Patent ID: 8757719
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat body comprising a seat cushion and a seat back, and having a standing position in which the seat back stands up relative to the seat cushion, and a forward-tilted position in which the seat back is tilted forward, the seat body being adapted to be flipped up toward a side wall of a vehicle compartment and stored when the seat body is in the forward-tilted position; and a slide mechanism provided on a vehicle body constituent member, and on which the seat body is mounted such that the seat body is slidable relative to the vehicle body constituent member, wherein the slide mechanism comprises a first slide mechanism and a second slide mechanism that are located on opposite sides of the seat body and arranged in a parallel manner with each other to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the second slide mechanism being disposed inwardly of the first slide mechanism in the vehicle compartment, as viewed in a width direction of the vehicle, the first slide mechanism is provided with a rotation hinge mechanism including a biasing member that causes the seat body to flip up toward the side wall of the vehicle compartment, the second slide mechanism is provided with a coupling/decoupling switching mechanism that is selectively placed in a locking position in which the second slide mechanism and the seat body are coupled with each other, and an unlocking position in which the second slide mechanism and the seat body are allowed to be decoupled from each other, the seat body being adapted to be flipped up by the biasing member when the coupling/decoupling switching mechanism is in the unlocking position, and the slide mechanism includes a flip-up position detecting unit that detects a predetermined flip-up position of the seat body within a slidable range over which the seat body is slidable on the slide mechanism, the coupling/decoupling switching mechanism being switched to the unlocking position when the flip-up position detecting unit detects the predetermined flip-up position.