JP4703352B2 - Seat device with foot lamp - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a seat device with a foot lamp for a vehicle.

  As a structure of an automobile seat, the seat back that is the seat back portion is tilted forward to secure the space of the luggage compartment, and then the lower rear portion of the seat cushion that is the seat surface portion of the seat is lifted, 2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle seat device that jumps forward with a lower front end as a rotation axis is known. An example of such a vehicle seat device is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

Utility Model No. 2551358

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when the seat is used, a latch provided near the lower rear end of the seat cushion is fixed to a striker provided on the floor surface of the vehicle to prevent the seat from jumping up when a passenger is seated. It is out.

  However, in the vehicle seat device disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, there is a risk of occupant's feet or objects being sandwiched between the latch and the striker when returning the seat flipped up in a dark place such as at night. There was a risk of occupants getting injured.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a seat device with a foot lamp that can return a folded and stored seat to a state in which a passenger can safely sit in a dark place.

A seat device with a footlamp according to a first invention (corresponding to claim 1) for solving the above-mentioned problems is a seat cushion that forms a seat surface of the seat, a backrest portion of the seat, and a rearward tilted state A seat back that is displaceable in a forward-turning state overlapping the upper surface of the seat cushion, a flip-up mechanism configured to be able to flip up the seat cushion from the rear side, and the seat cushion Bounce-up holding means for holding in the state, release operation means for releasing the holding of the bounce-up holding means, an illumination device provided on the bottom surface of the seat cushion , and the illumination in conjunction with the operation of the release operation means And a lighting control device for lighting the device.

  A seat device with a footlamp according to a second invention (corresponding to claim 2) for solving the above-described problem is a vehicle seat device according to the first invention, wherein the lighting control device It is characterized in that it is lit for a predetermined time after the operation is detected.

  A seat device with a footlamp according to a third invention (corresponding to claim 3) for solving the above problem is the vehicle seat device according to the first invention, wherein the release operation means is in the flip-up state. It is arrange | positioned so that it may be located in the upper part of the said sheet | seat.

  A seat device with a footlamp according to a fourth invention (corresponding to claim 4) for solving the above-mentioned problem is the seat device for a vehicle according to the first invention, wherein the seat cushion has a seat on the bottom surface thereof. A plurality of holding means for holding the cushion in a seated state are provided, and the lighting device is provided so as to be positioned between the plurality of holding means.

  A seat device with a footlamp according to a fifth invention (corresponding to claim 5) for solving the above-mentioned problem is a seat device for a vehicle according to the first invention, wherein another seat is arranged behind the seat. It is characterized by being.

According to the seat device with a foot lamp according to the first invention, the seat cushion that forms the seat surface of the seat, the backrest portion of the seat, and can be displaced from the rearward tilted state to the forwardly tilted state that overlaps the upper surface of the seat cushion. The seat back provided, the flip-up mechanism configured to be able to flip up the seat cushion upward from the rear side, the flip-up holding means for holding the seat cushion in the flip-up state, and release of the flip-up holding means are released. dark and release operation means for an illumination device provided on the bottom surface of the seat cushion, by providing a lighting control device for lighting a lighting device in conjunction with the operation of the release operation means, the sheets folded storage In this case, it is possible to return to a state where the passenger can safely sit down.

  According to the seat device with a foot lamp according to the second invention, the lighting control device is configured to light for a predetermined time after the operation of the release means is detected, so that the sheet stored in a folded state is darkened. Even in places, it can be returned to a state in which a passenger can safely sit down, and since the illuminating lighting device is automatically turned off, it is possible to save the trouble of turning it off.

  According to the seat device with a foot lamp according to the third invention, the release operation means is arranged so as to be positioned above the seat in the flip-up state, so that the folded and stored sheet can be easily stored in the dark place. It is possible to return to a state in which an occupant can be seated.

  According to the seat device with a foot lamp according to the fourth invention, a plurality of holding means for holding the seat cushion in a seated state are provided on the bottom surface of the seat cushion, and the lighting device is positioned between the plurality of holding means. By being provided, the seats folded and stored can be returned to a state in which a passenger can safely sit in a dark place.

  According to the seat device with a foot lamp according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since another seat is arranged behind the seat, it is easy to fold and store the seat stored in the other seat behind, even in a dark place. It is possible to return the passenger to a seatable state.

