Vehicle seat including reclining apparatus

摘要

A vehicle seat having a seat cushion obtained by covering a cushion-side frame with a trim cover, a seat back obtained by covering a back-side frame with a trim cover, and a reclining apparatus for making it possible to adjust the angle of tilt of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion. The reclining apparatus has a return spring provided on the outside of the frames, a locking mechanism for putting the frames into a locked state or an unlocked state, and an operation lever for switching the state of the locking mechanism. An outside surface of the return spring is covered by the operation lever, and the hazard presented by the return spring is reduced.

主权项

1. A vehicle seat comprising
a seat cushion obtained by covering a cushion-side frame with a trim cover, a seat back obtained by covering a back-side frame with a trim cover, and a reclining apparatus for linking the cushion-side frame and the back-side frame so as to make it possible to adjust the angle of tilt of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion, the reclining apparatus comprising:
a return spring provided on an outside of the cushion-side frame and the back-side frame and adapted to urge the seat back in a forward-tilting direction;a locking mechanism capable of assuming a locked state in which the relative positions of the cushion-side frame and the back-side frame are locked and an unlocked state in which the back-side frame is capable of freely pivoting with respect to the cushion-side frame;an operation lever for switching the state of the locking mechanism between the locked state and the unlocked state, the operation lever comprising a grip section and a turning center portion integrated with the grip section;an outside surface of the return spring is covered by the turning center portion of the operation lever, andwherein a distance between the locking mechanism and a center of the seat cushion is less than a distance between the return spring and the center of the seat cushion.