JP2009532158A5

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Publication number: JP2009532158A5
Application number: JP2009503657A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-04-05
Publication date: 2011-06-16

Claims

A seat assembly for lining up like a seat assembly in a vehicle ,
The seat assembly includes:
A seat,
A support structure for supporting the seat on the floor of the vehicle ;
With
The seat has a side;
A seat surface portion having a rear end portion ;
A backrest having a front surface and a bottom portion having a lower end , and
With
The lower end of the rear portion and the backrest of the seat surface, in order to accommodate the passengers knees seated in rows of rear filtration, as recesses are formed on the side of the seat, said seat extending forward of the lateral,
The backrest can be tilted about an axial position on the support structure relative to the support structure between a first upright position and a reclining second position, the axial position of the backrest A seat assembly disposed above the bottom and in front of at least a portion of the front surface of the backrest .

A seat assembly for lining up like a seat assembly in a vehicle ,
The seat assembly includes:
A seat,
A support structure for supporting the seat on the floor of the vehicle;
With
The seat has a side;
A seat surface portion having a rear end portion;
A backrest having a front surface and a bottom portion having a lower end, and
With
The rear end portion of the seat surface portion and the lower end portion of the backrest are formed on the rear side surface of each seat so that a recess is formed on the rear side surface of each seat in the range between the upper and lower sides of the seat surface of the seat in the back row Extending forward on the side,
The backrest can be tilted about an axial position on the support structure relative to the support structure between a first upright position and a reclined second position, the axial position of the backrest A seat assembly disposed above the bottom and in front of at least a portion of the front surface of the backrest .

A seat assembly for lining up like a seat assembly in a vehicle ,
The seat assembly is
Said seat having a front portion and a support structure for supporting the seat on the floor of the vehicle;
The seat is
A seat surface portion having a rear end portion;
A backrest having a bottom,
With
The side end of the bottom portion of the backrest and the side of the rear end portion of the seating surface portion are curved in the direction toward the front portion of the seat, so that the side of the backrest More space for knees for seat passengers,
The backrest can be tilted about an axial position on the support structure relative to the support structure between a first upright position and a reclining second position, the axial position of the backrest A seat assembly disposed on the side end and above the bottom of the backrest .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The seat assembly is positioned at a height at least approximately equal to a height of a seated passenger's knee from the floor of the vehicle .

A seat assembly according to claim 4,
A seat assembly arranged such that the axial position is at a height approximately equal to at least the 95th percentile value of the height of the center of the knee of an adult population .

The seat assembly according to claim 4 or 5 ,
The seat assembly positioned such that the axial position is between about 542 mm and about 591 mm above the floor .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 6 ,
The rear part of the seat surface part and the rear part of the backrest adjacent to the seat surface part have corresponding convex shapes .

The seat assembly according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The bottom portion of the backrest has a side end portion, the rear end portion of the seat surface portion has a side, the side end portion of the bottom portion of the backrest, and the rear end portion of the seat surface portion. A seat assembly wherein the sides are curved in a direction toward the front of the seat.

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 8 ,
The seat portion is movable with the backrest between a first position corresponding to the first position of the backrest and a second position corresponding to the second position of the backrest;
The seat assembly is a seat assembly that is translated forward relative to the support structure in the second position .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9 ,
The seat is movable between an upright position and a reclining position of the seat by an inclination movement of the seat portion and the backrest,
The inclined movement of the seating surface part moves the front part of the seating surface part upward,
The tilting movement of the backrest moves the top of the backrest backwards,
The seat assembly wherein the angle of the tilting motion of the backrest is equal to about 3.2 times the angle of the tilting motion of the seat surface .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The backrest is movable between an upright position and a reclining position;
The seat portion has a movable element,
A seat assembly that adjusts a thickness of the seat surface portion at a front portion of the seat surface portion with respect to a thickness of the seat surface portion at a rear portion of the seat surface portion by movement of the movable element .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 11 ,
The backrest includes a molded rigid frame member and an elastic cushion member,
The cushion assembly is a seat assembly that is mounted only on the front side of the rigid frame member .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 12 ,
A seat assembly having no support column at the rear portion of the seat surface portion .

The seat assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 13 ,
The support structure is
An elongated first strut extending laterally of the seat;
At least one seat leg assembly attached to the post;
Comprising at least
The leg assembly is
To attach the support structure to the vehicle, a foot arranged to be close to the vehicle floor;
A seat support portion arranged to be close to a lower surface of the seat for attachment to the seat;
An intermediate portion extending between the seat support portion and the foot portion;
With
A seat assembly configured such that the strut and the leg assembly or the intermediate portion of each leg assembly are in use only disposed below the front of each seat .

15. A seat assembly according to claim 14 , comprising:
The seat structure includes at least two of the leg assemblies.

A seat assembly according to claim 14 or 15,
The support structure is
The first strut;
A second strut;
With
The first strut is attached to the leg assembly or the foot portion of each leg assembly, or in proximity to the foot portion,
The second post is a seat assembly attached to or adjacent to the seat support of the leg assembly or each leg assembly.

The seat assembly according to claim 16 , comprising:
The first support post is a seat assembly disposed behind the second support post .

18. The seat assembly according to claim 17 , comprising
The leg assembly or each leg assembly is
A first element;
A second element;
With
The first element is:
The foot,
An upper extension attached to the first strut and the second strut and forming part of the intermediate portion of the leg assembly;
With
The second element is
The seat support;
A downwardly extending portion attached to the first strut and the second strut and forming a further part of the intermediate portion of the leg assembly;
A seat assembly comprising:

19. A seat assembly according to claim 18 , comprising:
The seat assembly , wherein the first element of each leg assembly or each leg assembly is laterally spaced from the second element of the leg assembly or each leg assembly.

19. A seat assembly according to claim 17 or 18 , comprising:
The seat assembly of the second element is a seat assembly arranged to extend along at least part of the side surface and the side end of the backrest .