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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Hideyuki Kato, Toyota, JP;
Takahiro Sugama, Aichi, JP;
Masami Natsume, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyuki Kato, Toyota, JP;
Takahiro Sugama, Aichi, JP;
Masami Natsume, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Boushoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat device in which a seat can be simply and reliably held at a storage position. In a vehicle seat, a vehicle width direction outer side end portion of a seat cushion is supported so as to be capable of rotating around a drive shaft having an axis along a vehicle front-rear direction, and the seat cushion can be switched between a seating configuration at which an occupant can be seated and a storage configuration at which the seat cushion stands erect along a vehicle cabin inner side surface, due to being rotated around the drive shaft by a driving motor. Further, the vehicle seat which is in the storage configuration is held at the storage configuration by a striker.