Patent ID: 6572172
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A rotating vehicle seat for use with a vehicle having a vehicle body, the seat being rotatable between a sitting position, in which the rotating vehicle seat is directed towards a front of the vehicle and a vehicle entry/exit position, in which the seat is directed towards a side of the vehicle, the rotating vehicle seat comprising:a support base capable of moving in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a rotating seat base disposed on the support base; a driving source that generates a driving force; and driving means comprising rotating means for rotating the seat base with respect to the support base by means of the driving force of the driving source and moving means for moving the support base in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by means of a rotational force of the seat base, wherein the driving means only rotates the seat base when the seat base is disposed between the sitting position and an intermediate position, in which the seat base has been rotated by a predetermined angle to the vehicle entry/exit position from the sitting position, and the driving means rotates the seat base while moving the support base along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the seat base is between the intermediate position and the vehicle entry/exit position.