WO2017208573A1

WO2017208573A1 - Vehicular seat slide device

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Publication number: WO2017208573A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/011011
Authority: WO
Inventors: 二本松　英雄; 小島　康敬; 康一森田
Original assignee: アイシン精機株式会社
Priority date: 2016-06-03
Filing date: 2017-03-17
Publication date: 2017-12-07
Also published as: JP2017217958A

Abstract

Provided is a vehicular seat slide device that comprises a lower rail, an upper rail, a restricting member, a projection, a guide, and a guide contact part. The restricting member is provided on the upper rail and restricts movement of the upper rail in the rear direction relative to the lower rail when the backrest of the seat is inclined forward. The projection protrudes from a bottom wall of the lower rail. The guide guides foreign objects that have entered the lower rail such that the foreign objects move by avoiding the projection. The guide contact part is provided on the guide and can contact the restricting member. The guide and the restricting member are arranged between two sidewalls of the lower rail.

Description

Vehicle seat slide device

The present invention relates to a vehicle seat slide apparatus having an upper rail movement restricting structure.

Patent Document 1 discloses a conventional vehicle seat slide device.
The vehicle seat slide device described in Patent Literature 1 includes a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor, an upper rail that slides with respect to the lower rail, and a restriction device that restricts the movement of the upper rail. In Patent Document 1, the regulating device is called a slide amount regulating mechanism. When the seat back is tilted forward and the seat is in an unlocked state, that is, in a slidable state, the restricting device restricts the seat from moving backward from a predetermined position.

JP 2010-254218 A

By the way, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the regulating device is arranged beside the lower rail and the upper rail in the vehicle width direction. On the other hand, depending on the vehicle, the lower rail may be installed along the outer edge in the vehicle width direction on the vehicle floor, and there may be no space beside the lower rail. In such a place, a conventional vehicle seat slide device in which a regulating device is disposed beside the lower rail and the upper rail cannot be installed. That is, the conventional vehicle seat slide device requires an arrangement space in the vehicle width direction.

The vehicle seat slide device that achieves the above object includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a regulating member, a protrusion, a guide, and a guide contact portion. The lower rail is configured to be fixed to a vehicle floor. The lower rail has a bottom wall and two side walls respectively disposed on both sides of the bottom wall. The upper rail is slidably disposed on the lower rail. The restriction member is provided on the upper rail and restricts the rearward movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail when the seat back of the seat is moved forward. The protrusion protrudes from the bottom wall of the lower rail. The guide guides the foreign matter so that the foreign matter that has entered the lower rail moves while avoiding the protrusion. The guide contact portion is provided on the guide and contacts the restriction member. The guide and the regulating member are disposed between the two side walls of the lower rail.

The side view of the vehicle seat slide apparatus. Sectional drawing of a rail in a surface perpendicular | vertical to the front-back direction. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the rail along the line III-III in FIG. The top view of a lower rail. The bottom view of a lower rail. The side view of a rail. The perspective view which shows a mode when the control member is contacting the contact part of a guide. The front view of an upper rail and a lower rail. The exploded perspective view of an operation mechanism. The schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the vehicle seat slide apparatus. The schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the vehicle seat slide apparatus. The schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the vehicle seat slide apparatus. The schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the vehicle seat slide apparatus. The schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the vehicle seat slide apparatus. The schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of a control member.

The vehicle seat slide device will be described with reference to FIGS.
With respect to the vehicle seat slide device, a direction along the front-rear direction of the vehicle when installed on the vehicle floor is referred to as “front-rear direction DY”, and a direction along the width direction of the vehicle is defined as “width direction DX”. The longitudinal direction DY of the vehicle seat slide device coincides with the “longitudinal direction” of the lower rail and the upper rail in the vehicle seat slide device.

The vehicle seat slide device 10 will be described by taking the vehicle seat slide device 10 attached to the frontmost seat 1 (driver seat or passenger seat) of the vehicle as an example. The seat 1 mounted on the vehicle seat slide device 10 is movable in the vehicle front-rear direction, the rearward movement is restricted by a first stopper 26 at a predetermined rear position, and the second stopper 27 controls a predetermined forward position. Forward movement is restricted at the position. Further, when the seat back 2 is tilted forward and the seat 1 is in a movable state, the backward movement is restricted at a predetermined position between the first stopper 26 and the second stopper 27. Note that the seat operation for moving the seat 1 forward by moving the seat back 2 forward is performed when a person gets into the seat behind the seat 1 in order to widen the rear space of the seat 1. That is, this operation is performed when a person walks in to the rear seat.

With reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the vehicle seat slide apparatus 10 is demonstrated.
The vehicle seat slide device 10 moves the seat 1 in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the vehicle floor. The seat 1 includes a seat back 2 as a backrest and a seat cushion 3 as a seat. The seat back 2 is rotatable with respect to the seat cushion 3, and is fixed at an arbitrary angle with respect to the seat cushion 3 via the recliner 4.

The vehicle seat slide device 10 operates the pair of

rails

11 and 11 on which the seat 1 is placed, the restriction member 50 that restricts the movement of the upper rail 30 of the rail 11, the lock mechanism 60, the restriction member 50, and the lock mechanism 60. And an operation mechanism 70.

