JPH041005Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] -Field of industrial application- The present invention relates to the seat structure of large vehicles such as trucks, and in particular to the mounting structure of a center seat with a console box provided between the driver seat and the passenger seat. Regarding.

-Prior Art- As is well known, in large vehicles such as trucks, an auxiliary center seat is arranged between a separated driver seat and a passenger seat that are provided adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction. There are cases.

And for such a center seat,
A structure is known in which a console box is provided on the back of a seat bag that can be folded forward, and the console box is used by an occupant of an assistant seat (see Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 85921/1983). In other words, in this center seat structure, a console box is fixed to the back of the seat back of the center seat provided next to the passenger seat, and when the center seat is not in use, the seat back of the center seat is folded forward and the back of the seat back is moved forward. The console box is designed to be used by the passenger seated in the front passenger seat.

-Problems to be Solved by the Invention- However, in the conventional center seat installation structure described above, although the occupant of the passenger seat can use the console box, the center seat is mounted on the floor panel near the passenger seat. Since the console box is installed far away from the driver sitting in the driver's seat, there was a problem in that the driver could not use the console box.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for the center seat in which the console box can be used by both the passenger in the front passenger seat and the driver in the driver seat, taking into account the above-mentioned problem with the conventional center seat with a console box. be.

-Means for solving the problem- In order to achieve this objective, the present invention arranges a center seat with a seat back that can be folded forward between the driver seat and the passenger seat, which are spaced apart in the vehicle width direction. In an automobile seat arrangement structure in which a console box is provided on the back of a seat back, a guide means for guiding the center seat to a state where it can be moved only in the vehicle width direction is provided on the floor panel and the center seat, and the center seat is arranged for the passenger. A center seat for an automobile, wherein the floor panel and the center seat are provided with a pair of locking means capable of fixing the center seat in a first position closer to the seat and in a second position closer to the driver seat, respectively. It provides a mounting structure.

-Operation- According to the above-described configuration of the present invention, when the center seat is not used, if the center seat is fixed at the second position near the driver seat, the driver can also move the center seat to the passenger seat. If the console box is placed in the first position near the passenger seat, the console box can be conveniently used by the occupant of the front passenger seat.

-Example- Hereinafter, details of an example of the present invention will be described using the drawings.

Figure 6 shows the seat area of the driver's cab of a truck to which the present invention has been applied.In the driver's cab, from the left when viewed from the front, there are a driver seat 10, a center seat 12, and a passenger seat 14 in the vehicle width direction. are placed next to each other.

That is, the driver seat 10 and the assistant seat 14
The center seat 12 provided between the center seat 12 includes a seat cushion 20 and a seat back 24 coupled to the seat cushion 20 so as to be foldable forward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a pair of parallel rails 16, 16 extending in the vehicle width direction is provided on the surface of the floor panel 11 between the driver seat 10 and the assistant seat 14. Wheels 40, 40 are mounted on these rails 16, 16, respectively, and are rotatably supported by wheel receivers 38, 38 provided on the lower surface of the seat cushion 20, respectively. Further, the driver seat 10
On the surface of the floor panel 11 between the front seat and the assistant seat 14, for guiding the center seat 12,
A guide rail 18 (guide means) with a U-shaped cross section is laid parallel to the rails 16, 16 and open at the top. The slider 42 (guide means) of the connecting member 44 is inserted so as to be movable along the guide rail 18 . Therefore, the seat cushion 20 of the center seat 10 can only move in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle body.

To explain the details of the center seat 12 described above with reference to FIG.
However, there is a bracket 2 at the bottom of the side of the seat bag 24.
8 are fixed respectively, and these metal fittings 22 and a bracket 28 are rotatably connected via a pin 26.

A console box 30 is fixed to the back side of the seat bag 24, which is used when the center seat 12 is not in use. That is, FIG. 4 shows the console box 30 when it is in use, that is, when the seat bag 24 is folded forward. As can be understood from the figure, the console box 30 has a circular recess 32 in which a cup or the like can be placed, and a place where glasses can be placed. It consists of a rectangular recess 34 that can accommodate small items such as, and an opening/closing lid 36 that also serves as a table.

A locking means is provided between the center seat 12 and the floor panel 11 so that the center seat 12 can be fixed at a first position near the assistant seat 14. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, at the bottom of the bracket 28 mentioned above, there is a locking member installed on the floor panel 11 at the movable limit position near the assistant seat 14 of the center seat 12. 46
An engaging protrusion 50 (locking means) that can engage with the locking groove 48 of the locking means (locking means) is integrally provided. Therefore, the center seat 12 is the assistant seat 14.
After being moved to the first position, when the seat bag 24 is raised as shown in the first figure, the engagement protrusion 50 at the bottom of the bracket 28 engages with the locking groove 48 of the locking member 46 as shown in the fifth figure. The person enters the vehicle and the center seat 12 is locked in the first position closer to the assistant seat 14.

