JP2005082011A - Vehicle seat storage structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store a sheet in a sheet storage recess formed on a floor and use the sheet at a position away from the sheet storage recess.
SOLUTION: A seat 10 can be moved along a long slide lower guide rail 26 to a position away from a seat storage recess 24. The rear leg portion 44 of the seat 10 is disengaged from the upper guide rail 28. Further, the front leg portion 34 of the seat 10 rotates about the shaft 66 with respect to the seat cushion 12, and the front leg portion 34 rotates about the shaft 36 so that the seat 10 can be moved to the seat storage recess 24. It has become.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle seat storage structure, and more particularly to a vehicle seat storage structure used for a vehicle seat such as an automobile.

Conventionally, in a vehicle seat storage structure, the distal end portion is rotatably connected to the left and right front ends of the seat cushion, while the base end portion is on the vehicle body floor portion ahead of the seat storage recess formed in the floor portion. A pair of link members that are rotatably connected are provided, and these link members are shaped to have a bent portion that bends inside the sheet storage recess when the sheet is stored, and the tip is more distal than the bent portion when the sheet is used. While the side portion abuts against the vehicle body floor portion, the base end side portion protrudes upward so as to be able to support the seat cushion, and the loads in the seat use state are engaged with each other vertically 4 A structure supported by a single catch and striker is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-48840

  However, this vehicle seat storage structure does not have a so-called long slide structure in which the use position of the seat can be moved along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. As a result, the sheet cannot be moved to a position away from the sheet storage recess and used at that position.

  In consideration of the above fact, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat storage structure in which a seat can be stored in a seat storage recess formed in a floor portion and can be used at a position away from the seat storage recess.

The vehicle seat storage structure of the present invention according to claim 1 includes a seat storage recess formed in a floor portion behind the seat,
A long slide lower guide rail that extends forward from the seat storage recess and moves the seat to a position away from the seat storage recess;
An upper guide rail that is movable relative to the long slide lower guide rail in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and the rear leg portion of the seat is detachably connected;
Guide means disposed on the upper guide rail and moving a front leg portion of the seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
The front leg is rotatable with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means, and the seat is moved from the use position by rotating the front leg with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means. It moves into the storage recess.

  Accordingly, in the normal use state, the upper guide rail is moved along the long slide lower guide rail extending forward of the vehicle body from the seat storage recess to move the seat to a position away from the seat storage recess. be able to. On the other hand, when storing the sheet in the sheet storage recess, the upper guide rail is moved along the long slide lower guide rail to a position close to the sheet storage recess. In this state, the connection between the rear leg portion of the seat and the upper guide rail is released, the front leg portion of the seat is moved in the direction of the seat storing recess along the guide means disposed on the upper guide rail, and the front leg portion is By rotating with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means, the seat can be moved from the use position without being removed into the seat storage recess. As a result, the sheet can be stored in the sheet storage recess formed on the floor, and the sheet can be used at a position away from the sheet storage recess.

  The vehicle seat storage structure according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a seat storage recess formed in a floor portion behind the seat, and a seat extending from the seat storage recess to the front of the vehicle body to move the seat away from the seat storage recess. A long slide lower guide rail, an upper guide rail that is movable relative to the long slide lower guide rail in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a rear leg portion of the seat is detachably connected, and an upper guide rail. Guide means for moving the front leg portion of the seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the front leg portion being rotatable with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means, and the front leg portion with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means By rotating, the sheet moves from the use position into the sheet storage recess, so that the sheet can be stored in the sheet storage recess formed on the floor and the sheet can be stored. It has an excellent effect that the door can be used at a position away from the sheet storage recess.

