US 12,280,734 B2
Vehicle seat reinforcement device
Sang Soo Lee, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Chan Ho Jung, Gunpo-Si (KR); Mu Young Kim, Osan-Si (KR); Sang Hark Lee, Incheon (KR); Ho Suk Jung, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Deok Soo Lim, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Sang Do Park, Suwon-Si (KR); In Sun Baek, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Sin Chan Yang, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Chan Ki Cho, Pyeongchang-Gun (KR); Myung Soo Lee, Osan-Si (KR); Jae Yong Jang, Suwon-Si (KR); Jun Sik Hwang, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Ho Sung Kang, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Hae Dong Kwak, Hwaseong-Si (KR); and Hyun Tak Ko, Osan-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); Daechang Seat Co., LTD-Dongtan, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); Daechang Seat Co.,LTD-Dongtan, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,472.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0115759 (KR), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083384 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60R 22/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/26 (2013.01) [B60N 2/4228 (2013.01); B60N 2/42736 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat reinforcement apparatus comprising:
a leg portion mounted on a floor panel;
a seat cushion frame slidably mounted on the leg portion to be movable forwards and backwards by a sliding structure; and
a load reinforcing structure connected between the leg portion and the seat cushion frame and including:
at least one support wire connected to one of the seat cushion frame and the leg portion; and
at least one support bracket connected to the other of the seat cushion frame and the leg portion and lockably caught to the other,
wherein when a seat belt anchorage load is transferred to the seat cushion frame, the seat cushion frame is locked to the leg portion by the load reinforcing structure so that the seat cushion frame is prevented from being separated from the leg portion.