JP2566396Y2 - Car seat - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile seat provided with a so-called console, which is a small article storage container provided in an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A console for accommodating small items is provided in various places in an automobile. All types of vehicles usually have a console in front of the passenger seat, but the capacity is not very large.

[0003] In a vehicle employing a column shift, a console is often arranged in a gap between a driver's seat and a passenger seat. In a car larger than an ordinary car, the gap is considerably large, and therefore, the console provided in this portion is popular with users due to its large capacity.

[0004]

By the way, the conventional console provided in the gap between the driver's seat and the passenger seat is usually
When a box as a console is simply placed in the gap or fixed on the floor in the car, the driver or passenger seated person moves the seat back and forth to move its position In some cases, the relative position between the seated person and the console changes, making it difficult to use the console.

When the console is merely placed on the floor, the console may be moved to a position where it is easy to use, but it is troublesome to perform this task. If the console is fixed on the floor, the console cannot be moved at all.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide an automobile seat having a console that moves following the forward and backward movement of the seat. .

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automobile seat, wherein a console is provided adjacent to the seat bottom on the side of the seat bottom of the separate seat at the center in the vehicle width direction. In a vehicle seat connected to a seat bottom so as to move together with the back and forth movement of the bottom, a female slider for seat movement is slidably fitted to a male slider for seat movement laid on a floor in the vehicle. The frame forming the skeleton of the seat bottom is fixed to the female slider at a lower portion thereof, a connecting plate is fixed to an outer side portion of the female slider, and a connecting finger is provided at a tip of the connecting plate. A console-moving male slider is laid on the upper part of the tunnel section that is raised over the entire length in the front-rear direction of the center of the floor. And a console moving female slider slidably fitted to the console moving male slider is provided on a bottom surface of the bottom plate, and a latch for fitting the connecting finger to the bottom plate is provided on the bottom plate. A hole is provided, and an opening for guiding the connecting finger to the locking hole is provided on a side of the box, and the console is formed by fitting the connecting finger of the connecting plate to the locking hole of the bottom plate. The present invention is characterized in that the seat bottom is configured to move together with the forward and backward movement of the seat bottom.

[0008]

[0009]

[0010]

According to the vehicle seat of the first aspect,
A console is provided adjacent to the seat bottom on the side of the separate seat at the center of the seat bottom in the vehicle width direction, and the console is attached to the seat bottom so as to move together with the above-mentioned seat back-and-forth movement. Since the seat bottom is connected, if the seat bottom is moved back and forth, the console moves accordingly, and the relative positional relationship between the seat bottom and the console can always be kept constant.

[0011]

The operation will be described in more detail. A female slider for seat movement is slidably fitted to a male slider for seat movement laid on the floor in the vehicle, and a frame at the bottom of the seat is provided at its lower portion for seat movement. Since the connecting plate is fixed to the female slider and the female slider is fixed to the female slider,
If the seat bottom is moved back and forth, the connecting plate also moves via the female slider.

On the other hand, a console-moving male slider is laid on the surface of the tunnel portion raised in the front-rear direction at the center of the floor, and a console-moving female slider is provided on the bottom surface of the console bottom plate. The console can be freely moved in the front-rear direction by being fitted.

In such a state, the connecting finger provided at the tip of the connecting plate is fitted into the locking hole provided on the bottom plate of the console, so that the connecting plate moves back and forth. The console will move accordingly.

That is, if the seat bottom is moved back and forth, the console is similarly moved through the female slider for seat movement, the connecting plate, the connecting finger at the end of the connecting plate, and the locking hole provided in the bottom plate of the console in that order. Moving.

[0016]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a vehicle seat according to the present invention. As shown in this figure, in the vehicle seat of the present invention, a separate seat 1 for a normal driver's seat is provided.
The console 4 is provided on the tunnel portion T between the seat bottom 2 of the passenger seat and the seat bottom 2 'of the separate seat 1' of the passenger seat.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. As shown in this figure, the seat bottom 2 of the separate sheet 1 has a frame 21 forming a skeleton of the seat bottom 2. This frame 21 is slidably fitted to a pair of male sliders 22 for seat movement (seat bottom movement rails) provided on the floor F of the automobile so as to face each other in the vehicle width direction. It is fixed to the female slider 23 (guide means for moving the seat bottom).