The pair of

rails

11 and 11 are juxtaposed at a predetermined distance in the width direction DX. Each of the

rails

11 and 11 is arranged on the vehicle floor such that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The rail 11 includes a lower rail 20 and an upper rail 30. The lower rail 20 is configured to be fixed to the vehicle floor. The upper rail 30 slides with respect to the lower rail 20 via the rolling member.

Hereinafter, the rail 11 on the left side (the left side when the vehicle seat slide device 10 is viewed from behind) of the two

rails

11 and 11 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the lower rail 20 includes a bottom wall 21, two side walls 22, and an inner wall 24. The two side walls 22 are respectively disposed on both sides of the bottom wall 21. Specifically, the two side walls 22 extend upward from both ends in the width direction DX of the bottom wall 21. The lateral wall 23 extends inward from the upper end portion of the side wall 22. The inner wall 24 extends downward from the inner end of the lateral wall 23. The lower rail 20 is provided with a plurality of insertion portions 25 through which engagement claws 63a of a lock member 61 described later are inserted. The plurality of insertion portions 25 are arranged at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the lower rail 20. For example, the insertion part 25 is configured as a through-hole extending over the lateral wall 23 and the inner wall 24.

As shown in FIG. 5, a first hole 21 a and a second hole 21 b for attaching a guide 40 to be described later are provided in the rear portion of the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20.
As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of first stoppers 26 that restrict the rearward movement of the upper rail 30 are provided at the position where the guide 40 is disposed in the lower rail 20. The guide 40 has two

side walls

43 and 43 located on both sides of the lower rail 20 in the width direction DX, respectively. The pair of first stoppers 26 are disposed outside the

side walls

43, 43 of the guide 40 in the width direction DX of the lower rail 20. The first stopper 26 is configured by, for example, pressing a peripheral portion of a bent hole 21e in the bottom wall 21. The rear end of the contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 contacts the first stopper 26. When the upper rail 30 moves rearward and the rear end of the contact portion 36 contacts the first stopper 26, the rear rail 30 stops moving rearward.

As shown in FIG. 1, a second stopper 27 that restricts the forward movement of the upper rail 30 is provided at the front portion of the lower rail 20. The front end of the contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 contacts the second stopper 27. When the upper rail 30 moves forward and the front end of the contact portion 36 comes into contact with the second stopper 27, the forward movement of the upper rail 30 stops.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper rail 30 includes an upper wall 31, two vertical walls 32, and two outer walls 33. The two vertical walls 32 extend downward from both ends of the width direction DX of the upper wall 31, that is, the outer walls 33 extending in the direction toward the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20, extend outward from the lower ends of the corresponding vertical walls 32. Bend further upward. The vertical wall 32 of the upper rail 30 is disposed on the inner side in the width direction DX than the inner wall 24 of the lower rail 20. The outer wall 33 of the upper rail 30 is disposed between the inner wall 24 and the side wall 22 of the lower rail 20. A rolling member is arranged between the outer wall 33 of the upper rail 30 and the side wall 22 of the lower rail 20 in a rollable state. The vertical wall 32 of the upper rail 30 is provided with several (for example, three) openings 35 through which engagement claws 63a of a lock member 61 described later are inserted. The plurality of openings 35 are arranged at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the upper rail 30. The outer wall 33 of the upper rail 30 is provided with an insertion portion 34 through which an engagement claw 63a of a lock member 61 described later is inserted. The insertion part 34 is disposed at a position facing the opening part 35.

The lock mechanism 60 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
The lock mechanism 60 engages the upper rail 30 and the lower rail 20. The lock mechanism 60 includes a lock member 61 that engages with the upper rail 30 and the lower rail 20.

The lock member 61 has an arm 62, a lock part 63 disposed at one end of the arm 62, and a pressing part 64 disposed at the other end of the arm 62. The arm 62 of the lock member 61 is disposed in the space S between the upper rail 30 and the lower rail 20.

The lock part 63 has an engaging claw 63 a that can engage with the upper rail 30 and the lower rail 20. The engaging claw 63a extends in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the arm 62, for example, in an orthogonal direction. The engaging claw 63a extends to at least one side in the width direction DX. In the present embodiment, the plurality of engaging claws 63 a extend from both sides of the lock part 63 in the width direction DX. The engaging claw 63 a is inserted through the opening 35 of the upper rail 30. Further, the engaging claw 63 a can be inserted through the insertion portion 25 of the lower rail 20 and the insertion portion 34 of the upper rail 30.

The pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61 can be pressed by a lock lever 80 (see later) of the operation mechanism 70.
The lock member 61 is rotatably attached to the upper rail 30 via a rotation shaft along the width direction DX. The rotation shaft of the lock member 61 is provided between the lock portion 63 and the pressing portion 64 in the arm 62. When the pressing portion 64 is pressed by the lock lever 80 of the operation mechanism 70, the lock member 61 rotates. The lock part 63 is rotated between the lock position (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 2 and FIG. 12) and the unlock position (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2 and FIG. 13). Moving.

The lock position is the position of the lock part 63 when the engaging claw 63a of the lock part 63 is inserted through the insertion part 25 of the lower rail 20 and the insertion part 34 of the upper rail 30. When the lock portion 63 is in the locked position, the engaging claw 63a engages with the upper rail 30 and the lower rail 20, so that the upper rail 30 is engaged with the lower rail 20 so as not to move.