  An embodiment of a vehicle seat storage structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the figure, the arrow FR indicates the vehicle body front direction, the arrow IN indicates the vehicle width inside direction, and the arrow UP indicates the vehicle body upward direction.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the vehicle seat 10 according to the present embodiment is a third-row seat that is mounted on an automobile and divided into 5 to 5, 6 to 4, and the like, and a seat back 14 behind the seat cushion 12. Is attached so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction. Specifically, a reclining shaft 18 serving as a center of rotation of the seat back 14 is disposed below the seat back 14, and the reclining shaft 18 is rotatably supported by the seat cushion frame 20. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, a seat storage recess 24 is formed in the rear portion of the seat 10 in the floor portion 22 of the passenger compartment 21. In addition, a long slide lower guide rail 26 extends from the front end of the seat storage recess 24 toward the front of the vehicle body on the floor portion 22, and the seat 10 is positioned on the front side of the vehicle body away from the seat storage recess 24. But it can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a pair of long slide lower guide rails 26 is provided on the left and right sides of the divided seats.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an upper guide rail 28 is connected to each long slide lower guide rail 26 so as to be relatively movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the long slide lower guide rail 26 and the upper guide rail 28 have a well-known structure, and the upper guide rail 28 can be easily moved along the long slide lower guide rail 26 by the bearing 30. It has become. A shaft 32 is disposed at the front end portion 28A of the upper guide rail 28 along the vehicle width direction.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a shaft 36 is disposed along the vehicle width direction at the lower end 34 </ b> A of the front leg portion 34 of the seat 10, and a front hook 38 is rotatably supported on the shaft 36. ing. The upper end portion 38A of the front hook 38 is connected to the front leg portion 34 of the seat 10 by a biasing means 40 such as a spring. Accordingly, the front hook 38 clamps the shaft 32 with the lower end portion 34A of the front leg portion 34 by the biasing force of the biasing means 40, so that the front leg portion 34 is connected to the shaft 32 (position shown in FIG. 4). Is supposed to be retained.

  In the vicinity of the upper end portion 38A of the front hook 38, a connecting shaft 42 for connecting the left and right front hooks 38 is disposed.

  A shaft 46 is disposed along the vehicle width direction at the lower end 44A of the rear leg portion 44 of the seat 10, and a rear hook 48 is rotatably supported on the shaft 46. The upper end portion 48A of the rear hook 48 is connected to the rear leg portion 44 of the seat 10 by a biasing means 50 such as a spring. Therefore, the rear hook 48 sandwiches the shaft 52 disposed along the vehicle width direction on the rear end portion 28B of the upper guide rail 28 with the lower end portion 44A of the rear leg portion 44 by the biasing force of the biasing means 50. As a result, the rear leg portion 44 is held at the connection position (the position shown in FIG. 4) with the shaft 52.

  A connecting shaft 54 for connecting the left and right rear hooks 48 is disposed in the vicinity of the upper end portion 48A of the rear hook 48. The connecting shaft 54 has a rear end of a connecting member 56 extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The portion 56A is rotatably supported. A front end portion of the connecting member 56 is a hook portion 56 </ b> B and can be attached to and detached from the connecting shaft 42. An operating portion 58 is connected to the connecting shaft 54, and the rear hook 48 is engaged with the shaft 52 around the shaft 46 by moving the operating portion 58 rearward of the vehicle body (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4). The front hook 38 rotates about the shaft 36 in the direction (arrow C direction in FIG. 4) to release the engagement with the shaft 32 while rotating in the direction to release the engagement (arrow B direction in FIG. 4). It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of left and right guide rods 60 as guide means are disposed on the upper portion of each upper guide rail 28, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front end portion 60A of the guide bar 60 is bent downward and connected to the front end portion 28A of the upper guide rail 28, and the rear end portion 60B of the guide bar 60 is bent downward and is connected to the upper guide rail 28. Is connected to the rear end portion 28B. A shaft 36 is inserted between the guide rod 60 and the upper guide rail 28, and the shaft 36 extends between the front end portion 28 </ b> A and the rear end portion 28 </ b> B of the upper guide rail 28 along the pair of left and right guide rods 60. It is possible to move between.

  As shown in FIG. 3, slide rollers 62 as guide means are provided at both ends of the shaft 36. When the shaft 36 moves in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the slide roller 62 is a long slide lower. It rotates on the guide rail 26.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the upper end portion 34B of the front leg portion 34 of the seat 10 is rotatably supported by a shaft 66 disposed along the vehicle width direction on the front portion 12A of the seat cushion 12. An upper end portion 44B of the rear leg portion 10 is rotatably supported by a shaft 68 disposed along the vehicle width direction on the rear portion 12B of the seat cushion 12.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, when the seat 10 is stored in the seat storage recess 24, the rear leg portion 44 of the seat 10 is removed from the upper guide rail 28 and rotated about the shaft 68. The seat cushion 12 of the seat 10 can be moved to the storage position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 by folding the seat cushion 12 at the lower portion and rotating the front leg 34 about the shaft 66 and the shaft 36. ing. When the seat 10 is stored, the connecting member 56 is rotated upward (in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 5) about the shaft 54 to remove the hook portion 56B from the connecting shaft 42, and the connecting member 56 is seat cushioned. 12 can be stored in the lower part.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 90 denotes a back door, reference numeral 92 denotes a lower back, reference numeral 94 denotes a rear bumper reinforcement, and reference numeral 96 denotes a rear bumper cover.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  The seat 10 in the present embodiment is a normal use position, and from the rearmost position approaching the seat storage recess 24 shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the vehicle body shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 2 along the long slide lower guide rail 26 You can move to the front position. Further, since the long slide lower guide rail 26 extends from the seat storage recess 24 to the front of the vehicle body, the seat 10 is further moved away from the seat storage recess 24 than the position indicated by the one-dot chain line in FIG. Can be moved and used at that position.