The floor panel 11 and the center seat 12
A locking means shown in the third figure is provided between the center seat 12 and the driver seat 10 for fixing the center seat 12 in a second position closer to the driver seat 10. That is, a mounting bracket 58 is fixed to the driver side end 60 of the guide rail 18 on the side surface of the seat cushion 20 on the driver seat 10 side, and the mounting bracket 58 is pressed downward by a compression spring 59. A manually operable latch member 56 (locking means) is supported for vertical movement. The latch pin 52 at the lower part of the latch member 56 can be inserted into a latch hole 60a (locking means) formed in the driver side end 60 of the guide rail 18. Therefore, when the center seat 12 is in the second position closest to the driver seat 10, the latch pin 52 falls into the latch hole 60a formed in the driver side end 60, and the center seat 12 is locked to the floor panel 11. That will happen.

Since the illustrated embodiment has the above structure,
To use the center seat 12, move the center seat 12 to the first position near the assistant seat 14, as shown in FIG.
It is only necessary to raise the seat back 24 with respect to 0. In this state of the center seat 12, in order to raise the seat back 24, the engaging protrusion 50 of the bracket 28 engages with the locking groove 48 of the locking member 46, as shown in the first figure. Therefore, the floor panel 11 is locked with the center seat 12 adjacent to the assistant seat 14, so the center seat 12
is ready to be used as a seat.

Of course, in this position of the center seat 12, when the seat back 24 is folded forward onto the seat cushion 20, the console box 30 is positioned above the seat cushion 20 as shown in the second figure, so the front passenger seat A passenger sitting in position 14 can use the same console box 30.

In order for the driver to use the console box 30, the driver should raise the seat back 24 as shown in FIG.
After folding up and forward, the center seat 12 may be moved toward the driver seat 10 side. That is, as the seat back 24 is tilted forward, the engaging protrusion 50 retreats from the locking member 46 as shown in the second figure, so that the center seat 12 can be moved in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, after moving the center seat 12 toward the driver seat 10, the compression spring 5
Once the latch member 56 is lifted against the force of 9 and released from the latch member 56 at the second position,
The latch pin 52 of the latch member 56 is compressed by the compression spring 58.
Since the center seat 12 falls into the latch hole 60a with the force of , the center seat 12 is locked to the floor panel 11 and becomes stable. As a result, the driver sitting on the driver seat 10 can use the console box 30 on the back of the seat back 24 which is folded forward onto the seat cushion 20 of the center seat 12 at hand.

Note that in order to release the center seat 12 from the above-mentioned second position, the latch member 56 is moved by the compression spring 5.
The center seat 12 may be moved to the right in FIG. 3 while being lifted upward against the force 9.

-Effects of the invention- As is clear from the above description, according to the invention, when the center seat is not used, if the center seat is fixed in the second position near the driver seat, the driver can Further, by placing the center seat in the first position near the front passenger seat, a convenient structure can be obtained in which the passenger seated in the front passenger seat can use the console box.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side view of the center seat according to the present invention, seen from the right side of Fig. 6, with the seat back erected, and Fig. 2 is a side view similar to Fig. 1 of the same center seat with the seat back folded forward. A side view, Figure 3 is a front view of the center seat when moved to the driver's seat side, Figure 4 is a group perspective view of the center seat with the seat back folded forward, and Figure 5 is a diagram of the engaging protrusion and lock. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the driver's cab of a truck to which the present invention is applied. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Driver seat, 11... Floor panel, 12... Center seat, 14... Assistant seat, 18... Guide rail (guide means), 20...
... Seat cushion, 24... Seat bag, 3
0...Console box, 42...Slider (guide means), 46...Lock member (locking means), 50...Engaging protrusion (locking means), 52...
Latch pin (locking means), 60a... latch hole (locking means).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In an automobile seat arrangement structure in which a center seat with a seat back that can be folded forward is arranged between a driver seat and a passenger seat that are spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, and a console box is provided on the back of the seat back, the center seat is Guide means for guiding the center seat so that it can move only in the width direction is provided on the floor panel and the center seat, and the center seat is placed in a first position closer to the assistant seat and in a second position closer to the driver seat. 1. A mounting structure for a center seat of an automobile, characterized in that a pair of locking means each capable of being fixed in two positions is provided on the floor panel and the center seat.