US 12,377,767 B2
Vehicle seat
Sang Man Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Suk Won Hong, Bucheon-si (KR); Jae Hwa Lee, Daegu (KR); Chan Ki Cho, Pyeongchang-gun (KR); and Myung Soo Lee, Osan-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Daechang Seat Co., LTD-Dongtan, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Daechang Seat Co., LTD-Dongtan, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,693.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0163893 (KR), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174151 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/862 (2018.01); A47C 7/40 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/862 (2018.02) [B60N 2/20 (2013.01); A47C 7/405 (2013.01); B60N 2/2222 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat comprising:
a seatback comprising an upper seatback part and a lower seatback part, wherein the upper seatback part comprises a tilting part pivotably hinged onto the lower seatback part so as to be tiltable forward and backward with respect to the lower seatback part, and wherein the seatback further comprises a back frame comprising:
a lower frame part having a lower end hinge-coupled to a base bracket so as to be pivotable forward and backward to recline the seatback, and
an upper frame part having a lower end hinge-coupled to an upper end of the lower frame part so as to be pivotable forward and backward, the upper frame part being a part of the tilting part; and
a tilting device configured to tilt the tilting part forward and backward in conjunction with a reclining operation of the seatback, wherein the tilting device is configured to tilt the tilting part forward in conjunction with a backward reclining operation of the seatback, and wherein the tilting device comprises:
a reclining interworking drive mechanism configured to provide an actuating force for forward tilting of the tilting part in conjunction with the backward reclining operation of the seatback,
a cable configured to transfer the actuating force provided by the reclining interworking drive mechanism, and
a pivot mechanism mounted between the upper frame part and the lower frame part to pivot the upper frame part forward with the actuating force transferred through the cable so that the tilting part is tilted forward.