JP4315382B2 - Lower shield for vehicle seat - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lower shield for a vehicle seat for concealing a lower rear portion of a vehicle seat provided with a lifter mechanism. The seat lower shield is used when the seat is upmost (when it is most lifted) and when the seat is downmost (when it is most lowered). This is related to a lower shield for a vehicle seat that can exhibit an excellent appearance at any seat position.

Conventionally, a front seat of an automobile or the like is usually provided with a slide mechanism for adjusting the position of the front seat back and forth so that an optimum position can be obtained in accordance with the physique of the seated person. In this case, the front seat slides and moves on the rail provided on the floor of the body, but if the rear end of the rail is exposed, it will not look good and the toes of the seated person on the rear seat will A protective plate called a lower shield that conceals the rear lower part of the seat is attached because it may come into contact with the end portion.
On the other hand, recent front seats, etc. have been put into practical use with a lifter mechanism that allows the seat cushion to freely move up and down so that an optimal driving position can be obtained according to the physique of the driver (patent) See literature).

  4 to 5 show an example of a lower shield in such a front seat with a lifter mechanism. In the figure, 21 is a seat slide rail, 21a is a mounting bracket for the rail, 22 is a lower arm, 23 Is a rear rod, and 24 is an outer shield. A lower shield 25 is attached to the lower rear part of the seat. FIG. 4 shows a state when the seat is in the uppermost state (when it is most raised), and FIG.

However, in the prior art, it is necessary to form a slit 25a for accommodating the lower arm in the lower shield 25 because it is necessary to avoid interference with the lower shield 25 when the lower arm 22 is lowered during the seat down-most. When the sheet is lifted, particularly at the time of the uppermost as shown in FIG. 4, the slit 25a is exposed, resulting in a poor appearance.
No. 6-7969

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and is a lower shield for a vehicle seat for concealing a lower rear portion of a vehicle seat provided with a lifter mechanism. Providing a lower shield for vehicle seats that can exhibit excellent appearance even in the seat position, and can also reliably hide the rear end of the rail for moving the seat to provide excellent safety It was completed for the purpose of doing.

A lower shield for a vehicle seat according to the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problem is a lower shield for a vehicle seat for concealing a rear lower portion of a vehicle seat provided with a lifter mechanism, the rear lower portion of the seat A shield-like shield body, a rail cover member at the bottom of the shield body, and a connecting plate at the top of the shield body and connected to the rear rod, and the shield body pivots with respect to the rail cover member It is attached freely, and the boundary between the shield body and the connecting plate is a hinge that can be bent , and the front end of the connecting plate has a C-shaped cross-section for connecting to the rear rod. and it is characterized in that it is a part.

  The lower shield of the vehicle seat according to the present invention includes a shield body, a rail cover member, and a connecting plate. The shield body is rotatably attached to the rail cover member, and a boundary portion between the shield body and the connecting plate. Since the lower arm is lowered when the seat is lowered, the shield body and the connecting plate bend in a cross-sectional shape around the hinge to avoid interference with the lower arm. In addition, since the bent shield body always hides the lower rear part of the seat, it can be used at any seat position from the uppermost (when it is most lifted) to the most down (when it is most lowered). An excellent appearance can be exhibited.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a case where the present invention is applied to a front seat of an automobile seat having a lifter mechanism. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the upper most of the seat, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the lower down of the seat. FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 are overall perspective views showing a front seat with a lifter mechanism.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a seat slide rail, 1a denotes a mounting bracket for the rail, 2 denotes a lower arm, 3 denotes a rear rod, 4 denotes an outer shield, and a lower shield 5 is attached to a lower rear portion of the seat. In FIG. 3, 30 is a front seat and 31 is a decorative carpet.