The unlock position is the position of the lock part 63 when the engaging claw 63a of the lock part 63 is not inserted through the insertion part 25 of the lower rail 20. When the lock portion 63 is in the unlocked position, the engaging claw 63a does not engage with the lower rail 20, so that the upper rail 30 can move with respect to the lower rail 20.

The lock member 61 is urged so that the lock portion 63 is positioned at the lock position. For this reason, when the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61 is not pressed by the lock lever 80, the lock portion 63 is located at the lock position.

The state of the lock mechanism 60 in which the lock part 63 is in the locked position is referred to as “locked state of the lock mechanism 60”, and the state of the lock mechanism 60 in which the lock part 63 is in the unlocked position is “unlocked state of the lock mechanism 60 " Further, the movement of the upper rail 30 relative to the lower rail 20 by the movement of the lock portion 63 from the lock position to the unlock position is referred to as “the lock of the rail 11 is released”.

The guide 40 attached to the lower rail 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 is a plan view of the lower rail 20, FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the lower rail 20, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the rail 11. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the foreign matter 200 that has entered the rail 11 rides on the guide 40.

The lower rail 20 is provided with a guide 40 for smoothly discharging the foreign matter 200 that has entered the lower rail 20 to the outside of the lower rail 20. The foreign material 200 does not initially exist in the lower rail 20 and can enter the space between the pair of opposed inner walls 24 of the lower rail 20. For example, a lighter (cigarette igniter) may be used as the foreign material 200. If such a foreign object 200 exists in the lower rail 20, the movement of the upper rail 30 is hindered.

This is due to the following reason. In the lower rail 20, there is a protrusion 21 d that protrudes from the bottom wall 21. Examples of the protrusion 21d include the first stopper 26, the second stopper 27, and the head of a fastening member for fixing the lower rail 20 to the vehicle floor. The heads of the first stopper 26, the second stopper 27, and the fastening member are configured so that the bottom wall 21 of the upper rail 30 does not hit so as not to hinder the movement of the upper rail 30. However, if the foreign matter 200 exists in the lower rail 20, the foreign matter 200 may be caught between the protrusion 21 d (for example, the first stopper 26) and the rear end surface 37 of the upper rail 30. When the foreign matter 200 is thus sandwiched between the protrusion 21d of the lower rail 20 and the rear end surface 37 of the upper rail 30, the movement of the upper rail 30 to the rear is inhibited. Therefore, it is preferable that such foreign matter 200 is removed by the movement of the upper rail 30. For this reason, the above-described guide 40 is provided.

As an example of the guide 40, a guide disposed near the first stopper 26 will be described. The guide 40 guides the foreign matter 200 so that it can move around the first stopper 26. The guide 40 is disposed between both side walls 22 of the lower rail 20. Specifically, the guide 40 is disposed in a space S formed by the lower rail 20 and the upper rail 30 and is attached to the bottom wall 21 near the first stopper 26. The guide 40 includes a guide support portion 41 disposed in front of the first stopper 26 in the lower rail 20, a flat portion 42 extending from the guide support portion 41, and a side wall 43. The side wall 43 is provided with a recess 48 that is recessed in the width direction DX. The recess 48 is provided to prevent the side wall 43 and the first stopper 26 from contacting each other.

As shown in FIG. 6, the guide support portion 41 is an inclined surface in which the rear rear end portion 41 b is higher upward from the bottom wall 21 than the front front end portion 41 a. The height of the front end portion 41a of the guide support portion 41 is configured such that the foreign object 200 is allowed to ride on. In the guide support portion 41, the height of the rear end portion 41b (the height on the first stopper 26 side) is the same as the height of the first stopper 26 or higher than the first stopper 26. The guide support portion 41 may have a step shape.

The flat portion 42 extends from the rear end edge of the guide support portion 41 toward the first stopper 26. The end portion of the flat portion 42 is located behind the first stopper 26. The height of the flat portion 42 is the same as the height of the first stopper 26 or higher than the first stopper 26.

The side wall 43 extends from the edge of the flat portion 42 in the width direction DX toward the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20.
The guide 40 preferably has a claw that engages with the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20. For example, the 1st nail | claw 44 is provided in the guide support part 41, and is comprised so that it may penetrate to the 1st hole 21a (refer FIG. 5) of the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20. As shown in FIG. The 2nd nail | claw 45 is comprised as an extension part of the side wall 43, penetrates the 2nd hole 21b (refer FIG. 5) of the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20, and contacts the width direction edge 21c of the 2nd hole 21b. Composed. The first claw 44 defines the position of the guide 40 in the longitudinal direction on the lower rail 20. The second claw 45 defines the position of the guide 40 in the width direction DX on the lower rail 20.

Such a guide 40 guides the foreign matter 200 so that the foreign matter 200 moves around the first stopper 26 as follows. That is, when the rear end surface 37 of the upper rail 30 comes into contact with the foreign matter 200, the foreign matter 200 moves as the upper rail 30 moves. When the foreign matter 200 is carried to the guide 40, the foreign matter 200 rides on the guide support portion 41 of the guide 40, passes over the first stopper 26, and is carried to the end portion of the lower rail 20. In this way, the foreign matter 200 is carried to the rear of the first stopper 26 without coming into contact with the first stopper 26 and discharged out of the lower rail 20.

