JP4389369B2 - Headrest storage structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a storage structure for a headrest that is stored when a headrest detachably provided on a vehicle seat is not used.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vehicle seat is mainly composed of a seat cushion portion on which an occupant is seated and a seat back portion serving as a backrest, and a headrest 1 is detachably provided on the seat back.
[0003]
The headrest 1 may be desired to be removed from the seat back portion depending on the usage state of the seat.
[0004]
For example, in the rear seat, the seat back portion is superposed on the seat cushion portion so that the seat back portion is substantially horizontal, so that it is in a so-called forward-turned state. In a so-called double fold state in which the vehicle is generally tilted approximately 90 ° toward the front of the vehicle so that the cargo space provided behind the rear seat can be expanded. It is removed so that it does not interfere with other vehicle interior parts, for example, the front seat or the floor.
[0005]
For example, in the storage structure of the headrest described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-245704 shown in FIG. 7, the upper part of the rear wheel wheel house portion 2 is used to hold and store the removed headrest 1. ing.
[0006]
In such a case, a concave cup holder 3 is formed on the upper surface of the wheel house portion 2 for the rear wheel, and the upper surface opening portion of the cup holder 3 is opened and closed by a lid member 5 having the hinge portion 4 as a rotation center. It is possible. The lid member 5 is formed with an insertion hole 5a through which the stay members 1a, 1a of the headrest 1 are inserted and supported.
[0007]
On the inner side surface of the cup holder 3, a support member 6 having a receiving hole 6a for inserting and supporting the tips of the stay members 1a and 1a is provided.
[0008]
A partition member 7 is provided in the cup holder 3. The partition member 7 is also provided with an insertion hole 7a through which the stay member 1a is inserted.
[0009]
Next, the operation of this conventional headrest storage structure will be described.
[0010]
In the conventional headrest storage structure configured as described above, the headrest 1 removed from the seat back portion has the stay members 1a, 1a, the insertion holes 5a of the lid member 5, and the insertion holes 7a of the partition member 7. The support member 6 is inserted into and supported by the receiving hole 6a.
[0011]
In a state where the headrest 1 is removed from the upper part of the rear wheel wheel house portion 2, the lid member 5 is rotated upward as shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure with the hinge portion 4 as a rotation center. Thus, the cup holder 3 can be used.
[0012]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional headrest storage structure, the headrest 1 is inserted into the insertion holes 5a and 7a and the receiving hole 6a, and is held and stored. A support member 6 having a receiving hole 6a into which the tip of 1a is inserted must be provided.
[0013]
For this reason, there has been a problem that the number of parts is increased and it is difficult to suppress an increase in manufacturing cost and weight.
[0014]
Even when the headrest 1 is removed from the upper part of the rear wheel wheel house 2, the support member 6 is provided on the inner side surface in the cup holder 3, so that the capacity as a storage portion is restricted. In addition, there is a problem that the degree of freedom in design is impaired.
[0015]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a headrest storage structure that can solve the above-described problems and can stably hold the headrest without increasing the number of parts.
[0016]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problem, in the invention described in claim 1, the headrest stay protruding from the lower portion of the headrest body is inserted into the mounting hole formed in the upper edge of the seat so as to be detachable. A headrest storage hole that is provided in a side portion of the vehicle seat and that has a headrest storage hole in which at least one of the headrest stays can be inserted in a seatback lock striker that fixes a seatback. In the headrest stay insertion state, the headrest housing structure is characterized in that at least one side surface of the headrest main body is brought into contact with a side wall in the vehicle interior.
[0017]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the headrest body is inserted into the headrest storage hole provided in the seatback lock striker so that at least one side surface of the headrest body is a side wall in the vehicle interior. Abut.
[0018]
For this reason, the headrest body is stably held and stored.
[0019]
In addition, since a dedicated support member is not required, an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed, an increase in manufacturing cost and weight can be suppressed, and the capacity of the storage unit is not restricted, and the degree of freedom in design is increased. Increase.
[0020]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the headrest accommodating hole is also used as a fixing hole for fixing the seat back.
[0021]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the headrest storage hole formed in the seat back lock striker is also used as a fixing hole for fixing the seat back. In addition, the seat back lock striker can be effectively used in each state by exhibiting the storage function in a state where the seat back is removed and the headrest is not used while exhibiting the function of fixing the seat back to a desired position.