A bracket 24 is provided outside the side portion of the sheet moving female slider 23 so as to rise upward from the side portion. And at the tip of this bracket 24,
A connecting plate 25 having an inverted U-shaped cross section is screwed by a bolt 27. The connecting plate 25 branches into two at the tip, and each of them forms a connecting finger 26. The bracket 24, the connecting plate 25, and the connecting fingers 26 constitute connecting means for connecting the seat bottom 2 and the console 4.

On the other hand, the console 4 comprises a bottom plate 41 forming a bottom thereof, and a box 42 provided thereon. The box 42 has an open bottom, and a groove 411 is provided on the upper surface edge of the bottom plate 41 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Then, the console 4 is assembled by placing the box 42 on the bottom plate 41 and fitting the bottom edge of the box 42 in the groove 411.

An opening 44 is formed in the lower portion of the box 42 on the seat bottom 2 side. The opening 44 is immersed in the inside, and the connecting finger 26 is fitted into a portion of the bottom plate 41 corresponding to the opening 44. Are provided. An edge 431 made of a synthetic resin is attached to the inner edge of the locking hole 43.

A console-moving male slider 31 (console-moving rail) is laid in the front-rear direction on the tunnel portion T. The console-moving female slider 32 (console-moving console) is slidably mounted on the male slider 31. Guide member) is fitted. The console 4 is fixed on such a female slider 32.

The connecting finger 2 at the tip of the connecting plate 25
The female slider 6 of the seat bottom 2 and the bottom plate 41 of the console 4 are connected to each other by fitting 6 into the locking hole 43 of the console 4.

The locking hole 43 is set to have such a length that there is no play between the connecting finger 26 in the front-rear direction when the connecting finger 26 is fitted, but a considerable play is formed in the vehicle width direction. I am trying to be.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, when the seat bottom 2 is moved back and forth, the seat bottom 2 and the sheet moving female slider 23 integrated through the frame 21 Male slider 2 for sheet movement
2, the bracket 24 and the connecting plate 25 fixed to the female slider 23 for sheet movement also move.

Since the connecting finger 26 at the end of the connecting plate 25 is fitted into the locking hole 43 provided in the bottom plate 41 of the console 4, the bottom plate 4 follows the movement of the connecting finger 26.
1 also moves. Therefore, the console 4 also moves back and forth with the movement of the seat bottom 2. In this case, the bottom plate 41
Is provided with a console moving female slider 32, which is slidably fitted to the console moving male slider 31, so that the console 4 can move smoothly.

The locking hole 43 of the bottom plate 41 is
Although there is no play in the front-rear direction with respect to the connecting finger 26 of No. 5, considerable play occurs in the width direction. The movement is followed without play, and the error in the installation position in the width direction when the console 4 is installed can be absorbed by the play in the width direction.

[0027]

As described above, in the present invention, the console is provided adjacent to the seat bottom on the side of the seat bottom of the separate seat at the center in the vehicle width direction, and the console and the seat bottom are linked back and forth. Because the seat bottom moves back and forth to adjust the seating position, the console also moves with the seat bottom, so the relative position between the seated person and the console is always maintained. This is convenient because the position does not change and the console can be used with hand movements having almost the same trajectory.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a vehicle seat of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view along AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a combined state of a seat-moving female slider and a console bottom plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 sheet 2 seat bottom 21 frame 22 sheet moving male slider 23 sheet moving female slider 24 bracket 25 connecting plate 26 connecting finger 31 console moving male slider 32 console moving female slider 4 console 41 bottom plate 42 box 43 locking hole

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A console is provided adjacent to the seat bottom on the side of the seat bottom of the separate seat on the center side in the vehicle width direction, and the console is configured to move together with the front and rear movement of the seat bottom. Linked to
Female slider for seat movement
Is a male slider for seat movement laid on the floor in the car
Slidably fitted to form the skeleton of the seat bottom
Frame is fixed to the female slider at its lower part,
A connecting plate is fixedly provided on the outer side of the female slider.
A connecting finger is provided at the end of the binding plate, and is located around the center of the floor.
At the top of the tunnel that is raised over the entire length in the direction
A male slider for moving the console is installed, and the console is connected to the bottom plate.
And a box provided on the bottom plate.
On the bottom of the plate, slide the male slider for console movement.
A female slider for console movement which fits
The bottom plate has a locking hole for fitting the connecting finger.
Guide the connecting finger to the locking hole on the side of the box
An opening is provided, and the connecting finger of the connecting plate is engaged with the locking hole of the bottom plate.
The console fits into the seatbot
A vehicle seat configured to move in conjunction with the longitudinal movement of the vehicle.