JPH0911783A - Rotating mechanism of swivel seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reinforce a base by legs, by providing the legs in the X-form on the plane between the base and the upper rail of a slide rail, and welding the legs to the upper flange and the lower flange of the base. CONSTITUTION: The legs 5 are press moulded almost in the L-shape, and the upper end edges of their upper parts are made in the horizontal form to connect to the lower surface of the upper flange of a base 2, while fitting parts 52A are provided to the outer end edges to connect to the lower surface of the lower flange from the lower inner side of the base 2, and the upper end edges to connect to the upper flange, and the fitting parts 52A are welded. As a result, the base 2 consisting of a single sheet of metal plate is reinforced by welding the legs 5..., and its deformation and the like can be prevented. And in the upper parts of the legs 5, nuts 61A the bolts 61 for fastening a holder 6 are screwed are provided. Consequently, the fastening positions of the holder 6 in the base 2 are also reinforced by welding the legs 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotary seat for an automobile, which can be turned forward and backward, and more particularly, to a rotary seat rotating mechanism having a seat belt and having an adjustable front-back position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rotary seat in which a conventional seat belt anchor is attached to a seat cushion and a base is fixed to a pair of left and right slide rails has various reinforcing means so that the rotary mechanism is not deformed by human power from the seat belt. It is provided.

This reinforcing means integrally connects the left and right slide rails with a connecting member and increases the wall thickness of the lower rail fixed to the vehicle floor side of the slide rails. Another reinforcing means is to integrally connect the left and right bases fixed to the upper rails of the left and right slides with a connecting material. The rotating mechanism of the conventional rotating seat improves the rigidity of the rotating mechanism by these reinforcing means.

[0004]

The above-mentioned reinforcing means of the rotating mechanism is one in which a reinforcing member separate from each component constituting the rotating mechanism is welded to the rotating mechanism. for that reason,
There was a problem that the number of parts was large and the weight increased. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a lightweight rotating seat rotating mechanism without increasing the number of parts.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, a rotating mechanism for a rotating seat according to the present invention comprises a pair of left and right slide rails and an upper flange fixed to the slide rails and projecting inward at the upper end. A cylindrical base having a lower flange protruding outward at the lower end, a rotary plate rotatably mounted on the base, and a reinforcement for fastening the seat belt to the rotary plate, The legs for fixing the upper rails of the slide rails are attached to the front and rear, and right and left in the lower part of the base on the plane X.
It is characterized in that the legs are arranged in a letter shape, and the respective legs are welded to the upper flange and the lower flange of the base.

[0006]

[Function] Since the four legs are arranged in an X shape and fixed to the upper and lower flanges and the slide rail of the base, the base is reinforced by the legs, and the human power from the seat belt is the entire upper rail of the slide rail. Dispersed in.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1, 2 and 3 show a rotating mechanism for a rotating seat according to the present invention, in which (1) and (1) are a pair of left and right slide rails for adjusting the front-rear position of the seat, which are fixed to the vehicle floor. (12) and an upper rail (11) which is slidably mounted in the lower rail (12) in the front-rear direction.

In the figure, (2) is a base attached to the upper rail (11) by four legs (5), and (3) is rotatably mounted on the base (3) by a holder (6). Attached rotating plate, (4)
Are reinforcements that are integrally attached to the rotating plate (3) and fix the seat belt anchors.

A seat cushion (not shown) is placed on the rotating plate (3) and the reinforcement (4), and the rotating plate (3) is directed forward or backward to the base (3) by a locking device (8). Locked. In the lock device (8), the lock piece (81A) integrated with the unlocking operation lever (80) engages with the notch (22A) provided in the base (3) by being biased by the elastic force of the spring (83). When the operating lever (80) is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2 against the elastic force of the spring (83), the lock piece (81A) causes the lock piece (81A) to rotate on the rotary shaft (8) provided on the bracket (84).
2) It rotates around the rotation center and it escapes from the notch (22A) to unlock and the seat cushion can be turned.

The base (2) is cylindrical, and has an upper flange (21) projecting inward at its upper end, and a lower flange (22) projecting outward at its lower end. On the upper flange (21) of the plate, there is provided an annular slider (7) shown in FIG. 4 for improving the rotatability of the rotary plate (3).

