Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Shingo Kimata

Shigekazu Otake

Takahiro Mitsui

Shinya Aita

Hirotaka Takei

Masahiko Yamamoto

Masashi Yamashita

Yoshinobu Kimpara

A vehicle seat having a seat cushion and ottoman pillars attached to the seat cushion, the seat cushion can be formed in a compact manner. The vehicle seat (S) comprises a cushion frame (F) including a pair of cushion side frames (), a cushion front member () connecting front ends of the cushion side frames with each other and a cushion rear member (). The cushion front member is provided with a pair of recesses () extending in a fore and aft direction, and a pair of pillar support portions () extending in the fore and aft direction are received in and bonded to the respective recesses, the ottoman including a pair of ottoman pillars () inserted into the respective pillar support portions.

Vehicle seat

An increase in the lateral dimension of a vehicle seat equipped with a tip up lock cancel mechanism is prevented. In a vehicle seat equipped with a tip up mechanism for retaining the seat cushion at least in a tip up position and a tip up lock cancel mechanism for releasing the seat cushion from a retained condition effected by the tip up mechanism in response to a forward tilting movement of the seat back, the tip up lock cancel mechanism includes a cable encasing member having one end fixed to the seat cushion and another end fixed to a back side frame via a fixing part, and a cable slidably received in the cable encasing member and having one end connected to the tip up mechanism and another end connected to a seat base, the fixing part for fixing the cable encasing member to the back side frame being located on an inner side of the back side frame.

Provided are a seat frame and a stowable vehicle seat which enables high assembling work efficiency and easy stowing operation. There are provided a reclining mechanism, a seat slide mechanism which slides a seat bottom frame, a slide lock mechanism which prohibits or allows the operation of the seat slide mechanism in cooperation with the reclining mechanism, a striker lock mechanism, and an assist mechanism which assists an operation of stowing and returning a stowable vehicle seat. The seat slide mechanism includes a lower rail, an upper rail, and a slide biasing member which automatically slides the upper rail in cooperation with a tilting movement of a seat back frame to a predetermined angle upon stowage of the stowable vehicle seat. The seat slide mechanism and the slide lock mechanism are mounted to the seat bottom frame.

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Tochigi, Japan

Shingo Kimata