Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Akira Kaneko

Hiroshi Tamura

Takuya Ishikawa

Ken Tanaka

Kazuya Suzuki

Shunsuke Tanaka

Eiji Mizutani

Tomokazu Fukuda

Masato Arashi

Kouichi Masamura

Shogo Ishii

Hirotaka Torikai

Yuki Hattori

Taro Fukuta

Masahiro Ohrui

Akihiro Harada

Shushi Waseda

Junki Kato

Yuki Goto

Yoshihide Ito

Provided is a boarding/deboarding controller that enables reduce time and effort for boarding and deboarding a vehicle of which canopy is opened or closed to allow a user boards or deboards. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a boarding/deboarding controller for a vehicle including a seat, an occupant compartment provided with the seat, and a canopy that moves to a closed position where the canopy covers the occupant compartment and to an opened position, which is situated upper than the closed position. The boarding/deboarding controller is configured to change a posture or position of the seat concurrently while the canopy is moved from the closed position to the opened position in an opened movement, or, from the opened position to the closed position in a closed movement.

Boarding/deboarding controller

A vehicle steering apparatus, including: a steering column; a link member; an actuator including: a vehicle body side engaging portion, and a link side engaging portion, and when operated, the actuator changing a spacing between the vehicle body side engaging portion and the link side engaging portion, and swinging the steering column between the first position and the second position; a steering support that supports the steering column from the vehicle lower side in a state in which the steering column is disposed at the first position; and a clamp member provided at the link member, the clamp member being engaged with the steering support in the state in which the steering column is disposed at the first position, and the clamp member moving away from the steering support when the steering column is to swing from the first position toward the second position.

Vehicle steering apparatus

A vehicle seat including: a seat pad capable of elastically supporting an occupant, the seat pad having a seating portion that allows the occupant to seat on a front surface thereof, and the seating portion is divided in a seat width direction into a first region, a second region, and a central region formed between the first and the second region, the first region and the second region being capable of being concave-deformed toward a back surface of the seat pad opposite to the front surface when pressed by the occupant in a seating state, and in a free state where the seating portion is not pressed, a central region part in the central region arranged between the first and the second region that are to be concave-deformed has a shape concaved toward the back surface of the seat pad as compared to the first and the second region.

Vehicle seat having a recessed central region of the seat pad

A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a base provided on a vehicle body; a seat lifter configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion by a rotational motion of a link connecting the seat cushion to the base; and a fixture of a seat belt, the fixture being attached to the link.

Vehicle seat

A slide rail includes a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, and a reinforcing structure that prevents detachment of the movable-side rail from the fixed-side rail. The reinforcing structure includes a fixed-side engaging portion attached to the fixed-side rail, and a movable-side engaging portion attached to the movable-side rail. The fixed-side and the movable-side engaging portions are configured, while allowing sliding of the movable-side rail, to come in contact with each other due to an action by a large load in a detaching direction input between the fixed-side rail and the movable-side rail, and to be engaged with each other to restrict movement of the movable-side rail in the detaching direction. A contact surface, that comes in contact with the movable-side engaging portion, of the fixed-side engaging portion includes surface regions that have mutually different positions in the detaching direction and are provided side by side in a sliding direction.

Slide rail

A vehicle seat () comprising a seat cushion frame () that configures a seat cushion (); a seat back frame () that configures a seat back (), the seat back frame () being formed in a panel shape and having, on a lower portion thereof on both sides in a seat width direction, coupling portions () that are coupled to the seat cushion frame (); fixing portions () that are formed in an upper portion of the seat back frame () and fix a headrest (); and load transmitting portions () that are disposed in the seat back frame (), are each formed in a substantially L-shape opening toward the seat rear side and outward in the seat width direction, and couple together the fixing portions () and the coupling portions ().

In an initial position, a movable plate () is rotatably connected to a fixed plate () by a connecting mechanism () (a shaft member () and a groove ()). In a switching position, the movable plate () is slidably connected to the fixed plate () by the connecting mechanism () in a manner that enables the movable plate () to slide toward a seat width direction center side. When the movable plate () is pushed toward the seat width direction center side by the bladder (), the movable plate () and a support pad are rotated from the initial position to the switching position. Then, the movable plate () that has rotated to the switching position is pushed toward the seat width direction center side, by the bladder (), and the movable plate () and the sup port pad slide from the switching position toward the seat width direction center side.

Side support adjuster

A shoulder support adjuster includes a shoulder support, a bending angle adjusting mechanism, and a bending position adjusting mechanism. The bending angle adjusting mechanism and the bending position adjusting mechanism are provided within the shoulder support of a vehicle seat. At the bending angle adjusting mechanism, a bending angle of the seatback is adjusted by inflating an airbag. Further, at the bending position adjusting mechanism, by inflating the airbag and airbags, a flexed position of a shoulder plate is moved downward, and a bending position of the seatback changes downward. The bending position of the seatback is thereby adjusted.

Shoulder support adjuster and vehicle seat

A seatback frame structure includes a reclining mechanism, a joining member that is joined to the reclining mechanism, a fastening member, a seatback frame, and a restricting member. The seatback frame forms a frame of a seatback that can support a back of a seated occupant. The seatback frame is fastened to the joining member by the fastening member. The restricting member includes a restricting portion. The restricting portion is fastened, together with the seatback frame, to the joining member by the fastening member. The restricting portion is configured to restrict relative movement of the seatback frame with respect to the joining member when a vehicle is involved in a rear collision. The seatback frame is made of resin, and the seatback frame is fixed in a state sandwiched by the restricting member and the joining member.

Seatback frame structure

In a vehicular seat, a side airbag module and a side support bladder are arranged inside a shell frame that constitutes a skeleton of a seat back. A base bracket of a support body is disposed between the side support bladder and the side airbag module. This base bracket is supported by the shell frame. The base bracket supports the side support bladder from outside in a seat width direction at the time of inflation of the side support bladder, and is rotated inward in the seat width direction around a hinge together with the side support bladder due to an inflation pressure of a side airbag at the time of inflation and deployment of the side airbag.

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Toyota, Japan

Akira Kaneko