US 12,420,739 B2
Vehicle seat device
Jinichi Tanabe, Tochigi (JP); Tatsuki Nonaka, Tochigi (JP); Atsushi Yamabe, Tochigi (JP); Shoji Endo, Tochigi (JP); and Katsuya Isomura, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/027,950
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/035904
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/071408, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,231, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365098 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 22/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/20 (2013.01) [B60N 2/20 (2013.01); B60R 2022/208 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat device, comprising:
a seat main body having a seat cushion and a seat back;
a reclining device connecting the seat back to the seat cushion so as to be pivotable and capable of locking a pivoting motion of the seat back; and
a seat belt device for restraining an occupant seated on the seat main body,
wherein the seat belt device includes:
a lap belt restraining the occupant's lumbar or thighs,
a belt anchor attached at a position beside the seat main body and having a belt engaging portion engaging with an engaged portion provided in a tip portion of the lap belt, and
an anchor moving device capable of moving the belt engaging portion of the belt anchor in a seat front to back direction with respect to the seat main body,
wherein the anchor moving device includes:
a movable member attached to the seat cushion and movable in order to move the belt engaging portion to a seat front side beyond a normal position; and
a connecting member interposed between the movable member and the belt anchor and operating in order to convert a movable motion of the movable member into a moving motion of the belt anchor,
wherein the seat cushion includes a cushion frame as a skeleton, a pad material placed on the cushion frame, and a skin material covering the cushion frame and the pad material from above,
wherein the cushion frame includes:
side frames disposed on right and left sides in a seat width direction and extending in the seat front to back direction;
a front connecting frame connecting front parts of the right and left side frames; and
a rear connecting frame connecting rear parts of the right and left side frames, and
wherein the movable member is attached to a support member hooked on the front connecting frame and the rear connecting frame in a frame of the cushion frame.