JPH11180197A - Vehicle seat device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lower the head rest upon reclining of the seat back and to ensure that the height between the seating reference position and the head rest is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference height when the seat back resumes its upright position. SOLUTION: A reclinable seat back 10 is provided with a vertically adjustable head rest 11. A lock device 20 maintains and releases the seat back 10 in and from, respectively, an upright state. When the seat back 10 is kept upright by the lock device 20, a restricting device 40 prevents the head rest 11 from sliding down below a predetermined position. When the head rest 11 is positioned below the predetermined position, the restricting device 40 prevents the lock device 20 from maintaining the seat back 10 in an upright state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle seat device having a vertically movable headrest and a seat back which can be tilted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a vehicle seat device having a headrest as well as a front seat in order to protect an occupant in the event of a collision. There is also known a rear seat of a type in which a seat back is moved forward to make a floor surface flat and a cargo room is effectively used. Further, there is also known a rear seat of a type in which a seat back is moved backward to flatten a seat surface to effectively utilize an occupant space.

However, in the case of a rear seat having a headrest, if the rear seatback is to be moved forward or backward for effective use of the luggage compartment, the headrest interferes with the front seat or the third seat, and the rear seat is moved. It may not be possible to flatten. FIG. 1 shows a rear seat provided with such a headrest, in which the rear seatback can be moved forward or backward without removing the headrest in order to prevent such a problem.

In FIG. 1, a rear seat 2 is arranged behind a front seat 1. The rear seat 2 includes a rear seat cushion 3, a rear seat back 4 attached to the cushion 3, and capable of falling forward or backward, and a headrest 5 attached to an upper end of the seat back 4. There is a step at the upper part of the rear seat back 4, and the head rest 5 is provided at the lower end of the head rest 5 by pushing the head rest 5 into the seat back 4.
Can enter the seat back 4 and the headrest 5 can be stored in the step portion of the seat back 4. By this storing operation, the headrest 5 is moved from the seated reference position to the headrest 5.
As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the rear seat back 4 does not interfere with the front seat 1 even if it is moved forward, and a luggage room can be secured, or the rear seat back 4 Even if it is turned down, it does not interfere with an auxiliary seat (not shown), and the occupant's space can be used effectively.

[0005]

By the way, in order to sufficiently exert the function of the headrest, the height from the reference position of the seat cushion to the lowermost position of the headrest must be not less than the reference height (for example, 750 mm). The headrest 5 is stored in the stepped part to avoid interference of the front seat 1 and the like when the rear seat back 4 is tilted,
Even when the seatback is standing up, the headrest may be left in a state of being stored in the stepped portion. In such a case, the height of the headrest is not sufficiently secured, and thus the function of the headrest is not sufficiently exhibited.

On the other hand, when the rear seat of the headrest storage type shown in FIG. 1 is designed so that the lowermost position of the headrest is secured at the reference height when the headrest is stored, the rearrest interferes with the front seat when the rear seatback is tilted forward. In many cases, the vehicle cannot be completely moved forward, or when the rear seat back is moved backward, it interferes with the auxiliary seat and cannot be completely moved backward.

[0007] Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-19402 is known as a prior art. When the front seat is flipped up while the headrest body is held at the upper position, the headrest body is forced from the upper position to the lower position. It merely discloses a function of preventing the headrest body from hitting the windshield or the like and damaging the headrest body by moving the headrest body, and holds the lowermost position of the headrest at or above the reference height when the seatback stands up. No function is disclosed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle in which the headrest can be moved to a lower position when the seatback is tilted, and the height from the seating reference position to the headrest can always be kept at a certain value or more when the seatback stands. To provide a seat device for a vehicle.

[0009]

In the vehicle seat device according to the present invention, the restricting means restricts the headrest from lowering below a predetermined position when the standing state of the seat back is held by the locking means. In addition, when the headrest is below a predetermined position, the lock means restricts the seatback from being held upright.

With this configuration, the locking means cannot hold the seat back upright when the headrest is below the predetermined position. Therefore, in order to hold the seatback upright, the headrest must be at least the predetermined position. Therefore, when the seat back is kept upright, a certain distance from the sitting reference position to the headrest can always be ensured.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a vehicle seat device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The vehicle seat device according to the present invention includes a rear seat back 10 having a structure shown in FIG. A rear seat cushion (not shown) is fixed to the floor panel. The L-shaped bracket 16 is attached to a floor panel by bolts 17, and the bracket 16 supports a shaft 18. The lower end of the rear seat back 10 is attached so as to be tiltable around a shaft 18.

