VEHICULAR TURNING SEAT

A prior vehicular turning seat for the use of, for example, an aged or disabled person, posed the problem of inconvenience of use because of the need of sliding a seat body forward and turning the seat body toward entrance and exit side, and another problem of sacrificing a space at a passenger'...

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Main Authors IWATANI, MASAMITSU, UDA, SHOICHI, IWAO, MASANORI, HIJIKATA, TAKAFUMI, SUGA, YASUO, MIURA, YOSHIYUKI, KAGEI, HIROYUKI, TAKENOSHITA, TADASHI, SUEHIRO, YOSHIRO, FUJITA, CHIKANORI, MURABAYASHI, KENJI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 14.06.2000
Edition7
Subjects
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:A prior vehicular turning seat for the use of, for example, an aged or disabled person, posed the problem of inconvenience of use because of the need of sliding a seat body forward and turning the seat body toward entrance and exit side, and another problem of sacrificing a space at a passenger's feet when a position of the seat is set forward in order to turn the seat without sliding it. A vehicular turning seat, in which a space at a passenger's feet is not sacrificed and which is convenient to use, wherein a seat body (2) is turnably supported by a rotating disk (13) which is mounted in a position offset from the center (HP) of a seat surface toward an entrance and exit side, and a pinion gear (6), an intermediate gear (36) and a rack (38) mesh with one another to interlock turning action with forward and rearward moving action of the seat body (2).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19980940631