JP2008284950A - Seat device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat device for a vehicle capable of effectively miniaturizing a vehicle body, sufficiently ensuring a luggage storage space as necessary, and realizing good living environment in the vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: A vehicle in which a front seat 5 is arranged in a forward part in a cabin and rear seats 6, 6 are arranged on a backward side of the front seat, has a kick-up part 13 formed by upwardly expanding a floor panel 4 located in the backward part in the cabin and a slide supporting mechanism 17 which is installed on the kick-up part 13 to slidably support the rear seats 6, 6. The slide supporting mechanism 17 has a seat slider which is longitudinally moved in a rear area from a front end of the kick-up part 13 when the rear seats 6, 6 are slidably displaced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle seat device for a vehicle in which a front seat is disposed in a front portion of a vehicle interior and a rear seat is disposed on the rear side of the front seat.

In recent years, due to demands such as reducing the fuel consumption of a vehicle, it has been required to form a vehicle body that is lightweight and compact. However, in such a vehicle, a plurality of passengers are provided in the vehicle compartment while having a compact configuration. A device for securing a seatable space is required. For example, in Patent Document 1 described below, a front seat, which is a driver seat, is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction in a vehicle interior, and a plurality of rear seats are disposed on the rear side thereof, thereby reducing the size of the vehicle body. It has been attempted to secure a space in which a plurality of passengers can be seated in a passenger compartment while being converted.
JP 7-156807 A

  As disclosed in Patent Document 1, a front seat including a driver's seat is disposed at the front of the vehicle interior, and a rear seat on which a plurality of passengers can be seated on the rear side of the front seat. In a vehicle in which a seat is disposed, a wide space is formed in the front part of the rear seat, so that a front view of an occupant seated on the rear seat is ensured and an excellent living environment is obtained. There is an advantage that However, in order to effectively reduce the size of the vehicle body and maintain sufficient space for luggage while maintaining the vehicle's living environment, how to arrange the front seat and the rear seat. It has been a problem whether to set them, and it has been desired to set these relative positions appropriately.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and provides a vehicle seat device capable of sufficiently securing a luggage storage space as needed while effectively downsizing a vehicle body. It is for the purpose.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a vehicle in which a front seat is disposed in a front portion of a vehicle interior and a rear seat is disposed on a rear side of the front seat. A kick-up section formed by bulging the floor panel to be bulged upward, and a slide support mechanism that is installed on the kick-up section and supports the rear seat slidably. The rear seat has a seat slider that moves back and forth in the rear region with respect to the front end portion of the kick-up portion when the rear seat slide is displaced.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat device according to the first aspect, the seat back of the rear seat is supported by the seat slider of the slide support mechanism, and from the lower end of the seat back to the rear of the vehicle body It is installed to extend to the side.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat device according to the second aspect, the seat cushion of the rear seat is supported so as to be capable of tip-up with a support shaft provided at the rear end portion as a fulcrum. .

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat device according to any one of the first to third aspects, a front seat including a driver's seat is disposed at the center of the front part of the vehicle interior. .

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle seat device according to the fourth aspect, a plurality of rear seats are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat.

  In the invention according to claim 1, by installing the rear seat on the kick-up portion formed in the rear portion of the floor panel, it is possible to secure a sufficient seating height and obtain an easy seating posture. The living environment of the occupant seated in the rear seat can be effectively improved without affecting the occupant seated in the front seat. Further, when the rear seat is not in use, a wide space including the kick-up portion is formed in the rear portion of the front seat by moving it to the front side of the vehicle body while supporting the rear seat by the slide support mechanism. Therefore, the rear part of the front seat can be used as a loading space for luggage or the like as necessary while reducing the front and rear dimensions of the car body by shortening the front and rear dimensions of the car body by omitting the luggage compartment at the rear part of the car body. There is an advantage that it can be used.

  In the invention according to claim 2, since the seat slider of the slide support mechanism that supports the seat cushion of the rear seat is installed so as to extend from the lower end portion of the seat back to the rear side of the vehicle body, when the rear seat is not used, When the rear seat is moved forward by slidably moving the seat slider to the front side of the vehicle body, the kick up can be performed without causing the seat slider to protrude to the front side of the kick up portion. It is possible to move the rear seat to the vicinity of the front end of the seat, and there is an advantage that it is possible to effectively expand the space for placing the load formed on the rear portion of the front seat.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the seat cushion of the rear seat is supported so that it can be tipped up with a support shaft provided at the rear end as a fulcrum, and the seat cushion is tipped up when the rear seat is not in use. In this state, the rear seat is moved to the vicinity of the front end of the kick-up portion by sliding the seat slider to the front side of the vehicle body. There is an advantage that it is possible to secure a luggage placement space at the rear part of the passenger compartment while preventing the comfortability of the occupant seated in the front seat from deteriorating due to the state protruding to the front side of the vehicle is there. Moreover, the seat cushion and the seat back of the rear seat installed in an upright state in the vicinity of the front end of the kick-up portion can be used as a compartment member of a cargo compartment and placed on the kick-up portion. There is an advantage that the movement of the luggage or the like to the front side of the vehicle body can be regulated by the seat cushion and the seat back.