[0022]
Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the side wall is a vehicle interior side wall surface and a front wall portion of a wheel house portion that protrudes from the vehicle interior side wall surface toward the vehicle interior. 2 is characterized by the storage structure of the headrest.
[0023]
4. The headrest main body according to claim 3, wherein the headrest body is provided on a side wall surface of the vehicle interior as the side wall and a front wall portion of a wheel house portion projecting from the side wall surface of the vehicle interior toward the vehicle interior. However, since they are in contact with each other on two surfaces, they are held and stored more stably.
[0024]
Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the headrest main body has a cushioning material that can be elastically deformed, and the positional relationship between the side wall of the vehicle interior and the headrest storage hole is defined in the headrest storage hole. 4. The headrest storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the headrest body is set to have a gap to be compressed in contact with the side wall in a state where the headrest stay is inserted. 5.
[0025]
In the structure according to claim 4, the cushion material of the headrest main body is compressed by contact with the side wall, and therefore the headrest main body is further repelled by a repulsive force to return to the original state. It is held stably. This eliminates the need for a fixing means for fixing the headrest main body separately, and suppresses an increase in the number of parts.
[0026]
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, a specific first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described together with illustrated examples.
[0027]
1 and 2 show a storage structure for a headrest according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and demonstrated about the same or equivalent part as the said prior art example.
[0028]
First, the configuration will be described. In the headrest storage structure according to the first embodiment, the rear seat 11 of the vehicle is mainly composed of a seat cushion portion 12 and a seat back portion 13.
[0029]
Of these, stay mounting holes 13b and 13b are formed in the upper edge portion 13a of the seat back portion 13, and a pair of left and right protruding from the lower surface side of the headrest body 14a made of an elastically deformable cushion material. The headrest 14 can be attached to and detached from the seat back portion 13 by inserting and removing the stay members 14b and 14b into and from the stay mounting holes 13b and 13b.
[0030]
A seat back lock mechanism 15 is provided on both left and right side edge portions 13d and 13d of the seat back portion 13. The seat back lock mechanism 15 is formed with a concave groove 15a that opens to the rear of the vehicle, and an engagement pin 15b is provided in the concave groove 15a so as to be able to project and retract along a substantially vertical direction.
[0031]
Further, a body side panel 17 is provided on a side portion of the rear seat 11 of the vehicle 10, and a rear wheel having a front wall portion 16 a at a position along the back plate 13 c in a standing state of the seat back portion 13. The wheel house portion 16 is formed to bulge toward the vehicle interior side.
[0032]
A concave cup holder 3 provided with a lid member 5 so as to be rotatable is provided at an upper portion of the rear wheel wheel house portion 16.
[0033]
The vehicle interior side of the body side panel 17 is covered with a vehicle body side trim member 18. The vehicle body side trim member 18 is formed with an elongated striker insertion opening 18a, and is fixed to the body side panel 17 through bolt members 19 and 19 and a bracket 20 from the striker insertion opening 18a. A seat back lock striker 21 is provided so as to partially protrude into the vehicle interior space.
[0034]
The seat back lock striker 21 has a substantially flat plate-like projecting portion and is provided with a reclining angle adjusting unit 22. The reclining angle adjuster 22 has a plurality of pin holes 23 as fixed holes through which the engagement pins 15b are selectively inserted and removed along the vehicle front-rear direction at predetermined intervals.
[0035]
On the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the reclining angle adjusting portion 22, a long hole-like self-locking opening portion 24 is formed along the longitudinal direction in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
[0036]
The width of the self-locking opening 24 is narrow so that the stay member 14b cannot be inserted.
[0037]
A recess 24a is formed in the vicinity of the rear edge of the self-locking opening 24, and as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, exhibits a size capable of inserting either one of the stay members 14b. A headrest storage hole 25 is configured.
[0038]
Furthermore, in the first embodiment, a headrest in which the other end of the stay member 14b can be inserted at the front edge of the seat back lock striker 21 so as to correspond to the center line F of the self-lock opening 24. A storage recess 21a is formed by opening the front of the vehicle.