  An embodiment of a seat device with a foot lamp according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective side view of a vehicle seat according to an embodiment of the present invention in use, and FIG. 2 is a side view of a vehicle seat according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state in which the seat back is tilted. 3 is a side view of a state in which a vehicle seat according to an embodiment of the present invention is flipped up, FIG. 4 is a transparent front view of a state in which the headrest of the vehicle seat according to an embodiment of the present invention is in the uppermost position, FIG. 5 is a perspective front view of the vehicle seat according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where the headrest is in the lowest position, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the vehicle seat remote folding device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a seat device with a foot lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, Fr represents the front of the vehicle, In represents the vehicle interior side, Up represents the upper side of the vehicle, and the left-right direction is based on the left-right direction when facing the front of the vehicle.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the seat 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with a seat cushion 11 as a seating surface at a lower portion. A seat frame 12 is provided below the seat cushion 11. At the front end portion of the seat frame 12, a seat flip-up unit 14 in which a seat cushion spring 13 for springing up the seat is installed is installed. The seat cushion flip-up unit 14 is coupled to the floor surface of the vehicle. In the present embodiment, the seat cushion flip-up unit 14 is a flip-up mechanism described in the means for solving the problem.

  A seat back 15, which is a backrest, is provided above the rear portion of the seat cushion 11, and the seat cushion 11 and the seat back 15 are coupled by a connecting member 16. A headrest 17 is provided on the upper portion of the seat back 15 for use as a pillow when the occupant is seated or for reducing the burden on the occupant during a collision. The headrest 17 can be finely adjusted in the vertical position.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the headrest 17 is attached to a headrest holding member 19 for holding the headrest 17 at the uppermost position by a stay 18 provided downward from the inside of the headrest 17. The headrest holding member 19 is guided by a guide member 20 for moving the headrest holding member 19 up and down within a predetermined range, and can move up and down.

  Two slits 21 are provided in the guide member 20 in the vertical direction, two screws 22 are passed through each of the slits 21, and these screws 22 are screwed to the headrest holding member 19, whereby the inside of the slit 21 is screwed. The headrest holding member 19 is mounted on the guide member 20 so as to be movable up and down within a range in which 22 moves up and down.

  A headrest lowering spring 23 for lowering the headrest 17 is provided between the headrest holding member 19 and the vicinity 21 below the slit 21 of the guide member 20. The upper end portion of the headrest lowering spring 23 is coupled to the vicinity 19 a between the upper and lower screws 22 of the headrest holding member 19, and the lower end portion is coupled to the vicinity 21 a of the lower portion of the slit 21 in the guide member 20.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a headrest latch 24 for holding the headrest holding member 19 at the uppermost position is provided at the upper center of the guide member 20. The headrest latch 24 is adapted to be engaged with a headrest striker 25 provided at the center upper end of the headrest holding member 19 in a state where the headrest holding member 19 is at the uppermost position.

  In order to release the headrest latch 24, a headrest latch manual release lever 26 is provided on the upper right side of the seat back 15. The headrest latch manual release lever 26 is connected to the headrest latch 24 by a link member 27, whereby the headrest striker 25 can be released from the headrest latch 24.

  When the headrest latch 24 is released when the headrest holding member 19 is at the uppermost position, the headrest 17 is pulled downward together with the headrest holding member 19 by the headrest lowering spring 23 and lowered to the storage position. Thus, the headrest latch manual release lever 26 can manually lower the headrest 17 to the storage position as shown in FIG.

  The link member 27 is provided with a headrest latch release wire 28 downward. As shown in FIG. 1, a reclining latch 29 is provided inside the connecting member 16 to hold the position of the seat back 15 when the seat back 15 is tilted or completely tilted forward or backward. The seat back 15 is held by a seat back forward spring 30 provided on the side of the reclining latch 29 inside the connecting member 16 so as not to be tilted forward.

  The back of the seat back 15 is provided with a seat back raising strap 70 for pulling when the seat back 15 is raised from a state where the seat back 15 is tilted forward. The seat back raising strap 70 is connected to the reclining latch 29, and when the seat back raising strap 70 is pulled, the reclining latch 29 is released. Thereby, the seat back 15 held in a state of being folded forward when folded can be caused.

