US 12,071,051 B2
Vehicle seat
Yusuke Yadomaru, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,168.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-053481 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305970 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 2/50 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60R 22/195 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 22/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/42763 (2013.01) [B60N 2/4228 (2013.01); B60N 2/427 (2013.01); B60N 2/42781 (2013.01); B60N 2/4279 (2013.01); B60N 2/501 (2013.01); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60R 22/195 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0011 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01027 (2013.01); B60R 2022/1825 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat to be mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion including a seat surface on which a waist of an occupant of the vehicle is to be placed; and
a seat surface lowering mechanism configured to lower the seat surface in response to an occurrence of a rear-end collision of the vehicle,
wherein the seat surface lowering mechanism includes:
a support configured to support the seat surface;
a traveling member;
a guiding member configured to guide the traveling member to travel along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and
an unlock trigger provided in a traveling range of the traveling member and rearward of the traveling member, and
wherein the unlock trigger is configured to disable the support in response to the traveling member colliding with the unlock trigger at an acceleration greater than or equal to a predetermined value.