US 11,999,276 B2
Vehicle seat
Yoshihiro Murase, Aichi (JP); and Yuki Kawabata, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,179.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-173351 (JP), filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131755 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/42745 (2013.01) [B60N 2/68 (2013.01); B60N 2/4221 (2013.01); B60N 2/4228 (2013.01); B60N 2/42709 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion;
a seatback pivotable in a seat front-rear direction relative to the seat cushion;
a back frame supporting the seatback;
a first lower arm configured to be attached to a vehicle; and
a recliner connected to the back frame and the first lower arm, the recliner being configured to cause the back frame to pivot in the seat front-rear direction relative to the first lower arm,
wherein the first lower arm includes
an arm body having a plate shape and having the recliner attached thereto,
a first fixing portion configured to be attached to the vehicle in a position below the recliner, and
a second fixing portion configured to be attached to the vehicle in a position on a seat rear side relative to the recliner,
wherein the arm body includes
a first recess arranged between the recliner and the first fixing portion in an up-down direction, the first recess extending from an edge of the arm body toward an internal area of the arm body, the first recess being recessed in a seat-width direction, and
a second recess arranged between the recliner and the second fixing portion in the seat front-rear direction, the second recess extending from the edge of the arm body toward the internal area of the arm body, the second recess being recessed in the seat-width direction.