As shown in FIG. 7, the guide 40 is provided with a contact portion 47 (guide contact portion).
The contact portion 47 is configured such that a restriction member 50 provided on the upper rail 30 can be engaged therewith. The movement of the upper rail 30 is restricted when the restriction member 50 comes into contact with the contact portion 47 (see later). The guide support portion 41 of the guide 40 is provided with a hole 46 through which the restriction member 50 is inserted, and the contact portion 47 is formed in a part of the hole 46. Note that the contact portion 47 may be configured by a groove or a slit provided in the guide support portion 41 instead of the hole 46.

This hole 46 extends along the longitudinal direction of the lower rail 20. In the present embodiment, the contact portion 47 is configured in a part of the hole 46 that penetrates the guide support portion 41 of the guide 40. The reason why the contact portion 47 is not formed as a protruding portion that protrudes from the guide support portion 41 but is formed as a part of the hole 46 is that the foreign matter 200 climbs over the guide support portion 41. This is because 200 moves smoothly along the guide support portion 41.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the rail 11 as seen from the direction of the arrow F in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the guide 40 is disposed between the two contact portions 36 (upper rail contact portions) of the upper rail 30. In other words, the contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 is disposed outside the

side walls

43 and 43 of the guide 40 in the width direction DX. The guide 40 is disposed between the pair of first stoppers 26 of the lower rail 20. In other words, the pair of first stoppers 26 of the lower rail 20 are disposed outside the

side walls

43, 43 of the guide 40 in the width direction DX (see FIG. 4). When the upper rail 30 moves rearward with respect to the lower rail 20, the pair of contact portions 36 pass through both outer sides of the guide 40 and contact the first stopper 26.

The regulating member 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7, 12, and 14.
The restriction member 50 is disposed between the side walls 22 of the lower rail 20. Further, the restricting member 50 is disposed at a position (hereinafter referred to as “retracted position”) that cannot contact the contact portion 47 of the guide 40 of the lower rail 20 when the seat back 2 is standing (see FIG. 12). .

The restricting member 50 is disposed at a position (hereinafter referred to as “contact position”) that can contact the contact portion 47 of the guide 40 of the lower rail 20 based on the seatback 2 tilting forward (see FIG. 14). .

As shown in FIG. 7, the regulating member 50 includes an arm 51, a first end portion 52 provided at one end of the arm 51, and a contact portion 47 of the guide 40 provided at the other end of the arm 51. And a second end portion 53 that abuts. The first end portion 52 is provided with an engaging portion 54 that engages with an end edge of the regulating lever 110 of the operation mechanism 70. The regulating member 50 is attached to the upper rail 30 so as to be rotatable via a rotation shaft 55 (see FIG. 12) along the width direction DX. The rotation shaft 55 is provided between the first end 52 and the second end 53 in the arm 51. Then, the restricting member 50 has a position where the second end portion 53 cannot come into contact with the contact portion 47 of the guide 40 by the rotation, that is, a retracted position, and the second end portion 53 contacts the contact portion 47 of the guide 40. It arrange | positions in the position which can contact | connect, ie, a contact position. Note that the second end 53 when the regulating member 50 is in the retracted position is higher than the flat portion 42 of the guide 40 (see FIG. 12).

The regulating member 50 is urged in a direction from the retracted position toward the contact position by an urging member, for example, a torsion spring. This biasing direction coincides with the direction of the force acting on the regulating member 50 when the second end portion 53 of the regulating member 50 abuts against the abutting portion 47 of the guide 40. Then, the rotation of the regulating member 50, that is, the movement, is regulated by the stopper so that the rotation of the regulating member 50 in the urging direction stops when the regulating member 50 is located at the contact position. In other words, when the regulating member 50 is in the contact position, the regulating member 50 cannot rotate in the urging direction, that is, cannot move, and can rotate in the direction opposite to the urging direction, that is, can move.

The end of a regulating lever 110 described later can abut on the engaging portion 54 of the regulating member 50. When the edge of the regulating lever 110 comes into contact with the engaging portion 54 of the regulating member 50, the regulating member 50 rotates in the direction opposite to the biasing direction and moves from the contact position to the retracted position.

The operation mechanism 70 will be described with reference to FIG.
The operation mechanism 70 includes a lock lever 80 that operates the lock mechanism 60, a link mechanism 100 that operates the lock lever 80 and the restriction member 50 together (see FIG. 12), a handle 120 that operates the lock lever 80, and a seat back. And an actuating mechanism 90 that operates the link mechanism 100 based on the second operation.

The lock lever 80 and the link lever 101 (see later) are rotatably supported by the upper rail 30 via the holder 71. The lock lever 80 and the link lever 101 are supported by the same rotating shaft 87, for example.

The lock lever 80 includes a support portion 81 through which the rotary shaft 87 is inserted, a first arm 82 extending from the support portion 81, and a second arm 84 extending in a direction different from the first arm 82. A contact portion 83 that presses the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61 is provided at the end of the first arm 82. The second arm 84 is disposed on the upper side of the first arm 82. The upper side of the second arm 84 includes a first pressing portion 85 that is pressed by the end portion 123 of the handle 120 and a second pressing portion 86 that is pressed by the link lever 101.