[0039]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, when the stay member 14b of the headrest 14 is inserted, any one of the front and rear side surfaces 14c and 14d of the headrest body 14a is used as a side wall in the vehicle interior. The vehicle interior side wall 18b from the center O of the headrest body 14a is elastically deformed by a predetermined amount by contacting the vehicle body side trim member 18 with the vehicle interior side wall 18b. The gap amount is set so that the distance w2 is shorter than the distance w1 from the center O to the front and rear side surfaces 14c and 14d.
[0040]
Further, by bringing any one of the left and right side surfaces 14e and 14f of the headrest body 14a into contact with the front wall portion 16a, the cushion material of the headrest body 14a is elastically deformed by a predetermined amount. The gap amount is set so that the distance L2 from the center O of the headrest main body 14a to the front wall portion 16a is shorter than the distance L1 from the center O to the left and right side surfaces 14e and 14f.
[0041]
Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
[0042]
In the rear seat 11 of the vehicle, the seat back portion 13 is superposed on the seat cushion portion 12 so as to be substantially horizontal, so that the so-called forward-turned state is obtained. When the seat cushion portion 12 is brought into a so-called double fold state in which the seat cushion portion 12 is generally tilted approximately 90 ° in the vehicle forward direction, the engagement pins 15b of the seat back lock mechanism portions 15 and 15 provided on the left and right sides of the seat back portion 13 are used. 15b and the pin holes 23, 23 are disengaged, and the seat back lock mechanism portions 15, 15 are separated from the seat back lock strikers 21, 21.
[0043]
In this state, the stay members 14b and 14b are extracted from the stay mounting holes 13b and 13b, and the headrest 14 removed from the upper portion of the seat back portion 13 is held and stored in the seat back lock striker 21. One of the stay members 14b is inserted through the headrest storage hole 25, and the other of the stay members 14b is inserted through the headrest storage recess 21a.
[0044]
The headrest body 14a has a cushioning material that can be elastically deformed, and the positional relationship between the vehicle interior side wall portion 18b and the front wall portion 16a, the headrest storage hole 25, and the headrest storage recess portion 21a is determined according to this headrest storage. In a state where the headrest stay member 14b is inserted into the hole 25, the distance L1, L1 from the center O so that the headrest main body 14a has a gap compressed against the side walls 18b and 16a. L2 and W1, W2 are set.
[0045]
For this reason, since the cushion material of the headrest body 14a is compressed by contact with the vehicle interior side wall 18b and the front wall 16a, the headrest body 14a is repelled by a repulsive force to return to the original state. Furthermore, it is held stably.
[0046]
In the first embodiment, the vehicle interior side wall portion 18b as the side wall and the front wall portion 16a of the rear wheel wheel house portion 16 projecting in the vehicle interior direction from the vehicle interior side wall portion 18b. Since the headrest body 14a comes into contact with the two surfaces, the headrest body 14a is held and stored more stably.
[0047]
Further, since the seat back lock striker 21 used for adjusting the reclining angle of the seat back portion 13 is also used for storing the headrest 14, a dedicated support member is not required.
[0048]
Further, by setting the distance between the vehicle interior side wall part 18b and the front wall part 16a to a predetermined distance, there is no need for a fixing means for fixing the headrest body 14a separately.
[0049]
For this reason, while suppressing the increase in a number of parts and suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost and weight, for example, as shown in Drawings 1 and 2, when providing cup holder 3 in wheel house part 16 for rear wheels However, the capacity of the storage unit is not restricted, and the degree of freedom in design increases.
[0050]
Embodiment 2
FIG. 6 shows a storage structure for a headrest according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Note that portions that are the same as or equivalent to those in the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.
[0051]
First, to explain the difference in configuration, in the first embodiment, the headrest storage hole is a pin hole 23 as a fixing hole for fixing the seat back portion 13 by engaging the engagement pin 15b. Of these, the front and rear pin holes 23a and 23b are used together.
[0052]
Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.
[0053]
In the storage structure of the headrest of the second embodiment configured as described above, the headrest storage hole formed in the seatback lock striker 121 is also used as the front and rear pin holes 23a and 23b before the seatback portion 13 is fixed. Therefore, in a state where the headrest 14 is used, a function of fixing the seat back portion 13 to a desired position is exhibited, and in a state where the headrest 14 is not used, the stay member 14b of the headrest 14 is removed. , 14b are inserted through these front and rear pin holes 23a, 23b to be stably fixed, so that the seat back lock striker 121 can be used effectively in each state by exhibiting the storage function.