The rear seat back 10 includes a headrest 11 for protecting the head of the occupant, a lock device 20 for holding the rear seat back 10 in an upright state, and restricting the lowering of the headrest 11 in accordance with the inclination state of the rear seat back 10. It comprises a regulating device 40 for preventing the lock of the lock device 20 and the like. The headrest 11 has headrest stays 12 and 13 projecting from the lower end thereof at a predetermined distance. On the other hand, at the upper end of the rear seat back 10, headrest mounting guides 14 and 15 are embedded at positions separated by the same distance as the headrest stays 12 and 13.
The headrest stays 12 and 13 are inserted into guides 14 and 15, and can be adjusted vertically by height adjustment knobs (not shown) provided on both or one of the guides 14 and 15.

[0013] The lock device 20 is provided with the rear seat back 10.
A hook-shaped hook 25 pivotally supported on a shaft 29 and swingable in the vertical direction, a link 30 provided on the rear seat back 10 and moving the hook 25 in the vertical direction, on the side of the vehicle side panel side; It is fixed to a vehicle side panel (not shown) and includes a striker 21 and the like that engage with a hook 25.

More specifically, one end of the hook 25 is connected to the shaft 2.
9 is pivotally mounted on the shaft 9, and one end of the shaft 29 is fixed to a frame (not shown) inside the seat back 10. At the other end of the hook 25, a hook 25a for engaging with the striker 21 is formed. The hook 25 is always urged downward (in the direction of engagement with the striker 21) in the figure by a spring 28 stretched between the hook 25 and a seat frame (not shown).

The link 30 is formed of a wire extending vertically along the seat back 10, and has an intermediate portion bent in a crank shape to form a step portion 30a. The lower end of the link 30 projects from the side of the seat back 10 and engages with the hook 25. The upper end of the link 30 projects outward from the upper end of the seat back via the collar 32. 31 are attached. The collar 32 is attached to the upper end of the seat back 10,
It guides the up and down movement of the link 30.

The striker 21 is formed by bending a bar into a U-shape or a C-shape.
It is stuck to. The mounting plate 21a has mounting holes 22 and 23 at both ends thereof, and the striker 21 and the hook 25 are fixed at predetermined positions on a vehicle side panel (both not shown) by the bolts, that is, in a state where the seat back 10 is upright.
Is fixed at a position where it can be engaged.

The hook 25, the spring 28, the link 30,
Locking means is constituted by the knob 31, the striker 21, and the like.
The regulating device 40 includes a slider 42 provided on an upper portion of the seat back 10 and a guide 41 for sliding the slider 42.
And a wire 51 and a spring 45 for moving the slider 42 in response to the undulation of the seat back.

The guide 41 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and cut-away grooves are formed at the opposing positions on the inner surfaces of the both walls. Then, the guide 41 is connected to the seat back 10.
The seat back 10 is supported by a seat frame (not shown), and is disposed horizontally in the width direction of the seat back 10 (vehicle width direction). The guide 41 is inserted into the notch groove 40a of the guide 41.
A longer, plate-shaped slider 42 is slidably fitted.

One end 42a of the slider 42 is connected to one end of a tension spring 45. The other end of the spring 45 is connected to a bracket 46 fixed to a seat frame (not shown), and always pulls the slider 42 in a direction opposite to the lock device 20, that is, in a return position side when the seat back stands up. ing. The other end 42b of the slider 42 has a slider 4 when sliding in the opposite direction to the locking device 20.
2 is formed so as to be bent downward from the other end surface to stop the projection piece 2 at the aforementioned return position.
The movement of the slider 42 is restricted by the contact of 1 a with the end face of the guide 41.