The lock lever 80 is biased by a spring, and when no pressing force is applied to either the first pressing portion 85 or the second pressing portion 86 of the second arm 84, the contact portion of the first arm 82 83 is disposed at a position away from the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61 (hereinafter referred to as “non-pressing position”) (see FIG. 12). When the pressing force is applied to either one or both of the first pressing portion 85 and the second pressing portion 86 of the second arm 84, the lock lever 80 causes the contact portion 83 of the first arm 82 to It arrange | positions in the position (henceforth "pressing position") which presses the press part 64 (refer FIG. 13). When the lock lever 80 is disposed at the pressing position, the lock portion 63 of the lock member 61 is disposed at the unlock position.

The operation mechanism 90 will be described with reference to FIG. The operation mechanism 90 operates the link mechanism 100 based on the fact that the seat back 2 is rotated and brought forward. The operating mechanism 90 includes a rotating member 91 and an interlocking member 95 that interlocks the rotating member 91 and the link lever 101 of the link mechanism 100.

Rotating member 91 is rotatably attached to seat cushion 3. In the embodiment, the rotating member 91 is disposed inside the recliner 4 and is rotatably attached to the case 4 a on the seat cushion 3 side of the recliner 4. The case of the seat back 2 side in the recliner 4 is not shown in FIG.

The rotating member 91 includes a ring-shaped main body 92 that rotates about the rotation axis of the seat back 2, a first protrusion 93 that extends from the main body 92, and a direction that is different from the first protrusion 93 that extends from the main body 92. And a second protrusion 94 extending. The first protrusion 93 is pressed by a protrusion 2 b provided on the frame 2 a of the seat back 2. The first protrusion 95 a of the interlocking member 95 is attached to the second protrusion 94. The second end portion 95 b of the interlocking member 95 is attached to the link lever 101 of the link mechanism 100.

The rotating member 91 is biased by the biasing member in a direction opposite to the direction in which the seat back 2 rotates forward. The rotating member 91 is arranged at the initial position (see FIG. 10) when no force is applied to the first protrusion 93. In the initial position, the rotating member 91 is disposed at the following position. That is, when the seat back 2 is tilted forward until the angle formed between the seat back 2 and the seat cushion 3 reaches a predetermined angle, the projection 2b of the seat back 2 comes into contact with the first projection 93 of the rotating member 91. A rotating member 91 is disposed. Therefore, when the seat back 2 is in the standing state, the rotating member 91 is maintained at the initial position, and when the seat back 2 is moved forward, the rotating member 91 rotates. The standing state of the seat back 2 is a state in which the angle formed between the seat back 2 and the seat cushion 3 is larger than a predetermined angle.

When the rotation member 91 is rotated by the projection 2b of the seat back 2 coming into contact with the first projection 93 of the rotation member 91 based on the forward tilt of the seat back 2, the interlocking member 95 engaged with the second projection 94 of the rotation member 91 is rotated. Is pulled, and the link lever 101 of the link mechanism 100 rotates.

The link mechanism 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. The link mechanism 100 includes a link lever 101, a restriction lever 110, and an interlocking member 115 that interlocks the link lever 101 and the restriction lever 110.

The link lever 101 includes a support portion 102 through which the rotation shaft 87 is inserted, a first arm 103 extending from the support portion 102, and a second arm 105 extending in a direction different from the first arm 103.

The second arm 105 extends in a direction opposite to the extending direction of the first arm 103. The second arm 105 is provided with a contact portion 108 that presses the second pressing portion 86 of the lock lever 80. Further, a first engagement hole 106 and a second engagement hole 107 are provided in the second arm 105 at a position farther from the support portion 102 than the contact portion 108. The first engagement hole 106 is engaged with the second end portion 95 b of the interlocking member 95 of the operating mechanism 90. The second engagement hole 107 engages with the first end 115 a of the interlocking member 115 of the link mechanism 100. The second end 115 b of the interlocking member 115 is attached to the restriction lever 110.

The regulating lever 110 moves the regulating member 50 to the retracted position. The first end 110 a of the restriction lever 110 engages with the second end 115 b of the interlocking member 115. The second end portion 110 b of the restriction lever 110 engages with the rotation shaft 55 described above. Based on the operation of the interlocking member 115, the regulating lever 110 rotates between the first position and the second position. The first position is a position where the restricting member 50 is disposed at the retracted position, and the second position is a position where the restricting member 50 is disposed at the contact position. When the restriction lever 110 is arranged at the first position, the end edge of the restriction lever 110 pushes the engaging portion 54 of the restriction member 50, so that the restriction member 50 moves to the retracted position. When the restriction lever 110 is disposed at the second position, the end of the restriction lever 110 is separated from the engaging portion 54 of the restriction member 50, so that the restriction member 50 is based on the urging force applied to the restriction member 50. Move to the contact position.

The operation of the link mechanism 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The link lever 101 is interlocked with the operation of the operation mechanism 90. When the rotation member 91 of the operating mechanism 90 is in the initial position (see FIG. 10), the link lever 101 is in the initial position (see FIG. 12). When the rotating member 91 of the operating mechanism 90 is rotated by the forward movement of the seat back 2 (see FIG. 11), the link lever 101 is operated (see FIG. 14).

