US 12,221,017 B2
Vehicle seat
Takeyuki Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Kohei Okimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,796.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-208368 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302966 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/34 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/0228 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/654 (2024.01); B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/0252 (2013.01); B60N 2/0722 (2013.01); B60N 2/0727 (2013.01); B60N 2/12 (2013.01); B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/34 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60K 2360/771 (2024.01); B60K 2360/777 (2024.01); B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/0226 (2023.08); B60N 2/067 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat of a vehicle comprising:
a seat that includes a seat cushion and a seat back;
an inclination drive portion configured to incline the seat back; and
a slide mechanism configured to enable the seat to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein
the slide mechanism includes
a slide rail that includes an upper rail fixed to the seat and a lower rail fixed to a vehicle body floor and slidably movable in a front-rear direction with respect to the upper rail, the slide rail supporting the seat and configured to move in a sliding manner in the front-rear direction,
a slide drive portion configured to enable the upper rail to slide with respect to the lower rail, and
a mode switching switch operatively connected to the slide drive portion and configured to drive the slide drive portion and configured to enable switching between a normal mode during driving and a relaxing mode,
in the normal mode, a slide range of the seat in the front-rear direction is a slide amount used when the vehicle is driven,
in the relaxing mode, a slide amount is at a position where a slide position of the seat in the front-rear direction is rearward, with respect to a slide position at a rearmost end in the normal mode, and
the mode switching switch is disposed on a front side of a roof portion of the vehicle.