Two long holes 43 and 44 are formed at predetermined positions in the longitudinal direction of the slider 42.
4 includes a stay 1 of the headrest 11 as described later.
2 and 13 respectively penetrate. Although not shown in FIG. 2, the guide 41 is also provided with holes through which the stays 12 and 13 pass. The upper end 51a of the wire 51 is connected to a protruding piece 51a formed at the other end (lock device side end) 42b of the slider 42. The wire 51 extends toward the lower end of the seat back along the side of the seat back 10 via a guide roller 55 rotatably supported by a seat frame (not shown). 19 is fixed at a predetermined position on the periphery. A part of the wire 51 is guided by the sheath 53, the lower end of the sheath 53 is fixed to the bracket 16 by the fixing tool 54a, and the upper end is also fixed to the seat frame (not shown) by the fixing tool 54b.

The plate 19 has a disc shape, is fixed to a shaft 18 (or a seat back frame) concentric with the shaft 18 of the seat back 10, and
, And rotates together with the seat back 10.
Then, the rotation of the plate 19, that is, the seat back 10
The wire 51 is pulled in accordance with the fall of the
2 is pulled out of the guide 41 and is pulled in the direction of the position where it comes into contact with the step 30a of the link 30.

Slider 42, slider long holes 43, 4
4, spring 45, wire 51, step 30a of link 30,
The regulating means 40 is constituted by the plate 19 and the like. next,
The operation of this configuration will be described. FIG. 2 shows the upright state of the seat back 10, in which the hook 25 is engaged with the striker 21, whereby the seat back 10 is held and fixed in the upright state. At this time, the spring 2
8 pulls the hook 25 downward, and keeps the hook 25 and the striker 21 engaged. Also, seat back 1
0 is in the upright state, the plate 19 is also at a position corresponding to the upright state of the seat back 10, so that the slider 42 is farthest from the lock device 20 by the urging force of the spring 45, and the protrusion 51a of the slider 42 The guide 41 is located at a return position in contact with the end face. When the slider 42 is located at the return position, the stay 1 of the headrest 11 is stopped.
The lower ends of 2 and 13 are displaced from the holes 43 and 44 of the slider 42, and even if the headrest 11 is to be moved downward, the stays 12 and 13 come into contact with the slider 42,
The slider 42 regulates the storage of the headrest 11. On the other hand, the link 30 for raising and lowering the hook 25 is at a position where it is pushed down by the knob 31 at the upper end thereof.

Accordingly, in this state, the restricting device 40 restricts the downward movement of the headrest 11, so that the headrest 11 maintains the height from the seat sitting reference position to the lowermost position of the headrest higher than the reference height. Is done. On the other hand, the hook 25 is swingable, so that the occupant pulls the knob 31 upward to lift the hook 25 upward, thereby releasing the engagement with the striker 24.

Next, the operation of moving the seat back 10 forward will be described. To move the seat back 10 forward, first, the knob 31 is pulled upward. As a result, the link 30 fixed to the knob 31 moves upward along the collar 32. Then, the hook 25a of the hook 25 connected to the link 30 moves upward against the tensile force of the spring 28. Thereby, the hook 25 and the striker 2
1 is released, and the seat back 10 can be tilted forward.

When the seat back 10 is tilted forward, the plate 19 fixed to the seat back 10 also rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 18 in the drawing. Since the wire lower end 51b is attached to the periphery of the plate 19, the wire 51 is moved forward of the seat back 10, that is, the plate 1
9 is pulled toward the lower end of the seat back 10 according to the rotation of the seat 9, thereby pulling the slider 42 toward the link 30. As a result, the slider 42 slides in the direction of the link 30 along the guide 41, and finally, the long holes 43 and 44 provided in the slider 42
Move below 2,13. At this point, the occupant operates the height adjustment knob 14 (15) to release the locked state, and pushes the headrest 11 downward, whereby the headrest 1
The first stays 12 and 13 can be inserted into the long holes 43 and 44, and the headrest 11 can be completely stored by pressing the headrest 11 against the seatback 10. By storing the headrest,
Even if the seat back 10 is further moved forward, the front seat and the headrest 11 do not interfere with each other. By moving the seat back 10 further forward, the wire 51 further pulls the slider 42 toward the link 30, but the hole 4
Since the holes 3 and 44 are long holes, the movement of the slider 42 is not hindered by the stays 12 and 13, and the slider 42 moves to a position where the other end 42b abuts on the step 30a of the link 30.