As shown in FIG. 12, when the link lever 101 is in the initial position, the contact portion 108 of the link lever 101 is separated from the second pressing portion 86 of the lock lever 80. At this time, since the lock portion 63 of the lock member 61 is in the lock position, the rail 11 is maintained in a locked state. Further, the restriction lever 110 connected to the link lever 101 by the interlocking member 115 is located at the first position and engages with the engaging portion 54 of the restriction member 50. For this reason, the regulating member 50 is disposed at the retracted position.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the rotating member 91 of the operating mechanism 90 rotates and the link lever 101 rotates through the interlocking member 95, the lock mechanism 60 and the regulating member 50 operate as follows. As the link lever 101 rotates, the contact portion 108 of the link lever 101 presses the second pressing portion 86 of the lock lever 80. When the second pressing portion 86 of the lock lever 80 is pressed, the abutting portion 83 of the lock lever 80 presses the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61, so that the lock portion 63 of the lock member 61 is disposed at the unlock position. As a result, the rail 11 is unlocked. Further, the interlocking member 115 is pushed by the rotation of the link lever 101. Then, since the interlocking member 115 rotates the restriction lever 110, the engagement between the end edge of the restriction lever 110 and the engaging portion 54 of the restriction member 50 is released, and the restriction member 50 rotates in the urging direction to move to the retracted position. To the contact position. In this manner, the upper rail 30 can move with respect to the lower rail 20, and the rearward movement of the upper rail 30 is restricted at a position where the restriction member 50 and the guide 40 abut.

Next, the handle 120 of the operation mechanism 70 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the handle 120 includes a grip portion 121 that can be gripped by hand, and a pair of arms 122 that extend from the grip portion 121 to the lower side of the seat cushion 3. The pair of arms 122 is rotatably supported on an axis along the width direction DX. When the grip part 121 of the handle 120 moves in the vertical direction, the end 123 of the arm 122 moves in the direction opposite to the grip part 121. The end portion 123 of the arm 122 is disposed at a position where it can contact the first pressing portion 85 of the lock lever 80. When the grip part 121 of the handle 120 moves upward from the initial position (see FIG. 12), as shown in FIG. 13, the end 123 of the arm 122 moves downward and the first pressing part 85 of the lock lever 80 is moved. Push. When the first pressing portion 85 of the lock lever 80 is pressed, the lock lever 80 is arranged at the pressing position, and the lock portion 63 of the lock member 61 moves to the unlock position, so that the rail 11 is unlocked. At this time, the lock lever 80 rotates independently of the link lever 101 and the link lever 101 does not rotate. Therefore, the link mechanism 100 does not operate, and the restricting member 50 is maintained in the state of being disposed at the retracted position. ing. On the other hand, when the grip portion 121 of the handle 120 is disposed at the initial position (see FIG. 12), the end portion 123 of the arm 122 does not press the first pressing portion 85, so that the biasing force applied to the lock member 61 The lock part 63 of the lock member 61 returns to the lock position.

With reference to FIG.12 and FIG.13, operation | movement of the vehicle seat slide apparatus 10 based on operation of the handle | steering-wheel 120 is demonstrated.
When the seat back 2 is in the standing state and the grip portion 121 of the handle 120 is in the initial position, the end 123 of the arm 122 of the handle 120 does not press the first pressing portion 85 of the lock lever 80, The contact portion 83 is separated from the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61. At this time, since the lock portion 63 of the lock member 61 is disposed at the lock position, the rail 11 is locked.

When the grip portion 121 of the handle 120 is lifted upward from the initial position, the end portion 123 of the arm 122 of the handle 120 presses the first pressing portion 85 of the lock lever 80. When the first pressing portion 85 of the lock lever 80 is pressed, the lock lever 80 rotates, and the contact portion 83 of the lock lever 80 presses the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61. At this time, since the lock part 63 of the lock member 61 moves to the unlock position, the rail 11 is unlocked.

When the rail 11 is unlocked, the upper rail 30 can move with respect to the lower rail 20. At this time, the upper rail 30 can move between a predetermined position in the front and a predetermined position in the rear. A position where the forward movement of the upper rail 30 is restricted at a position where the contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 contacts the first stopper 26 of the lower rail 20, and a position where the contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 contacts the second stopper 27 of the lower rail 20. Thus, the rearward movement of the upper rail 30 is restricted.

With reference to FIGS. 14 and 15, the operation of the vehicle seat slide device 10 when the seat 1 is moved in a state where the seat back 2 is tilted forward will be described.
When the seat back 2 is tilted forward from the standing state, the link mechanism 100 is operated via the operation mechanism 90, the lock mechanism 60 is operated to unlock the rail 11, and the restriction member 50 is brought into the contact position. Moving. This will be specifically described below.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the seat back 2 is tilted forward and the angle formed between the seat back 2 and the seat cushion 3 becomes smaller than a predetermined angle, the protrusion 2 b of the seat back 2 is moved to the rotating member 91 of the operating mechanism 90. The first protrusion 93 is pushed. Therefore, the rotating member 91 is rotated and the interlocking member 95 is pulled, whereby the link lever 101 is rotated in a predetermined direction from the initial position. Then, the contact portion 108 of the link lever 101 presses the second pressing portion 86 of the lock lever 80, and the interlocking member 115 that engages with the link lever 101 moves to operate the restriction lever 110. When the second pressing portion 86 of the lock lever 80 is pressed, the lock lever 80 rotates, and the contact portion 83 of the lock lever 80 presses the pressing portion 64 of the lock member 61. At this time, since the lock part 63 of the lock member 61 moves to the unlock position, the rail 11 is unlocked.

