Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha

Akira Konagai

Makoto Esaki

Shinji Kurachi

Ryou Hattori

Toshihiko Maeta

A leg () is pivotably supported by a cushion frame () such that part of the leg () is accommodated in a space (S) surrounded by the cushion frame (). When the leg () is folded, part of the leg () is accommodated in the space (S) surrounded by the cushion frame (). Thus, when the seat cushion () is flipped up to a storage position along a side wall () of the passenger compartment, part of the leg () is accommodated in the space (S) surrounded by the cushion frame (). This prevents the leg () from projecting from the cushion frame () by the amount corresponding to the thickness of the accommodated portion.

Vehicle seat

In a vehicle seat that includes a seat cushion, a seatback that is rotatably attached to the seat cushion, and a spring that urges the seatback to a raised upright position from a reclined position in which the seatback is tilted back behind the seat cushion, the spring is spiral shaped, with a center-side end portion that is arranged near the rotational center of the seatback hooked on a seatback-connected member and an outside end portion that is positioned on the outer peripheral side of the spring hooked on a seat cushion-connected member. A shield member that covers the spring is attached to the seat cushion.

A seat frame reinforcement structure has a reinforcing member that is provided between both side frames that constitute a framework of a seatback of a vehicle seat, is connected to the side frames, and extends in the width direction of the vehicle seat. The reinforcing member includes a rod that is larger in diameter than each of operation pins that pass through center portions of reclining mechanisms, bushings that are connected to respective end portions of the rod, and a guide member that is connected integrally to the side frame so as to surround the outer periphery of a portion of the operation pin, which is exposed due to a clearance formed between an end portion of one of the bushings and the side frame. Due to the provision of the guide member, the diameter of the reinforcing member is maintained large even in a region where there is the clearance.

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Akira Konagai