[0054]
Other configurations and operational effects are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
[0055]
The first and second embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the first and second embodiments, and design changes and the like within the scope of the present invention can be made. It is included in this invention even if it exists.
[0056]
For example, in the first embodiment, the headrest 14 is configured to be held and stored using the recess 24a in the vicinity of the rear edge of the self-lock opening 24 and the front headrest storage recess 21a. As shown in FIG. 5, a recess 24 b is formed in the vicinity of the front edge of the self-lock opening 24 and may be a headrest storage hole 125 through which the stay member 14 b is inserted. It suffices that at least one of the stay members 14b of the headrest 14 is provided with a headrest storage hole through which insertion is possible.
[0057]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, at least one side surface of the headrest main body is inserted by inserting the headrest stay into the headrest storage hole provided in the seatback lock striker. However, it abuts against the side wall of the vehicle interior.
[0058]
For this reason, the headrest body is stably held and stored.
[0059]
In addition, since a dedicated support member is not required, an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed, an increase in manufacturing cost and weight can be suppressed, and the capacity of the storage unit is not restricted, and the degree of freedom in design is increased. Increase.
[0060]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the headrest storage hole formed in the seatback lock striker is also used as a fixing hole for fixing the seatback, in the state where the headrest is used, The seat back lock striker can be effectively used in each state by exhibiting the storage function in a state where the function of fixing the back at a desired position is exhibited and the headrest is not used.
[0061]
Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the headrest main body is provided on the side wall surface of the vehicle interior as the side wall and the front wall portion of the wheel house portion projecting from the side wall surface of the vehicle interior toward the vehicle interior. Since it abuts on two surfaces, it is further stably held and stored.
[0062]
Further, in the present invention, since the cushion material of the headrest body is compressed by the contact with the side wall, the headrest body is further stabilized by the repulsive force to return to the original state. Held. For this reason, there is no need for a fixing means for fixing the headrest body separately, and there is a practically beneficial effect that an increase in the number of parts is suppressed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of the vicinity of a rear seat in a vehicle interior, illustrating the overall configuration of the headrest storage structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the main part of the headrest storage structure according to the first embodiment.
3 is a cross-sectional view of the headrest storage structure according to the first embodiment at a position along the line AA in FIG. 2; FIG.
4 is a cross-sectional view at the position along the line BB in FIG. 2 in the headrest storage structure of Embodiment 1. FIG.
5 is a top view of the main part of the headrest storage structure according to the first embodiment as seen from the direction of arrow C in FIG.
6 is a top view of the main part corresponding to the position viewed from the direction of arrow C in FIG. 2 in the headrest storage structure of the second embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the vehicle width direction of a wheel house in a conventional headrest storage structure.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Back seat (seat)
13 Seat back portion 13a Upper edge (upper edge of seat)
13b, 13b Mounting hole 14a Headrest body 14b, 14b Stay member (headrest stay)
16 Rear wheel wheel house (wheel house)
Side wall 16a Front wall 18b Car interior side wall 21, 121 Seat back lock striker 23 Pin hole (fixed hole)
25,125 Headrest storage hole

Claims (4)

A headrest storage structure in which a headrest stay protruding from the lower part of the headrest body is inserted into a mounting hole formed at the upper edge of the seat so as to be detachable,
A seat back lock striker provided at a side portion of the vehicle seat for fixing a seat back is provided with a headrest storage hole into which at least one of the headrest stays can be inserted, and in the inserted state of the headrest stay, the headrest A headrest storage structure, wherein at least one side surface of a main body is brought into contact with a side wall of a vehicle interior. 2. The headrest storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the headrest storage hole is also used as a fixing hole for fixing the seat back. 3. The headrest storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the side wall is a side wall surface of the vehicle interior and a front wall portion of a wheel house portion protruding from the side wall surface of the vehicle interior toward the vehicle interior. . The headrest main body has an elastically deformable cushion material, and the positional relationship between the side wall of the vehicle interior and the headrest storage hole is determined with the headrest stay inserted in the headrest storage hole. 4. The headrest storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the headrest main body is set so as to have a gap compressed against the side wall.

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