  The headrest latch release wire 28 is connected to the reclining latch 29. The reclining latch 29 is connected to a reclining lever 31 provided on the left side surface of the connecting member 16 by a reclining wire 32.

  The reclining latch 29 is also connected by a seat cushion latch release wire 34 to a seat cushion latch 33 for holding the seat 10 at a position when the occupant is seated and used.

  The seat cushion latch 33 is adapted to be caught by a seat cushion striker 35 installed on the floor of the vehicle below the connecting member 16, and the seat 10 is lifted by the seat cushion spring 13 provided on the spring member 14. It is held so that it cannot be flipped up.

  Further, the reclining latch 29 is also connected by a motor winding wire 41 to a winding disk 40 that is connected to the electric motor 38 via a reduction gear 39. As shown in FIG. 6, the electric motor 38 can be operated by a remote operation switch 42 shown in an enlarged view A provided on both side surfaces of the rear part of the cargo compartment of the vehicle.

  A restoring strap 71 is provided at the rear portion of the seat cushion 11 to return the seat 10 folded and flipped up to a state in which the occupant can sit. By pulling the restoration strap 71, the raising position holding member 75 provided in the vicinity of the center side portion of the slide rail holding the raised seat 10 is released by the restoring wire 76, and the raised seat 10 is occupant. Can be returned to a seatable state. In the present embodiment, the flip-up position holding member 75 is the flip-up holding means described in the means for solving the problem.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a lighting device 72 is installed between the left and right slide rails 12 in the vicinity of the center of the lower surface of the seat cushion 11. The lighting device 72 is controlled by a lighting control device 77 so as to light up for a predetermined time by pulling the restoration strap 71.

  Hereinafter, a series of operations for folding the seat by remote control of the vehicle seat device according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the seat 10 in use is in a state where the headrest 17 is at the uppermost position and the seat back 15 is standing, as indicated by a broken line B, and the seat cushion 11. The top surface is almost horizontal.

  When the remote control switch 42 (see FIG. 6) is pressed in this state, the electric motor 38 is activated, and the winding disk 40 is rotated via the reduction gear 39 to wind the electric motor winding wire 41. As shown in FIG. 1, the reclining latch 29 is rotated as shown by the arrow C by the wound-up electric motor winding wire 41, whereby the headrest latch releasing wire 28, the seat cushion latch releasing wire 34, and the slide rail latch. Release wire 37 is pulled.

  When the reclining latch 29 rotates and the headrest latch releasing wire 28 is pulled, the seat back 15 starts to be tilted forward, and then when the reclining latch 29 further rotates, the headrest latch 24 (see FIG. 4) is released and the seat is released. While the back 15 further falls forward, the headrest 17 is lowered to the lowest position, and as shown in FIG. 2, the headrest 17 is housed and the seat back 15 is completely tilted forward.

  The seat cushion latch release wire 34 (see FIG. 1) is pulled to release the seat cushion latch 33 and the seat cushion is flipped up almost simultaneously with or slightly earlier than when the seat back 15 completely falls forward. The seat cushion 11 is lifted forward by the seat cushion spring 13 provided inside the unit 14, and the slide rail latch release wire 37 (see FIG. 1) is also pulled, thereby the seat cushion latch 36 (see FIG. 1). Is released, and the seat 10 is moved to the forefront portion of the slide rail 12, and as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the series of operations when the seat 10 is automatically folded by pressing the remote operation switch 42 has been described. However, the reclining latch 29 is rotated by pulling up the reclining lever 31 and pulling the reclining wire 32. Even in such a case, the sheet can be folded by the same operation as when the remote control switch 42 is pressed. Further, the order of folding the sheets 10 may not be the order described above as long as the folding can be normally completed.

  Next, an operation of restoring the vehicle seat device according to the present embodiment to a state in which an occupant is seated will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, when the restoration strap 71 is pulled while the sheet 10 is raised, the raising position holding member 75 holding the raised sheet 10 is released and at the same time, the lighting device 72 (FIG. 7). (See) lights up.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the restoring strap 71 is further pulled rearward and tilted backward against the spring force of the seat cushion spring spring 13, the seat cushion latch 33 and the seat are moved when the seat cushion 11 comes to the seating position. The cushion striker 35 is coupled and held so that the seat 10 does not jump up. Thereafter, the seat back is raised and the strap 70 is pulled to raise the seat back 15 and the headrest 17 is lifted up to the uppermost position, and the restoration to the state where the passenger can be seated is completed as shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the right sheet 10 has been described, but the apparatus configuration described in the present embodiment can be applied to the left sheet 73 as well. Further, the apparatus configuration described in the present embodiment can be applied to a vehicle having another seat 74 on the rear side.

