JP3261980B2 - Vehicle seat - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle seat and, more particularly, to a vehicle seat having a rear luggage compartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a seat to be installed in a rear compartment of a van type car or the like, a seat back is folded forward on a seat cushion, and is turned forward on a floor so as to be in contact with a luggage compartment floor behind the seat. Some seat cushions are flush with the bottom surface of the seat cushion. FIG. 3 shows an example of such a case. On a rear passenger compartment floor F formed lower than the front passenger compartment F0,
A framework F11 is provided, and a carrier floor F1 extending rearward is provided on the framework F11. A sheet 4 having a flat bottom plate 3A is installed at the front end of the loading floor F1. The seat back 42 of the seat 4 is the seat cushion 4
0 and can be folded on the front edge of the bottom plate 3A and the frame F1.
1 is connected to the front edge via a hinge 5. A recess F2 for storing the seat 4 is formed in front of the loading floor F1, and the seat 4 is rotated forward with the seat back 42 folded so as to be stored in the recess F2 and the bottom plate 3A. And a structure for forming an enlarged floor of the loading floor in front of the loading floor F1 so as to be flush with the floor F1.
issue).

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional structure, the height of the bed floor F1 is required to be equal to or greater than the thickness of the folded sheet 4, and the bed floor F1 becomes high. For this reason, the workability of loading and unloading the luggage is deteriorated, and the height of the luggage to be loaded is restricted. Further, the concave portion F2 is provided with the seat 4 in the front-back direction.
Is required, and when the seat 4 is in the seated state, the length of the cargo room behind the seat 4 is restricted. Further, when the seat 4 is in the sitting state, the seating position is high, and the head may hit the ceiling depending on the height of the seated person. Therefore, if the thickness of the cushion material of the seat 4 is reduced in order to lower the bed floor F1, the cushioning property of the seat 4 is deteriorated, and the seat cushion 40 becomes flat, so that the occupant slips forward when braking the vehicle. , The ride gets worse.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a storable vehicle seat in which the loading floor is low and wide, and the riding comfort of the occupant is ensured.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a front portion of an upper surface is formed on a vehicle floor as an inclined surface which becomes higher toward the front,
A pedestal having a rear surface with a horizontal surface continuing to the rear luggage compartment floor is provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, a seat cushion having a bottom plate shaped along the upper surface of the pedestal, and a seat back foldable on the seat cushion. The seat is provided on the pedestal so as to be rotatable in the forward direction around the front end of the seat cushion, and the seat is turned forward in a state where the seat back is folded, and stored on the floor of the passenger compartment. A structure in which the bottom plate and the pedestal form a continuous surface (claim 1).

As means for moving the pedestal, the pedestal is movably installed on a slide rail provided on the floor of the passenger compartment. As a means for rotating the seat, the front end of the seat cushion is hinged to the front end of the base.

[0007] According to the present invention, the bed floor can be lowered without deteriorating the cushioning properties of the seat, and the storage capacity of luggage can be increased. In the seated state,
By moving the seat forward, the luggage compartment area is enlarged.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG.
Is provided with a pair of slide rails 1 in the front-rear direction, on which a pedestal 2 is movably mounted. The pedestal 2 is provided with a frame 22 on a leg 23, on which a top plate 21 is supported and fixed. The frame 22 and the top plate 21 have a gentle slope that rises forward, leaving the rear end,
The rear end is a horizontal plane. A loading floor F1 is provided behind the passenger compartment floor F. The loading floor F1 forms a horizontal plane flush with the rear end of the top plate 21. The sheet 4 is placed on the top plate 21. An unillustrated front seat is mounted on the cabin floor F in front of the seat 4, and the distance between the front seat and the leg 23 of the pedestal 2 is determined by moving the pedestal 2 to the rearmost position. The interval between the seat cushions 40 is stored between them.

The seat back 42 of the seat 4 is connected to the seat cushion 40 by a biaxial hinge 44, and can be folded so as to overlap with the seat cushion 40 by being rotated forward. A bottom plate 3 having a shape along the top plate 21 is provided on the bottom surface of the seat cushion 40. The seat cushion 40 has a substantially uniform thickness in the front-rear direction, and the bottom surface is shaped to match the bottom plate 3.
The seat cushion 40 is placed with the bottom plate 3 overlapped with the top plate 21. The front end of the seat cushion 40 and the front end of the pedestal 2 are connected by a hinge 5, and the seat 4 is rotated forward about the hinge 5 in a state where the seat back 42 is folded, and the seat back 42 is moved to the vehicle floor F. Can be accommodated between the front seat and the pedestal 2. In this stored state, the bottom plate 3 is a surface extending the front portion of the top plate 21 forward.

