US 12,257,936 B2
Seat frame for vehicle seat
Masayuki Hoshi, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,458.
Application 15/810,970 is a division of application No. 15/249,960, filed on Aug. 29, 2016, granted, now 9,815,397, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Application 15/249,960 is a division of application No. 14/424,312, granted, now 9,428,084, issued on Aug. 30, 2016, previously published as PCT/JP2012/072387, filed on Sep. 3, 2012.
Application 18/581,458 is a continuation of application No. 18/300,442, filed on Apr. 14, 2023, granted, now 11,938,851.
Application 18/300,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/571,581, filed on Jan. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,628,754, issued on Apr. 18, 2023.
Application 17/571,581 is a continuation of application No. 17/222,103, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/222,103 is a continuation of application No. 16/834,056, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 10,967,770, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/834,056 is a continuation of application No. 16/389,387, filed on Apr. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,604,044, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Application 16/389,387 is a continuation of application No. 15/810,970, filed on Nov. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,266,087, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190315 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/682 (2013.01) [B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/42709 (2013.01); B60N 2/68 (2013.01); B60N 2/02258 (2023.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back frame, and
an actuator,
wherein:
the seat back frame comprises
side frames that are disposed at both ends of the seat back frame in a seat width direction of the vehicle seat,
a lower member frame that connects lower ends of the side frames and is formed of a plate-shaped member, and
a recliner that comprises a rotation shaft and is configured to pivot a seat back of the vehicle seat with respect to a seat cushion of the vehicle seat;
wherein the actuator is configured to be driven to rotate the rotation shaft of the recliner;
the lower member frame is provided with a notch at an end portion of the lower member frame in the seat width direction that reaches an edge of the end portion;
the notch of the lower member frame is disposed at a position that overlaps the rotation shaft in an up and down direction;
the seat back frame comprises an actuator mounting member that mounts the actuator to the seat back frame; and
the actuator mounting member is fixed in front of the rotation shaft in a seat front to back direction.