  In the invention according to claim 4, since the front seat serving as the driver seat is disposed in the center of the front part of the vehicle interior, a wide space is secured in the left and right sides of the front seat and the seat is seated on the front seat. There is an advantage that the occupant's habitability can be improved effectively and the article can be placed in the space as necessary.

  In the invention according to claim 5, since the pair of left and right rear seats are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat comprising the driver seat, the wide spaces formed on the left and right sides of the front seat are respectively It can be used as a footrest space, and there is an advantage that a sufficient number of passengers can be secured while maintaining the comfortability of the occupants seated in the front seat and the rear seat.

  1 to 3 show a vehicle equipped with a vehicle seat device according to the present invention, and a side opening of the vehicle is formed with an opening for getting on and off by side doors 1 and 1, and a vehicle interior. The instrument panel 2 is installed in the front part of the vehicle so as to extend in the vehicle width direction. A steering wheel 3 is installed at a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction of the instrument panel 2, and a single front seat 5 comprising a driver's seat is provided on a floor panel 4 of a passenger compartment located on the rear side of the steering wheel 3. Is arranged. A pair of left and right rear seats 6, 6 are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seat 5, so that the rear seats 6, 6 having a larger dimension in the vehicle width direction than the front seat 5 are installed. The part is formed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a rear pillar 7 is disposed at a substantially central part in the vehicle width direction on the rear surface of the vehicle body, and the rear pillar 7 and the side doors 1 and 1 are continuously connected. A rear window 8 is disposed so as to cover the rear window 8, thereby ensuring rear visibility on the left and right sides of the vehicle without being obstructed by the rear pillar 7.

  The front seat 5 includes a seat cushion 9 that serves as a seat for a passenger, a seat back 10 erected at the rear end, and a pair of left and right seat sliders 11, 11 disposed below the seat cushion 9. And have. In the center of the front portion of the floor panel 4, seat rails 12, 12 are installed so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and the seat sliders 11, 11 of the front seat 5 are slidable on the seat rails 12, 12. By being supported, the front-rear position of the front seat 5 can be adjusted.

  At the rear part of the floor panel 4, a kick-up part 13 bulging upward is formed over substantially the entire length in the vehicle width direction, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are installed on the kick-up part 13. . The rear seats 6 and 6 each have a seat cushion 14 and a seat back 15 erected at the rear end thereof, and the seat cushion 14 is supported by a support shaft 25 described later provided at the rear end. It is supported so that it can be chipped up.

  On the kick-up portion 13, a slide support mechanism 17 that slidably supports the rear seats 6 and 6 is installed. The slide support mechanism 17 includes a pair of left and right seat rails 18, 18 disposed on the left and right sides of the kick-up portion 13, and a pair of left and right seats slidably supported along the seat rails 18, 18. The seat sliders 19 and 19 are configured to move back and forth in the rear region of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 when the rear seats 6 and 6 move forward. .

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the seat rails 18 and 18 are made of a C-type channel material or the like, and are inclined so as to be located on the inner side of the vehicle body as far as the rear end portion is seen from the plane. is set up. Further, the kick-up portion 13 is formed with concave groove portions 20 and 20 in which the installation portions of the seat rails 18 and 18 are recessed downward, on both right and left sides, respectively, in the concave groove portions 20 and 20. A floor mat 22 is installed so as to conceal the seat rails 18 and 18 while being fixed in a state where the lower portions of the rails 18 and 18 are fitted. A support bracket 21 is fixed to the upper surface of the front end portion of the seat slider 19, and a rear end portion of the seat cushion frame 23 and a lower end portion of the seat back frame 24 are supported on the support bracket 21 via a support shaft 25.

  The seat cushion frame 23 includes a pair of left and right side frames 26, 26 made of a U-shaped member, a rear frame 27 made of a square pipe material or the like installed so as to connect the rear ends thereof, and the rear part. It has a pair of left and right connecting arms 28, 28 whose base end portions are fixed to the frame 27, and a pivotal support portion 29 made of a round pipe material provided at the distal end portion thereof. The pivot portion 29 of the seat cushion frame 23 is externally fitted to the support shaft 25 and is rotatably supported, so that the seat cushion 14 of the rear seat 6 can be chipped up with the support shaft 25 as a fulcrum. It is supported.