Next, details of the structure of the pedestal 2 and the seat 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. Sheet 4
Is a seat 4A for one person and a sheet 4B for two people
And the seat cushion frame 41 and the seat back frame 43 are respectively connected to the biaxial hinge 4.
4 so that the seat back 42 can be folded along the upper surface of the seat cushion 40. Both sheets 4A and 4B are supported by a common support structure.

The frame 22 of the pedestal 2 is made of a pipe material, on which a top plate 21 is mounted and fixed. Frame 2
2 is provided with a pair of legs 23 on both left and right ends.
Are slidably supported by a pair of slide rails 1 provided on the passenger compartment floor F, respectively. Also, leg 2
3 is provided with a lock mechanism (not shown), which locks at a predetermined position.

A bottom plate 3 is provided on the back surface of the seat cushion frame 41 of each of the seats 4A and 4B. The bottom plate 3 has its front edge aligned with the front edge of the top plate 21.

The seats 4A and 4B are formed by connecting each bottom plate 3 to the top plate 21.
And a hinge bracket 51 projecting forward on both left and right sides of the front end of the seat cushion frame 41 of each of the seats 4A and 4B, and a frame 22 of the pedestal 2.
The hinge brackets 51 and the plurality of hinge brackets 52 corresponding to the hinge brackets 51 provided at the front end of the bracket are hinged to each other by a support shaft.

On the back surface of each of the sheets 4A and 4B,
A striker 6 attached to the rear end of the seat cushion frame 41 and penetrating the bottom plate 3 and protruding from the back surface is provided. On the other hand, at the rear end of the pedestal 2, at the position corresponding to each of the strikers 6,
There is provided a latch mechanism 7 which can be engaged with the latch mechanism 7.

Normally, the seat 4 is in a standing posture in which the seat back 42 is in an upright posture, the striker 6 is engaged with the latch mechanism 7 and locked, and an occupant can sit down. Sheet 4
Is stored, the seat 4 is moved to the rearmost position of the movement range, the seat back 42 is folded on the upper surface of the seat cushion 40, the lock between the striker 6 and the latch mechanism 7 is released, and the seat 4 is moved. It is pivoted about the hinge 5 and positioned on the front cabin floor F. In this case, the back surface of the bottom plate 3 of the seat 4 is an inclined surface that is in front of the top plate 21 of the pedestal 2 and that continues in an inclined manner.

According to the above-described embodiment, the above-mentioned inclined surface becomes an enlarged surface for expanding the loading floor F1 forward, so that the luggage room such as loading of long luggage can be widely and effectively used. Although the front part of the expanded loading floor F1 becomes an inclined surface, the inclination is gentle and does not hinder the loading of luggage. In addition, since the upper surface of the pedestal 2 on which the seat 4 is mounted is inclined upward and forward and the rear end is at a low position, the cushion material can be set thick at the rear portion of the seat cushion 40 where the buttocks of the seated person are located, so that good riding comfort can be achieved. And the luggage compartment is effective for loading luggage because the upper space is expanded.
Since the seat 4 is inclined in accordance with the occupant's sitting posture in the seated state, the ride comfort of the occupant is good without slipping forward due to the braking of the vehicle. In addition, since the seat 4 can be slid back and forth, the seat 4 can be moved according to the size of the luggage loaded in the luggage compartment behind the seat 4, and the luggage compartment can be used effectively.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the seat 4 has a divided structure, but the seat may have an integral structure over the entire width of the vehicle compartment.

[0018]

According to the present invention, a good occupant's riding comfort can be maintained without deteriorating the cushioning of the seat.
Further, the length in the front-rear direction of the luggage compartment behind the seat and the space above the luggage compartment can be widened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle seat according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the vehicle seat of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a conventional vehicle seat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F Cabin floor F1 Loading floor 1 Slide rail 2 Pedestal 21 Top plate 3 Bottom plate 4 Seat 40 Seat cushion 42 Seat back

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pedestal having a front portion having an inclined surface which becomes higher toward the front and a rear portion having a horizontal surface which is continuous with a cargo floor behind the pedestal, is provided on the passenger compartment floor so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. A seat cushion having a bottom plate shaped along the upper surface of the pedestal, and a seat comprising a seat back that can be folded on the seat cushion, are installed so as to be rotatable in a forward direction around the front end of the seat cushion,
A seat for a vehicle, wherein the seat with the seat back folded is rotated on a vehicle floor in front of the seat back so that a front portion of a pedestal and the bottom plate are continuous surfaces. 2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal is movably installed on a slide rail provided on a vehicle floor, and a front end of the seat cushion is rotatably hinged to a front end of the pedestal. .