On the other hand, since the regulating lever 110 rotates from the first position to the second position due to the movement of the interlocking member 115, the regulating member 50 moves to the contact position accordingly. When the restriction member 50 is in the contact position, the restriction member 50 can come into contact with the contact portion 47 of the guide 40, so that the movement of the upper rail 30 can be restricted.

As shown in FIG. 15, when the upper rail 30 moves forward when the regulating member 50 is positioned behind the guide 40, the second end portion 53 of the regulating member 50 comes into contact with the rear portion of the guide 40. Then, the restriction member 50 rotates with respect to the restriction lever 110, and the second end portion 53 of the restriction member 50 rides on the flat portion 42 of the guide 40. For this reason, the movement of the upper rail 30 is not regulated by the regulating member 50, and the upper rail 30 moves forward.

When the upper rail 30 moves rearward when the regulating member 50 is positioned in front of the guide 40, the second end portion 53 of the regulating member 50 comes into contact with the contact portion 47 of the guide 40. The restricting member 50 is disposed at the contact position. At this contact position, rotation in the direction of the force applied to the restriction member 50 is restricted by such contact, so that the state in which the restriction member 50 and the contact portion 47 of the guide 40 can contact each other is maintained. Is done. In this way, the rearward movement of the upper rail 30 is restricted. That is, when the seat back 2 is tilted forward, the upper rail 30 can freely move in the front-rear direction DY, but the movement of the upper rail 30 from the predetermined position in the front-rear direction DY to the rear is restricted. Thus, when the person walks in to the rear seat, the upper rail 30 is connected to the regulating member 50 and the guide even when the seat back 2 is moved forward and the seat 1 can move freely in the front-rear direction DY. Forty contact portions 47 are in contact with each other. For this reason, the seat 1 is restricted from moving backward from a predetermined position in the front-rear direction DY. If the movement of the upper rail 30 to the rear is not restricted, when the occupant is seated on the rear seat of the seat 1 to be moved during the walk-in, the seat 1 is moved to the foot of the occupant by the rearward movement of the seat 1. Although the rear part of 1 may hit, in the said structure, since the movement to the back of the upper rail 30 is controlled in a predetermined position, generation | occurrence | production of such a situation is suppressed.

It should be noted that the position of the seat 1 when the restriction member 50 of the upper rail 30 and the contact portion 47 of the guide 40 contact each other may be the normal seating position when the occupant sits. The normal seating position is a seat position set by a standard occupant when seated. According to such a setting, when the seat back 2 is raised when the regulating member 50 of the upper rail 30 and the abutting portion 47 of the guide 40 abut (hereinafter referred to as “standing operation at the regulating position”). The seat 1 is placed at the normal seating position, and the rail 11 is locked. In other words, according to this configuration, after the seat 1 is erected at the restricted position, the seat 1 is normally seated without being readjusted or moved significantly during seating. Since the position can be set, it is possible to reduce the labor of the passenger.

Next, the operation and effect of the vehicle seat slide device 10 will be described.
(1) The guide 40 and the regulating member 50 of the vehicle seat slide device 10 are disposed between the side walls 22 of the lower rail 20. That is, components for restricting the movement of the upper rail 30 when the seat back 2 is tilted forward are disposed between the

side walls

22 and 22 of the lower rail 20. Therefore, the arrangement space on the vehicle floor is small as compared with the conventional structure in which these components are arranged outside the rail 11. For this reason, the range in which the rail 11 can be arrange | positioned in a vehicle floor spreads. This also makes it possible to install the vehicle seat slide device 10 along the outer edge of the vehicle floor.

(2) The guide 40 has a guide support portion 41 that inclines so as to rise rearward from the bottom wall 21 of the lower rail 20. The guide support portion 41 guides the foreign matter 200 so as to exceed the first stopper 26. The guide support portion 41 is provided with a hole 46, and the contact portion 47 with which the restriction member 50 contacts is formed in the hole 46. According to this configuration, the contact portion 47 that protrudes from the guide support portion 41 of the guide 40 is not provided, but the contact support portion 47 is formed in the hole 46 or the groove in the guide support portion 41 of the guide 40. Therefore, it is difficult for the foreign object 200 guided by the guide 40 to be prevented from moving.

(3) On the lower rail 20, the pair of first stoppers 26 that restrict the rearward movement of the upper rail 30 are disposed outside the

side walls

43, 43 of the guide 40 in the width direction DX of the lower rail 20. The contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 is disposed outside the

side walls

43 and 43 of the guide 40 in the width direction DX of the lower rail 20. According to this configuration, the foreign matter 200 is prevented from colliding with the first stopper 26. Further, the backward movement of the upper rail can be restricted at a position where the first stopper 26 of the lower rail 20 and the contact portion 36 of the upper rail 30 come into contact with each other.