  The seat back frame 24 has an upper frame 30 made of a round pipe material and a pair of left and right lower frames 31, 31 made of a plate-like body, and connects the lower ends of the lower frames 31, 31 to each other. Thus, the support shaft 25 is installed. Both left and right ends of the support shaft 25 are fixed to the support bracket 21 via a reclining mechanism 32. The seat sliders 19 and 19 are installed so as to extend from the lower end of the seat back 15 to the rear side of the vehicle body, and the seat backs 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 are supported by the seat sliders 19 and 19. In this state, the rear seats 6 and 6 are moved back and forth in accordance with the sliding displacement of the seat sliders 19 and 19 along the seat rails 18 and 18. Also, the support shaft 25 is released from the fixed state by the reclining mechanism 32, and the support shaft 25 is pivoted to displace the seat back 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 to swing and displace the support shaft 25. The seat back 15 is supported as a fulcrum so as to be tiltable.

  In the above configuration, in normal use in which the seat cushions 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 are installed on the kick-up portion 13, the seat sliders 19 and 19 are located at the rear portions of the seat rails 18 and 18, As shown in FIG. 1, the rear end portions of the rear seats 6, 6 are close to each other with the front portions of the rear seats 6, 6 facing obliquely outside the vehicle body as viewed from above. It is arranged. Thus, the left and right rear seats 6, 6 are placed diagonally rearward of the front seat 5 while avoiding interference with the rear wheel wheel house 33 that protrudes inward from the left and right rear portions of the vehicle body. Each can be installed.

  When the rear seats 6 and 6 are not in use, the seat back 15 and the seat cushions 14 are moved by oscillating and displacing the seat cushions 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 with the support shaft 25 as a fulcrum. And the seat sliders 19 and 19 are slid and displaced to the front portions of the seat rails 18 and 18, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. The rear seats 6 and 6 can be moved up to the seat. In this way, the seat sliders 19 and 19 are moved back and forth in the rear region of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13, and the rear seats 6 and 6 are moved back and forth correspondingly to the rearward seats 6 and 6 as required. Thus, a flat luggage placement surface composed of the upper surface portion of the kick-up portion 13 can be formed in the rear portion of the front seat 5.

  As described above, in the vehicle in which the single front seat 5 is disposed in the front part of the vehicle interior and the rear seats 6 and 6 are disposed on the rear side of the front seat 5, A slide support mechanism for forming the kick-up portion 13 by bulging the floor panel 4 located at the rear portion upward and for slidably supporting the rear seats 6 and 6 installed on the kick-up portion 13 17, and the seat support 19 is provided with seat sliders 19 and 19 that move back and forth in the rear region of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 when the rear seats 6 and 6 are displaced. In addition, there is an advantage that a sufficient storage space for luggage can be ensured as required.

  That is, by installing the rear seats 6 and 6 on the kick-up portion 13 formed on the rear portion of the floor panel 4, a sufficient seating height can be secured and an easy seating posture can be obtained. The living environment of the occupants seated in the rear seats 6 and 6 can be effectively improved without affecting the occupants seated in the front seats 5. Further, when the rear seats 6 and 6 are not in use, if the rear seats 6 and 6 are supported by the slide support mechanism 17 and moved to the front side of the vehicle body, as shown in FIG. 5 can form a wide space consisting of the kick-up portion 13, so that the front and rear dimensions of the vehicle body can be shortened by omitting the luggage compartment at the rear of the vehicle body, while reducing the size of the vehicle body as needed. Thus, there is an advantage that the rear portion of the front seat 5 can be used as a loading space for luggage or the like.

  In the above embodiment, the seat sliders 19 and 19 of the slide support mechanism 17 that slidably support the rear seats 6 and 6 are installed so as to extend from the lower end of the seat back 15 to the rear side of the vehicle body. When the rear seats 6, 6 are not used, the rear seats 6, 6 are moved forward by sliding the seat sliders 19, 19 along the seat rails 18, 18 to the front side of the vehicle body. The rear seats 6, 6 can be moved to the vicinity of the front end of the kick-up portion 13 without causing the seat sliders 19, 19 to protrude forward of the kick-up portion 13. In addition, there is an advantage that the space for placing the load formed in the rear part of the front seat 5 can be effectively expanded.

  In particular, as shown in the above-described embodiment, when the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6 and 6 is supported so as to be able to be chipped up with a support shaft 25 provided at the rear end thereof as a fulcrum, 7 and 8, when the seat cushion 14 is tipped up, the seat sliders 19 and 19 are slid to the front side of the vehicle body along the seat rails 18 and 18, as shown in FIGS. Thus, when the rear seats 6, 6 are moved to the vicinity of the front end of the kick-up portion 13, the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6, 6 is located on the front side of the kick-up portion 13. It is possible to secure a luggage placement space at the rear part of the passenger compartment while preventing the comfortability of the passenger seated in the front seat 5 from deteriorating due to the protruding state. There is an advantage to say. In addition, since the seat cushion 14 and the seat back 15 of the rear seats 6 and 6 installed in a standing state in the vicinity of the front end portion of the kick-up portion 13 can be used as partition members for the cargo compartment, the kick-up is performed. There is an advantage that the seat cushion 14 and the seat back 15 can regulate the movement of the load placed on the portion 13 to the front side of the vehicle body.

