire harness An electrical component that is provided at an edge of the exterior material and supports the connector, and is located in the exterior material when the exterior material is attached to the frame. The exterior material is locked to the frame by connecting the connector while deforming the deforming portion so as to be close to the frame with respect to the counterpart connector of the accessory including the product.
(2) In the exterior material configured as described in (1) above,
The connection direction of the connector to the mating connector of the auxiliary machine including the electrical component intersects with the mounting direction of the exterior material to the frame.

In the exterior material having the configuration (1), the connector of the wire harness attached to the inner surface of the exterior material is supported by the deformed portion of the exterior material, and the deformable portion is deformed after the exterior material is covered on the frame. The connector can be connected to the auxiliary connector of the auxiliary machine. Therefore, according to the exterior material having the above configuration (1), it is possible to sequentially perform the operation of attaching the exterior material to the frame, particularly the operation of locking the exterior material to the frame and the connector connection operation in the same process. And when attaching an exterior material to a flame | frame, since there is no possibility that an exterior material may be hooked on a wire harness and damaged, an assembly operation can be simplified.
Moreover, in the exterior material of the structure of said (2), since it connects with the other party connector of an auxiliary machine by moving a connector in the direction crossing (for example, orthogonal) with respect to the mounting direction of the exterior material with respect to a flame | frame, Even if the exterior material is displaced in the direction of detachment (detachment), there is no possibility that the connector will drop off from the deformed portion or the connector may come off from the auxiliary machine. Therefore, according to the exterior material having the above-described configuration (2), it is possible to prevent the connector from being detached from the auxiliary machine and to prevent connection failure.

  (3) Moreover, in order to achieve the above-described object, the sheet according to the present invention is the above-described exterior material according to (1) or (2), the frame forming the skeleton, and the exterior material attached to the frame. And the auxiliary machine including the electrical equipment located in the exterior material.

According to the sheet of (3) having the configuration of the exterior material of (1), the connector connection operation and the exterior material mounting operation (particularly, the operation of locking the exterior material to the frame) are performed in the same operation process. This can be done, and when attaching the exterior material to the frame, there is no risk of the exterior material being hooked on the wire harness and causing damage, so that the assembly work can be simplified.
In addition, according to the sheet of (3) having the configuration including the exterior material of (2), even if the exterior material is misaligned in a direction to be detached (detached) from the frame, the connector may fall off from the deformed portion. In addition, there is no possibility that the connector is detached from the auxiliary machine.

  According to the exterior material attached to the sheet of the present invention and the sheet provided with the exterior material, the wire harness is attached to the inner surface of the exterior material, and the connector provided at the end of the wire harness is supported by the deformed portion of the exterior material As a result, the connector connection work and the exterior material mounting work can be performed in the same work process, and there is no risk of the exterior material being caught by the wire harness when being attached to the frame. This has the effect of simplifying the attaching work.

Hereinafter, an exterior material attached to a sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention and a sheet including the exterior material will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seat 10 of the present embodiment includes a frame 11 that forms a skeleton of the seat 10 and an exterior material 12 that is attached to the frame 11, and is installed in a vehicle such as an automobile. It is.

The frame 11 includes a metal seat side frame 13 and a metal backrest side frame 14.
The seat part side frame 13 is a frame that forms a skeleton of the seat part 10A on which an occupant sits. The back portion side frame 14 is a frame that forms a skeleton of the back portion 10B that causes the back of the passenger to rest.
The back portion side frame 14 is attached to the rear portion of the seat portion side frame 13 so as to be reclining (up and down) in the front-rear direction.

The backrest side frame 14 includes auxiliary equipment including electrical equipment provided in the seat 11 (in other words, auxiliary equipment including electrical equipment positioned in the exterior material 12 when the exterior material 12 is attached to the frame 11). As a machine, for example, a motor (electric motor) 17 or the like is provided (assembled) along the surface.
The motor 17 automatically performs, for example, a reclining operation of the backrest side frame 14.
The auxiliary machine provided in the seat 11 includes a wire harness provided on the backrest side frame 14 side.