Next, the procedure for fixing the seat back 10 upright from the lying state will be described. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the seat back 10 once moved forward is simply erected. Since the headrest 11 is stored before the seat back is raised, the slider 42 is prevented from moving by the stays 12 and 13 inserted into the long holes 43 and 44 and remains moved to the link 30 side. Further, even if the user tries to move the link 30 downward by pushing down the knob 31, the slider 42 regulates the pushing down of the link 30 because the end 42 b of the slider 42 is in contact with the step 30 a of the link 30. . In this state, that is, in the state where the headrest 10 is retracted, the knob 31 cannot be pushed down, and therefore,
Since the hook 25 and the striker 21 do not engage with each other, the lock device 20 cannot hold and fix the seat back 10 in the upright state.

In order to fix the seat back 10 in such a state in the upright state, the following operation by the occupant is required. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the occupant pulls the headrest 11 upward in the upright state (or half-raised state) of the seat back 10 so that the stay 1
When the sliders 2 and 13 are disengaged from the slots 43 and 44 of the slider 42, the sliding of the slider 42 can no longer be prevented by the stays 12 and 13. Slide the guide 41 (to the return position). As a result, the slider 42
The end 42b of the link 30 is separated from the step 30a of the link 30, and the link 30 can move downward, whereby the spring 28 swings the hook 25 to engage the hook 25a with the striker 21, and the seat The bag 10 can be held upright and fixed. That is, by raising the seat back 10 and raising the headrest 11,
For the first time, the upright state of the seat back 10 can be maintained. In other words, by maintaining a constant height from the seating reference position of the rear seat to the lowermost end of the headrest 11, the standing state of the rear seat can be maintained for the first time,
In such a state, the function of the headrest can always be sufficiently exhibited.

It should be noted that unlike the above-described embodiment, the long hole 4
Instead of 3 and 44, a round hole through which the stays 12 and 13 can be inserted may be provided, and an elongated hole 19a as shown in FIG. With this configuration,
In a state where the seat back 10 is tilted to some extent, that is, in a state where the plate 19 is rotated to some extent (two-dot chain line in FIG. 5), the amount of movement of the wire 51 in the lower end direction becomes maximum. Lower end 51b of wire 51
Moves along the elongated hole 19a regardless of the rotation of the plate 19, so that the amount of movement of the wire 51 to the lower end can be suppressed. As a result, since the slider 42 does not move after the seat back 10 is tilted by a certain angle, the seat back 10 can be completely tilted forward while the slider 42 is stopped at the position where it abuts on the step 30a of the link 30. it can.

Further, the downward movement of one of the stays 12 and 13 may be regulated by the slider 42. Furthermore, the vehicle seat device of the present invention can be applied to a seatback for backward movement.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the vehicle seat device according to the present invention holds the seat back upright by the locking means for holding and releasing the seat back upright. In some cases, the headrest is restricted from lowering to a predetermined position or lower, and when the seatback in the laid-down state is erected, if the headrest is lower than the predetermined position, the seatback is prevented from being held by the locking means. With the restriction means, the headrest can be moved to the lower position in conjunction with the fall of the seat back, and the headrest is moved to the upper position and the height from the sitting reference position to the headrest is not secured beyond a certain value. And the seat back cannot be kept upright. As a result, the headrest interferes with the front seat, windshield, etc. when the seat back is moved forward,
Prevents the headrest from interfering with the rear seat when the seatback is retracted, and always keeps the distance from the seat cushion reference position to the lowermost position of the headrest at or above the reference distance when maintaining the upright state of the seatback. And the function of the headrest can be sufficiently exhibited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a conventional seat device provided in a vehicle and a problem thereof.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main configuration of a vehicle seat device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a headrest 11, a locking device 20, and a regulating device 40 when the headrest is stored according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an operation state of FIG.

FIG. 4 shows a seat back 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 and lock device 2 when holding upright
0 is a perspective view showing the operating state of the regulating device 40.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a modification of the plate 19 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 seat back 11 headrest 20 locking device 21 striker 25 hook 30 link 40 regulating device 41 slider 42 guide 51 wire

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tiltable seat back provided with a headrest capable of adjusting a vertical position at an upper portion, a lock unit for holding and releasing the seat back in an upright state, and an erecting of the seat back by the lock unit. A regulation that restricts the headrest from lowering to a predetermined position or less when the state is maintained, and restricts the locking means from holding the seatback standing state by the locking means when the headrest is below the predetermined position. Means, comprising: a vehicle seat device.