(4) The vehicle seat slide device 10 includes a lock mechanism 60. According to this structure, the upper rail 30 is engaged with the lower rail 20 so as not to move by the lock mechanism 60.

(5) The operation mechanism 70 moves the lock mechanism 60 from the locked state to the unlocked state based on the fact that the seat back 2 of the seat 1 placed on the upper rail 30 is tilted forward, and retracts the regulating member 50. Move from position to contact position. According to this configuration, when the seat back 2 is tilted forward, the upper rail 30 can move with respect to the lower rail 20, and movement of the upper rail 30 rearward from a predetermined position is restricted.

(6) The rotation of the regulating member 50 is limited as follows. When the regulating member 50 abuts against the abutting portion 47 of the guide 40, the regulating member 50 is urged in the same direction as the direction of the force acting on the regulating member 50. At the contact position, the restricting member 50 is restricted from rotating in the urging direction and allowed to rotate in the direction opposite to the urging direction.

According to this configuration, when the restriction member 50 is disposed at the contact position and the upper rail 30 moves rearward and the restriction member 50 contacts the contact portion 47 of the guide 40, the rotation of the restriction member 50 is restricted. Therefore, the upper rail 30 is restricted from moving backward. On the other hand, when the regulating member 50 is disposed at the contact position and the regulating member 50 of the upper rail 30 is behind the guide 40, the regulating member 50 comes into contact with the guide 40 when the upper rail 30 moves forward. The direction of the force applied to 50 is opposite to the direction of the force when the regulating member 50 contacts the contact portion 47. Since the rotation of the restriction member 50 is not restricted in this direction, the movement of the upper rail 30 is not restricted based on the restriction member 50 coming into contact with the guide 40 when the upper rail 30 moves forward. For this reason, it becomes easy to move the upper rail 30 forward.

<Other embodiments>
-Although it is preferable that the regulating member 50 shown by embodiment is arrange | positioned in any of a pair of rails 11, it can be provided only in any one rail 11. FIG. In addition, at least the rail 11 provided with the restriction member 50 is provided with the guide 40, but it is preferable that the guide 40 is provided also on the rail 11 where the restriction member 50 is not provided.

In the embodiment, the structure of the lock mechanism 60 is not limited to the example of the embodiment. The lock mechanism 60 may be a mechanism that engages the upper rail 30 and the lower rail 20. For example, in the embodiment, the lock portion 63 having the engagement claw 63a moves in the vertical direction, but the lock portion 63 is configured such that the engagement claw 63a moves in the width direction DX with respect to the lower rail 20. Can be done.

In the embodiment, the present technology has been described by taking the vehicle seat slide device 10 of the front row of seats 1 as an example. However, in the case where there are three or more rows of seats in the vehicle front-rear direction, the technology The present invention can also be applied to a vehicle seat slide device 10 equipped with In other words, the present technology can be applied to the vehicle seat slide device 10 on which the seat 1 that is moved forward for so-called walk-in is mounted.

Claims

A lower rail configured to be fixed to a vehicle floor, the lower rail having a bottom wall and two side walls respectively disposed on both sides of the bottom wall;
An upper rail slidably disposed on the lower rail;
A restricting member that is provided on the upper rail and restricts movement of the upper rail to the rear with respect to the lower rail when the seat back of the seat is moved forward;
A protrusion protruding from the bottom wall of the lower rail;
A guide for guiding the foreign matter so that the foreign matter entering the lower rail moves while avoiding the protrusion;
A contact portion provided on the guide and contacting the restriction member;
The guide and the restricting member are disposed between the two side walls of the lower rail.
The guide has a guide support portion for guiding the foreign matter,
The guide support portion is configured such that a rear side of the lower rail is higher than a front side of the lower rail from a bottom wall of the lower rail, and a height of a rear end portion of the guide support portion is equal to the protrusion or Configured to be higher than the protrusion,
The vehicle seat slide device according to claim 1, wherein the guide support portion includes a groove or a hole constituting the guide contact portion.
The vehicle seat slide device according to claim 2, wherein the guide support portion is an inclined surface.
The lower rail has, as the protrusion, a stopper that restricts the rearward movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail,
The guide has two side walls respectively located on both sides in the width direction of the lower rail,
The stopper is disposed outside the two side walls of the guide in the width direction of the lower rail,
The upper rail has an upper rail abutting portion with which the stopper of the lower rail abuts, and the upper rail abutting portion is disposed outside the two side walls of the guide in the width direction of the lower rail. 4. The vehicle seat slide device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The lock mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a locked state in which the lower rail and the upper rail are engaged with each other, and an unlocked state in which the upper rail is allowed to move in the front-rear direction with respect to the lower rail. Vehicle seat slide device.
The restriction member is configured to be movable between a contact position that can contact the guide contact portion and a retracted position that cannot contact the guide contact portion,
An operation mechanism is provided that shifts the lock mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state based on the seatback of the seat being moved forward and moves the restricting member from the retracted position to the contact position. The vehicle seat slide device according to claim 5.
The regulating member is urged in the same direction as the direction of the force acting on the regulating member when the regulating member abuts on the guide contact portion;
The vehicle seat slide device according to claim 6, wherein movement of the restriction member is restricted in the urging direction at the abutting position, and movement is allowed in a direction opposite to the urging direction.