The exterior material 12 includes a seat-side exterior material 15 attached to the seat-side frame 13 and a backrest-side exterior material 16 attached to the backrest-side frame 14.
The seat portion 10 </ b> A is configured by the seat portion side frame 13 and the seat portion side exterior material 15.
The backrest portion side frame 14 </ b> B is configured by the backrest portion side frame 14 and the backrest portion side exterior material 16.
The seat portion 10A includes an ottoman (leg stand: not shown), and the backrest portion 10B includes a headrest and an armrest (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2, the backrest side exterior material 16 is formed by covering the cushion material 19 with a skin material (outer skin) 18 and is formed in a bag shape so as to cover the backrest side frame 14.
The skin material 18 is an outer skin of the backrest portion 10B formed of cloth or leather.
The cushion material 19 is formed of, for example, a foam material such as polyurethane molded into a predetermined shape.
The backrest side exterior material 16 includes a wire harness 21 attached to the inner surface 16 </ b> A, a connector 22 provided at an end of the wire harness 21, and a deformation portion 23 that supports the connector 22.

The wire harness 21 is attached to the inner surface 16 </ b> A facing the backrest side frame 14 side of the backrest side exterior material 16, and is routed along the backrest side frame 14.
Specifically, the wire harness 21 is built in the cushion material 19 of the backrest side exterior material 16, and the end portion 21 </ b> A drawn from the edge portion 19 </ b> A of the cushion material 19 is routed to the deformation portion 23.

The connector 22 is provided (connected) to the end portion 21 </ b> A of the wire harness 21 and is supported by the deformation portion 23.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the connector 22 is provided with a locking projection 25 on the base 22A, and the connector main body 22B is inserted through the insertion hole 23A of the deformation portion 23, and the locking projection 25 is inserted into the locking hole 23B. It is supported by the deformation part 23 by being inserted into and locked.

The deformable portion 23 is provided in the vicinity of the connector 27 of the auxiliary machine (motor) 17 including the electrical components at the edge of the backrest side exterior material 16. The connector 27 is connected to the terminal of the motor 17.
The deformation part 23 has an insertion hole 23A formed in a substantially central part, and a locking hole 23B formed in the vicinity of both side parts of the insertion hole 23A.

The insertion hole 23A is formed so as to be approximately one size larger than the connector main body 22B, and is a hole through which the connector main body 22B can be inserted.
The locking hole 23 </ b> B is a hole capable of locking the locking protrusion 25 by inserting the locking protrusion 25 of the connector 22.

  The deforming portion 23 is configured to support the connector 22 and be deformable so as to be close to the backrest side frame 14 (specifically, the connector 27 of the motor 17 as shown in FIG. 2).

By supporting the connector 22 on the deformable portion 23, as shown in FIG. 2, the deformable portion 23 is deformed (wrapped) inside the backrest side exterior material 16 so as to be close to the connector 27 of the motor 17. It is possible.
Thus, the connector 22 is connected to the connector 27 of the motor 17 by deforming (winding) the deformable portion 23 inside the backrest-side exterior material 16.

Here, the connection direction of the connector 22 with respect to the connector 27 of the motor 17 is indicated by an arrow A as shown in FIGS.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
The connection direction of the connector 22 indicated by the arrow A direction intersects the mounting direction of the backrest side exterior material 16 indicated by the arrow B direction.

As a result, even if the backrest-side exterior material 16 is displaced in the direction in which it is removed (removed) from the backrest-side frame 14, the connector 22 may drop off from the deformable portion 23, or the connector 22 may be disconnected from the connector 27 of the motor 17. There is no fear.
It is possible to prevent the connector 22 from being disconnected from the connector 27 of the motor 17 and to prevent poor connection.

Next, the process of assembling the seat, specifically, the process of assembling the backrest side exterior material 16 to the backrest side frame 14 will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the wire harness 21 is assembled to the backrest side exterior material 16 so that the end 21 </ b> A of the wire harness 21 is pulled out from the edge 19 </ b> A of the cushion material 19. A connector 22 is connected to the end 21 </ b> A of the wire harness 21.