  According to the seat device with a foot lamp according to the present embodiment, the seat cushion 11 that forms the seating surface of the seat 10 and the backrest portion of the seat 10, and from the rearward inclined state to the forward-falling state that overlaps the upper surface of the seat cushion 11. A seat back 15 provided so as to be displaceable, a seat cushion flip-up member 14 configured to be able to flip up the seat cushion 11 from the rear side, and a flip-up position holding member that holds the seat cushion 11 in a flip-up state 75, a restoration strap 71 for releasing the holding of the flip-up position holding member, a lighting device 72 provided on the bottom surface of the seat back 15, and a lighting control device for lighting the lighting device 72 in conjunction with the operation of the restoration strap 71 77, the occupant can safely seat the folded seat 10 even in the dark. It can be returned to the kill state. In this embodiment, the restoration strap 71 is a release operation means described in the means for solving the problem.

  Further, the lighting control device 77 is configured to light the lighting device for a predetermined time after the operation of the restoration strap 71 is detected, so that the occupant can safely fold and store the seat 10 stored in a dark place. It is possible to return to a seatable state, and the illuminating device that has been turned on is automatically turned off, so that the trouble of turning off can be saved.

  In addition, since the restoring strap 71 is disposed so as to be positioned above the seat 10 in the flipped-up state, the seat 10 folded and stored can be returned to a state in which a passenger can easily sit in a dark place. .

  In addition, on the bottom surface of the seat cushion 11, seat cushion latches 33 for holding the seat cushion 11 in a seated state are provided on the left and right, and the lighting device is provided between the left and right seat cushion latches 33. Accordingly, the seat 10 folded and stored can be returned to a state in which a passenger can safely sit in a dark place.

  In addition, since another seat 74 is arranged behind the seat 10, the seat 10 folded and stored can be returned to a state in which a passenger can easily sit in a dark place while sitting on the other seat 74 behind. it can.

  The seat device with a foot lamp according to the present invention is particularly effective when performing an operation of returning a seat folded and stored in a dark place to a state in which an occupant can be seated.

The perspective side view of the state at the time of use of the vehicle seat which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention The side view of the state which fell the seat back of the vehicle seat which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention The side view of the state which flipped up the vehicle seat which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention The perspective front view of the state which has the headrest of the vehicle seat which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention in the highest position The perspective front view of the state which has the headrest of the vehicle seat which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention in the lowest position The perspective view of the remote folding apparatus of the vehicle seat which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle seat device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

10, 74 Seat 11 Seat cushion 12 Slide rail 14 Bounce unit 15 Seat back 71 Restoration strap 72 Illumination device 75 Bounce position holding member 77 Lighting control device

Claims (5)

A seat cushion that forms the seating surface of the seat;
A seat back provided as a backrest portion of the seat and displaceable from a rearward tilted state to a forwardly tilted state overlapping the upper surface of the seat cushion;
A flip-up mechanism configured to be able to flip up the seat cushion upward from the rear side;
A flip-up holding means for holding the seat cushion in the flip-up state;
Release operation means for releasing the holding of the flip-up holding means;
An illumination device provided on a bottom surface of the seat cushion ;
A seat device with a foot lamp, comprising: a lighting control device for lighting the lighting device in conjunction with an operation of the release operation means. About the seat apparatus with a footlamp of Claim 1,
The lighting control device is configured to light up for a predetermined time after the operation of the releasing means is detected. About the seat apparatus with a footlamp of Claim 1,
The seat device with a foot lamp, wherein the release operation means is arranged to be positioned above the seat in the flipped-up state. About the seat apparatus with a footlamp of Claim 1,
A plurality of holding means for holding the seat cushion in a seated state are provided on the bottom surface of the seat cushion, and the lighting device is provided so as to be positioned between the plurality of holding means. Seat device with foot lamp. About the seat apparatus with a footlamp of Claim 1,
A seat device with a foot lamp, wherein another seat is arranged behind the seat.

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