US 12,233,755 B2
Vehicle seat
Yasutaka Abe, Tochigi (JP); and Yuta Sugaya, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/531,236.
Application 18/531,236 is a continuation of application No. 18/073,194, filed on Dec. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,872,911.
Application 18/073,194 is a continuation of application No. 17/171,012, filed on Feb. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,529,891, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/171,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/321,156, granted, now 10,946,773, issued on Mar. 16, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2017/013554, filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-153141 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100998 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/065 (2013.01) [B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/0705 (2013.01); B60N 2/20 (2013.01); B60N 2/30 (2013.01); B60N 2/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat including a seat cushion, wherein the vehicle seat is capable of taking a usable position and a stowed position in which the seat cushion is rotatably lifted away from a floor, the vehicle seat comprising:
a support member coupled to the floor;
a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction;
a lower rail extending in a front-rear direction and coupled to the rotating member;
an upper rail slidably supported by the lower rail and coupled to the seat cushion;
a coupling device provided at a rear end of the lower rail and capable of selectably connecting to a striker provided on the floor; and
an urging device extending the front-rear direction and having a front end coupled to the support member and a rear end coupled to the lower rail,
wherein the urging device is configured to be expandable and contractible in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to urge the seat cushion in such a direction as to rotate about the support shaft away from the floor, and
wherein the front end of the urging device is arranged lower than an upper end of the striker.