JPH11105605A - Operating lever mounting structure for seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate operation of an operating lever regardless of a seated or non-seated condition, by mounting an unlock use operating lever of a seat so as to be capable of horizontally turning along a corner part in a bracket and garnish. SOLUTION: In a corner part, a mounting piece 4 and a bracket 6 welded to a frame 5 supporting a foaming materiel-made pad 7 are provided, and in the mounting piece 4, an L-shaped arm 11 having an operating lever 1 in a tip end is pivotally mounted able to turn in the horizontal direction, and in the arm 11, one end of a cable connected to a springing mechanism is mounted. A garnish 2 has a through hole inserting the operating lever 1 and a lock pawl locked to a lock hole provided in the bracket 6, to be formed into curbed shape so as to form a total unit along the corner part. The operating lever 1 is formed so as to unlock the lock by operating it outward a seat cushion.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for operating levers such as a vehicle seat lifting mechanism and a front / rear position adjusting mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional operation lever of this type is generally arranged at the front bottom of a seat cushion. By the way, there is a jumping seat in which a seat cushion is lifted upright from a rear side around a rear side and upright on a front side, and uses a vehicle floor on which the seat cushion is installed as a carrier. Since the bottom of the seat cushion is exposed to the outside when the jumping seat is jumped up, the unlocking operation lever of the jumping mechanism is not provided at the bottom of the seat cushion but is provided on the vehicle floor side.

[0003]

Accordingly, since all of the operation levers are disposed below the seat cushion, when operating in a seated state, if the occupant does not bend, the operation lever must be held down. There was a problem that the operability was poor because it did not arrive.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make it easy to operate an operation lever in a seated state and a non-seated state.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a bracket and a garnish formed on a curved corner portion of a front outer surface of a seat cushion so as to have a curvature substantially equal to the curvature of the corner portion. A seat unlocking operation lever is mounted on the bracket and the garnish so as to be horizontally rotatable along a corner portion.

[0006] Since the operation lever is provided on the outer surface of the seat cushion, the occupant can operate the operation lever without bending while operating the operation lever.

Further, when operating outside the vehicle, since it is provided at the corner of the seat cushion, it can be easily operated from outside the vehicle.

Further, according to the present invention, the garnish is provided on a mounting portion which is recessed in the interior direction of the seat cushion with respect to the top of the outer surface of the corner portion of the seat cushion. Does not touch the operating lever.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a jumping-up seat, and the seat cushion (SC) is configured to rotate from a use state shown by a solid line to a jumping-up state shown by a chain line.

The seat cushion (SC) is locked by engaging a striker provided on the vehicle floor side with a latch provided on the seat cushion side, and this locked state is released by operating the operation lever (1).

In the seat cushion (SC), both left and right corners (A) and (A) on the front outer surface are formed in a curved shape, and a lower portion of each of the corners (A) and (A) is concavely concave. The attached mounting part (a) is provided. Therefore, the tops (b) of the corners (A) and (A) above the mounting portion (a) protrude outward.

In the corner portion (A), a mounting piece (4) and a bracket (6) welded to a frame (5) supporting a foam pad (7) as shown in FIGS. An L-shaped arm (11) having an operating lever (1) at the tip thereof is pivotally attached to the mounting piece (4) so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and the arm (11) has a flip-up mechanism. Is attached to one end of a cable (12) connected to the cable.

The bracket (6) and the resin garnish (2) fixed to the bracket (6) are as follows.
The garnish (2) and the bracket (6) are formed so as to have substantially the same curvature as the corners (A) and (A), and the terminal (3) of the skin (3) of the seat cushion (SC) is formed.
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As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the garnish (2) has a through hole (20) through which the operating lever (1) is inserted and a locking claw (hook) which is hooked into a locking hole provided in the bracket (6). 21)
(21), and as a whole, is formed in a curved shape along the corners (A) and (A) as described above.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation lever (1) is unlocked by being operated outward of the seat cushion. And
Since the operating lever (1) is disposed in the concave mounting portion (a) of the seat cushion (SC), the operating lever (1) does not come into contact with the occupant's foot or the like when the occupant is seated or gets on and off. Is configured.

[0016]

According to the present invention, since the operation lever is provided at the corner portion on the outer surface of the seat cushion, the operation lever can be operated without bending the seated person in the seated state, and the operability is improved.

Also, when operating outside the vehicle, the operating lever is provided at the corner of the seat cushion, so that operation is extremely easy.

Further, since the operating lever is provided on the mounting portion which is recessed in the interior direction of the seat cushion, the operating lever does not become an obstruction at the time of sitting and getting on and off, and does not come into contact with the occupant's foot or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flip-up sheet adopting the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a garnish used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 SC Seat cushion A Corner part A Mounting part 1 Operating lever 2 Garnish 6 Bracket

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bracket and a garnish, which are formed to be substantially equal to the curvature of the corner, are fixed to a curved corner on the front outer surface of the seat cushion. A seat operation lever mounting structure characterized by being mounted so as to be rotatable horizontally along a corner portion. 2. The seat operating lever mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the garnish is disposed on a mounting portion recessed inwardly of the seat cushion with respect to an outer surface top of a corner portion of the seat cushion.