  On the other hand, when the sheet 10 is stored in the sheet storage recess 24, the upper guide rail 28 is moved along the long slide lower guide rail 26 to the rearmost position indicated by the solid line in FIG. To do.

  In this state, when the operation unit 58 is moved rearward (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4), the rear hook 48 disengages from the shaft 52 of the upper guide rail 28 around the shaft 46 as shown in FIG. It rotates in the direction (arrow B direction in FIG. 5). As a result, the rear leg portion 44 of the seat 10 is manually removed from the upper guide rail 28 and folded to the lower portion of the seat cushion 12.

  Next, when the operation portion 58 is further moved rearward (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4), the front hook 38 engages with the shaft 32 of the upper guide rail 28 around the shaft 36 as shown in FIG. It rotates in the direction to release (the direction of arrow C in FIG. 5).

  As a result, the slide rollers 62 disposed at both ends of the shaft 36 rotate and move backward on the long slide lower guide rail 26 toward the rear of the vehicle body, so that the shaft 36 moves to the rear end portion of the guide rod 60 as shown in FIG. It contacts 60B. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the entire sheet 10 moves above the sheet storage recess 24.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the connecting member 56 is rotated upward (in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 6) about the shaft 54 (see FIG. 5) to remove the hook portion 56 </ b> B from the connecting shaft 42. Is stored in the lower part of the seat cushion 12 and the seat back 14 is brought down on the seat cushion 12.

  Next, when the seat 10 is moved from the position shown in FIG. 8 in the direction in which the seat 10 is stored in the seat storage recess 24 (the direction of arrow E in FIG. 8), the front leg portion 34 rotates about the shaft 66 with respect to the seat cushion 12. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 7, the front leg portion 34 rotates downward (in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 7) about the shaft 36, so that the seat 10 can be moved to the retracted position shown in FIG.

  As a result, in the present embodiment, the sheet 10 can be stored in the sheet storage recess 24 formed in the floor portion 22, and the sheet 10 is moved along the long slide lower guide rail 26 and used at a position away from the sheet storage recess 24. it can.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the baggage N placed on the floor portion 22 is fixed to the guide rod 60 provided on the upper guide rail 28 in a state where the seat 10 is stored in the seat storage recess 24. The hook 80A of the luggage fixing means 80 such as a net may be engaged.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, the seat 10 of the above embodiment may be a bench seat. Further, the sheet 10 of the above embodiment may be a sheet other than the third row.

It is a schematic side view which shows the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the vehicle body diagonally back which shows the principal part of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. It is effect | action description which shows the principal part of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is action | operation description which shows the front leg part of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is action | operation description which shows the front leg part of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the vehicle body diagonal front which shows the storing state of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the vehicle body diagonal front which shows the use condition of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic side view which shows the storage state of the vehicle seat storage structure in one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Seat 12 Seat cushion 14 Seat back 22 Floor part 24 Seat storing recessed part 26 Long slide lower guide rail 28 Upper guide rail 34 Seat front leg 38 Front hook 44 Seat rear leg 48 Rear hook 60 Guide rod (guide means)
62 Slide roller (guide means)

Claims (1)

A sheet storage recess formed in the floor behind the seat;
A long slide lower guide rail that extends forward from the seat storage recess and moves the seat to a position away from the seat storage recess;
An upper guide rail that is movable relative to the long slide lower guide rail in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and the rear leg portion of the seat is detachably connected;
Guide means disposed on the upper guide rail and moving a front leg portion of the seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
The front leg is rotatable with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means, and the seat is moved from the use position by rotating the front leg with respect to the seat cushion and the guide means. A vehicle seat storage structure that moves into a storage recess.

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