The lower shield 5 is for concealing the lower rear portion of the sheet, and is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin such as polypropylene, and has a plate-like shield main body 5a that conceals the lower rear portion of the sheet, and a lower portion of the shield main body 5a. Rail cover member 5b, and a connecting plate 5c that is connected to the rear rod 3 at the top of the shield body 5a. The shield body 5a is attached to the rail cover member 5b so as to be rotatable rearward about a hinge 6 at the lower edge. On the other hand, a boundary portion between the shield body 5a and the connecting plate 5c is a hinge 7 that can be bent, and is configured to be bent in a cross-sectional shape around the hinge 7. In the figure, an integral hinge is employed as the hinge 7.
Reference numeral 5d denotes a locking portion having a C-shaped cross section for connecting the distal end portion of the connecting plate 5c to the rear rod 3. The illustrated one shows the right rear part of the seat, but a similar lower shield is also attached to the left rear part.

  The lower shield 5 is configured such that the rail cover member 5b is fitted and attached to the end of the rail 1, the bracket 5e integrally formed with the rail cover member 5b is fixed to the seat by screws or the like, and has a C-shaped cross section. The hook 5d can be easily attached by hooking it to the rear rod 3 and fixing it.

Next, the operation of the lower shield of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, at the time of the uppermost when the seat is most elevated, the lower shield 5 lifts the locking portion 5d to the rear rod 3 to ensure that the shield body 5a is exposed from the carpet terminal. It is kept hidden.

Next, when the lifter mechanism is operated to lower the seat, the rear rod 3 is also lowered. Since the engaging portion 5d is engaged with the rear rod 3, a downward force is applied to the connecting plate 5c as it is lowered. However, since the rail cover member 5b is fixed to the rail 1, the lower shield The whole 5 will never go down. On the other hand, the shield body 5a is attached to the rail cover member 5b so as to be pivotable rearward about the hinge 6 at the lower edge, and the boundary between the shield body 5a and the connecting plate 5c is a bendable hinge 7. Therefore, as the sheet descends, the shield body 5a and the connecting plate 5c are bent in a cross-sectional shape with the hinge 7 as a bending point (see FIG. 2). Further, since the shield body 5a and the connecting plate 5c are bent, there is no interference with the rear rod 3.
Thus, since the lower part exposed from the carpet terminal is always concealed by the shield body 5a even when the sheet is lowered, the rail 1 or the like is not exposed and always has an excellent appearance. Will be presented.

  As is apparent from the above description, the present invention comprises a plate-shaped shield body 5a, a rail cover member 5b, and a connecting plate 5c connected to the rear rod 3, and the shield body 5a is rotatable with respect to the rail cover member 5b. Since the boundary between the shield body 5a and the connecting plate 5c is a bendable hinge 7, the lower arm 2 also moves down when the seat is lowered, but the shield body 5a and the connecting plate 5c bends in the shape of a cross section around the hinge 7 to avoid interference with the lower arm 2, and the bent shield body 5a always conceals the lower rear part of the seat, so that the upper most of the seat (when it rises most) Excellent appearance at any seat position from when the seat is down-most (when the seat is lowered most) It becomes possible. In addition, since there is no interference with the rear rod 3, the seat can be moved up and down smoothly, and excellent usability can be exhibited.

It is a perspective view at the time of upper most showing an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view at the time of a downmost which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a whole perspective view which shows the front seat for motor vehicles. It is a perspective view at the time of the upper most which shows a prior art example. It is a perspective view at the time of the downmost which shows a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rail 2 Lower arm 3 Rear rod 4 Outer shield 5 Lower shield 5a Shield main body 5b Rail cover member 5c Connecting plate 5d Locking part 6 Hinge 7 Bendable hinge 30 Car seat 31 carpet

Claims (2)

A lower shield for a vehicle seat for concealing a lower rear portion of a vehicle seat provided with a lifter mechanism, a plate-shaped shield main body for concealing the rear lower portion of the seat, and a rail cover member at the lower portion of the shield main body And a connecting plate connected to the rear rod at the top of the shield body, the shield body is pivotally attached to the rail cover member, and the boundary between the shield body and the connecting plate is bendable. A lower shield for a vehicle seat, wherein the lower end of the connecting plate is a locking portion having a C-shaped cross section for connecting to a rear rod . The lower shield for a vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the shield main body is attached to the rail cover member so as to be pivotable rearward about a hinge at a lower end edge.

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