Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinji Okuda

Osamu Fujimoto

Tadashi Nie

Hideki Akiya

Shoei Shinoda

Daiki Haraguchi

Masatoshi Handa

There is provided an lock releasing mechanism coupled to a locking mechanism via a cable and configured to be capable of releasing a locked state of the locking mechanism by electrically towing the cable, and an lock releasing mechanism can include a main switch configured to operate manually, a motor configured to be driven by a current passing operation via the main switch, a conversion gear mechanism configured to convert the direction of output of the motor, converting means configured to convert a rotating motion to a reciprocating linear motion, a slider to which the cable is coupled and configured to perform the reciprocating linear motion, and a limit switch configured to be able to pass a current to the motor by a parallel circuit different from a current passage circuit of the main switch. The limit switch is in a current blocking state when the slider is at a neutral position. In contrast, a current passing state is retained while the slider makes one reciprocating motion, and the slider is retained at a full-stroke position for a predetermined period.

Lock releasing mechanism

A vehicle seat has a seat cushion, a seat bag, a lock mechanism and a belt anchor. The seat cushion has a cushion frame. The seat bag has a back frame that is rotatably connected to the cushion frame. The lock mechanism is provided on each of the frames, and latch-connected to a striker at a vehicle side. The belt anchor is provided on one of the two frames, and is fastened with a seat belt. A force transmission structure is provided between the two frames, in which when the seat belt is pulled forward, so that a member between the belt anchor and the striker is deformed, a member at a side of the one frame pushes a member at a side of the other frame, thereby force is transmitted from the one frame side to the other frame side.

Vehicle seats

A vehicle seat moving device may include first and second longitudinal moving mechanisms and a lateral moving mechanism. Each of the longitudinal moving mechanisms has a longitudinal slide rail that is attached to a vehicle floor and a longitudinal slider that is associated with a vehicle seat. The lateral moving mechanism has a lateral moving path that is attached to a vehicle floor and a lateral moving element that is movably attached to the lateral moving path. The lateral moving path is disposed between the first and second longitudinal moving mechanisms so that the lateral moving element can move between the first and second longitudinal moving mechanisms. The longitudinal slider is arranged and constructed to slidably engage to the longitudinal slide rail. Also, the longitudinal slider is arranged and constructed to be engaged with and disengaged from the longitudinal slide rail or the vehicle seat. Further, the lateral moving element can support the vehicle seat thereon when the longitudinal slider is removed from the longitudinal slide rail, thereby permitting lateral movement of the vehicle seat.

Vehicle seat moving devices

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Toyota, Japan

Shinji Okuda