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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Takashi Yasui, Akishima, JP;
Katsumasa Shimizu, Akishima, JP;
Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shock absorption in a seat back of a seat, which is arranged in a bracket fixed on the seat back frame in the seat back and an operation lever attached to the bracket. In this arrangement, the bracket is formed such that upper and lateral wall regions are defined independently of each other, with a slit defined therebetween. The lower securing portion of the bracket, fixedly secured on the seat back frame, is relatively easy to bend forwardly relative to the seat back frame by an external load applied to the rearward side thereof. A stopper wire member, which has an abutment end portion, is provided over the vertical wall region of bracket and a part of the seat back frame, such that the abutment end portion is oriented toward the operation lever. Hence, the bracket is bendable forwardly by a great external load applied from the rear side of seat back frame, in which case, the operation lever in the bracket will be abutted against the abutment end portion of stopper wire member, causing both bracket and stopper wire member to bend forwardly, to thereby absorb a corresponding great shock.