  In addition, the front seat 5 including a driver seat is installed in the center of the vehicle interior in the vehicle width direction, and the pair of left and right rear seats 6 and 6 are disposed obliquely behind the front seat 5. Instead of the form, for example, the front seat may be disposed at a position offset to the right or left side in the passenger compartment, and the rear seat may be disposed on the rear side and the oblique rear side. As shown in the above embodiment, when the front seat 5 serving as the driver's seat is disposed in the center of the front part of the vehicle interior, a wide space is secured on the left and right sides of the front seat 5. There is an advantage that the comfortability of the occupant seated on the front seat 5 can be improved effectively, and the article can be placed in the space as necessary.

  Further, as shown in the above embodiment, a front seat 5 made up of a driver's seat is installed at the center of the vehicle interior in the vehicle width direction, and a pair of left and right rear seats 6 and 6 are arranged obliquely rearward thereof. In this case, since the wide spaces formed on the left and right sides of the front seat 5 can be used as footrest spaces, the comfortability of the passengers seated in the front seat 5 and the rear seats 6 and 6 is improved. There is an advantage that a sufficient number of passengers can be secured while maintaining.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the seat rails 18 and 18 are installed in an inclined state when viewed from above, so that when the rear seats 6 and 6 are used, the front ends thereof face the diagonally outward side of the vehicle. Since the rear seats 6 and 6 are sufficiently arranged, the rear seats 6 and 6 are prevented from interfering with the rear wheel wheel house 33 even when the width dimension of the rear seats 6 and 6 is sufficiently secured. can do. Therefore, by efficiently disposing both the front seat 5 and the rear seats 6 and 6, there is an advantage that the vehicle body can be effectively made compact by suppressing an increase in the width dimension of the vehicle body.

  9 and 10, seat rails 18a, 18a constituting the slide support mechanism 17 are installed straight along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and the support shaft 25 is fixed by the reclining mechanism 32. In the released state, the seatback 15 is folded on the seat cushion 14 of the rear seats 6, 6 by pivotally displacing the support shaft 25 to swing the seatback 15 of the rear seats 6, 6. In addition, the rear seats 6 and 6 may be moved straight forward along the seat rails 18a and 18a. In such a configuration, when the rear seat 6 is not used, the seat back 15 and the like are installed in a state of protruding to the front side of the kick-up portion 13, so that the rear seat 6 , 6 can be used as a mounting surface for the armrest or luggage of the occupant seated in the front seat 5, so that the space for loading the luggage is effective when the rear seats 6, 6 are not used. Thus, the seat back 15 and the like can be effectively used while being enlarged.

1 is a plan view of a vehicle including a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. It is a side view which shows the structure of the vehicle interior of the said vehicle. It is a top view which shows the external appearance structure of the said vehicle. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a vehicle seat device according to the present invention. It is a side view which shows the state which moved the backseat seat to the front side of the vehicle body. It is a top view which shows the state which moved the backseat seat to the front side of the vehicle body. It is a side view which shows another embodiment of the vehicle seat apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the state which moved the backseat seat to the front side of the vehicle body.

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5 Front seat 6 Rear seat 13 Kick-up part 14 Seat cushion 15 Seat back 25 Hinge shaft

Claims (5)

  In a vehicle in which a front seat is disposed in the front part of the vehicle interior and a rear seat is disposed on the rear side of the front seat, the floor panel located in the rear part of the vehicle interior bulges upward. And a slide support mechanism that is installed on the kick-up section and that slidably supports the rear seat, and the slide support mechanism is configured to move the rear seat when the rear seat is displaced. A vehicle seat device comprising a seat slider that moves back and forth in a rear region relative to a front end portion of the kick-up portion.   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the seat slider of the slide support mechanism is installed so as to support a seat back of a rear seat and extend from a lower end portion of the seat back to a rear side of the vehicle body. Sheet equipment.   3. The vehicle seat device according to claim 2, wherein the seat cushion of the rear seat is supported so as to be able to be chipped up with a support shaft provided at the rear end thereof as a fulcrum.   The vehicular seat device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a front seat comprising a driver's seat is disposed in the center of the front part of the passenger compartment.   The vehicle seat device according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of rear seats are disposed obliquely rearward of the front seats.

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