As shown in FIG. 3, the connector body 22B of the connector 22 is inserted through the insertion hole 23A of the deformable portion 23, and the locking projection 25 of the connector 22 is inserted into the locking hole 23B to be locked. Supported by the deforming portion 23.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the motor 17 is provided with a connector 27 that is electrically connected to itself.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the backrest-side exterior material 16 with the wire harness 21 assembled is assembled to the backrest-side frame 14 as indicated by an arrow B.
Next, the deformable portion 23 is deformed (wrapped) inside the backrest-side exterior material 16, and the connector 22 of the wire harness 21 is connected to the connector 27 of the motor 17 that is the counterpart connector, as shown in FIGS. Electrical connection as shown by arrow A.

Thereby, the connecting operation of connecting the connector 22 of the wire harness 21 to the connector 27 of the motor 17 and the mounting operation of the backrest side exterior material 16 to the backrest portion side frame 14, in particular, the backrest portion side of the backrest portion side frame 14. The operation | work which latches the exterior material 16 can be performed by the same process. That is, in the seat 10 of the present embodiment, maintaining the covering state of the back portion side exterior material 16 with respect to the back portion side frame 14 is performed by connector connection (that is, locking of the connector 22 of the wire harness 21 by the connector 27 of the motor 17). Is going.
Furthermore, the wire harness 21 is assembled to the backrest side exterior material 16. Thereby, when attaching the backrest part side exterior material 16 to the backrest part side frame 14, there is no possibility that the backrest part side exterior material 16 is caught on the wire harness 21 and damaged.

  Thus, the connection work of the connector 22 and the attachment work of the backrest side exterior material 16 can be performed in the same process, and in addition, there is no possibility of the backrest part side exterior material 16 being hooked on the wire harness 21. The work can be simplified.

  In the above-described embodiment, the motor 17 is illustrated as an auxiliary machine including electrical components. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other auxiliary machines include an electronic control unit (ECU) that controls the posture of the switch and the seat. It is also possible to apply.

  In addition, the shapes of the frame 11, the exterior material 12, the seat part side frame 13, the backrest part side frame 14, the wire harness 21, the connector 22, the deformation part 23, and the like shown in the above embodiment are not limited to those illustrated. Changes can be made as appropriate.

  For example, the seat part side frame 13 and the seat part side exterior member 15 may also be configured to be assembled in the same procedure as the step of assembling the backrest part side exterior member 16 to the backrest part side frame 14 described above.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is suitable for application to an exterior material mounted on a frame on which an auxiliary machine including electrical equipment is mounted, and a sheet provided with the exterior material.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the sheet | seat provided with the exterior material which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the sheet | seat which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the deformation | transformation part and connector of the exterior material which concern on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the deformation | transformation part and connector of the exterior material which concern on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Sheet | seat provided with exterior material 11 Frame 12 Exterior material 14 Seat part side frame 15 Backrest part side frame 16 Backrest part side exterior material 16A Inner surface 17 Motor (auxiliary machine including electrical equipment)
21 Wire harness 21A End part of wire harness 22 Connector 23 Deformation part

Claims (3)

It is an exterior material attached to the frame that forms the skeleton of the seat,
An inner surface facing the frame when mounted on the frame;
A wire harness attached to the inner surface;
A connector provided in the wire harness;
A deformable portion provided at an edge of the exterior material and supporting the connector;
Have
When the exterior material is mounted on the frame, the connector is deformed so that the deformed portion is brought closer to the frame with respect to a counterpart connector of an auxiliary machine including electrical components located in the exterior material. The exterior material, wherein the exterior material is locked to the frame by being connected. The exterior material according to claim 1,
An exterior material, wherein a connection direction of the connector with respect to a counterpart connector of the auxiliary machine including the electrical component intersects with a mounting direction of the exterior material with respect to the frame.   The auxiliary device including the exterior material according to claim 1 or 2, the frame forming a skeleton, and the electrical equipment positioned in the exterior material when the exterior material is attached to the frame; A sheet characterized by comprising:

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