On the inner surface of the lower portion of the base (2), as shown in FIG. 5, four legs (5) are arranged in a plane X shape, and the upper portion of each leg (5) is shown in FIG. And as shown in FIG. 6, it is welded to the base (2) and the lower part is fastened to the upper rail (11) by the bolt (54). In the figure, (54A) shows a bolt insertion hole.

Each leg (5) is press-formed into a substantially L shape, and as shown in FIG. 6, the upper end edge (51A) of the upper part is horizontal so as to be joined to the lower surface of the upper flange (21) of the base (2). In addition, a fitting portion (52A) is provided on the outer edge so as to be joined from the inner surface of the lower portion of the base (2) to the lower surface of the lower flange (22) and is joined to the upper flange (21). The upper edge (51A) and the fitting portion (52A) are welded. In the figure, (51) and (52) indicate welding points.

Therefore, the base (2) made of a single metal plate is reinforced by the welding of the legs (5), and the deformation thereof can be prevented. Then, in the upper portion of each leg (5), as shown in FIG. 6, a nut (61) with which a bolt (61) for fastening the holder (6) is screwed.
A) is provided. Therefore, the fastening portion of the holder (6) in the base (2) is reinforced at the same time by welding the leg (5). Furthermore, the upper edge (51) of each leg (5) is
A bead (21A) is press-molded on the upper flange (21) of the portion where A) is welded to reinforce the welded portion of the leg (5) and the fastening portion of the holder (6).

Leg (5) in the above base (2)
A U-shaped engaging portion (24) having a downward opening is welded to the outer wall of the portion where the engaging portion (2) is welded.
The hook (34) that engages 4), as shown in FIG.
It is fastened together with the reinforcement (4) and the rotary press (3) by a bolt (41), and the fastening point of the leg (5) to the upper rail (11) is located below the bolt (41).

As described above, the rotary plate (3) is a ring-shaped metal plate which is held between the holder (6) and the base (2) by fastening the bolt (61). ing. As described above, the base (2), the rotary plate (3), and the holder (6) are made of a single metal plate, so that the structure is light and simple.

Since the structure is as described above, most of the load input from the seat belt to the reinforcement (4) is
Transmission from the hook (34) through the leg (5) to the upper rail of the slide rail (1) reduces the load on the rotating plate (3) and the base (2).

The base (2) has legs (5) ...
Since it is reinforced by being arranged in the X shape, it is not deformed by the load applied to the single rotating plate (3).

[0018]

According to the present invention, the legs are arranged in a plane X shape between the base and the upper rails of the slide rails, and each leg is welded to the upper flange and the lower flange of the base. Therefore, the base is reinforced by the legs. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the deformation of the base due to the load input to the reinforcement without providing another reinforcing member in the rotating mechanism.

Further, the base is provided with a plurality of engaging portions having downward openings, and the hooks engaging with the engaging portions are integrally fastened together with the rotary plate and the reinforcement to further deform the base. It can be prevented. for that reason,
It is possible to reduce the weight of the rotating mechanism and reduce the number of parts.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which a base is attached to a slide rail by legs.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 slide rail 2 base 3 rotating plate 4 reinforce 5 leg 11 slide rail upper rail 21 base upper flange 22 base lower flange

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tubular base having a pair of left and right slide rails, an upper flange fixed to the slide rails and projecting inward at the upper end, and a lower flange projecting outward at the lower end, and rotating on the base. It consists of a rotating plate that is freely placed and a reinforcement that is fastened to this rotating plate to attach the seat belt. A rotating mechanism for a rotating seat, characterized in that each leg is welded to an upper flange and a lower flange of the base. 2. A patent in which a plurality of engaging portions having openings downwardly are integrally provided on the base, and hooks engaging with the engaging portions are integrally fastened together with the rotary plate and the reinforcement. The rotating mechanism for a rotating seat according to claim 1. 3. The rotating mechanism for a rotating seat according to claim 2, wherein the engaging portion provided on the base is provided near the leg.