US 12,246,624 B2
Frame structure of vehicle seat
Munetomo Kumamoto, Fujisawa (JP); and Yuki Abe, Fujisawa (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,931.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-064589 (JP), filed on Apr. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322130 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/16 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/1615 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/165 (2013.01); B60N 2/02253 (2023.08)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame structure of a vehicle seat comprising:
a seat frame that constitutes a seat surface part of the vehicle seat;
a pinion that is rotatably attached to the seat frame, and protrudes from an outer side to an inner side in a vehicle width direction;
a drive input gear that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame, is rotatable about a rotary shaft at a position different from the pinion, and in mesh with the pinion;
a reinforcement member that is disposed between the seat frame and the drive input gear in the vehicle width direction, and is fixed to the seat frame; and
a support member that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame with the drive input gear and the reinforcement member interposed therebetween, supports part of the pinion, and is fixed to the seat frame,
wherein part of the support member comes into contact with the seat frame through an insertion part provided to the reinforcement member.