Patent ID: 8585139
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat comprising a seat bottom with a seating surface configured to be moved in response to an impact from a direction corresponding to a front side of an occupant sitting on the seating surface in a crash of a vehicle, the seat bottom including: a base portion configured to be supported at a position fixed relative to a body of the vehicle, said base portion including a base frame; a movable frame configured to be movable together with the seating surface, said movable frame configured to be movable together with the base frame upward and downward relative to the body of the vehicle, said movable frame being coupled with the base frame in a manner that permits the movable frame to move forward and rearward with respect to the base frame; a tension generator provided at and connected to the base portion and configured to be activated in response to the impact; and a tension transmission member including a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the tension transmission member being connected at one end of the first portion with the tension generator, and bifurcated at another end of the first portion into the second and third portions which another end of the first portion is connected with one end of the second portion and with one end of the third portion, the tension transmission member being connected at another end of the third portion with the movable frame, whereby a tension generated by the tension generator activated causes the third portion of the tension transmission member to pull the movable frame rearward and at the same time causes the second portion of the tension transmission member to pull the seat belt anchor or the seat belt buckle.