JPH07246130A - Armrest for vehicle seat - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To improve the operability of the operation panel attached to the armrest and prevent malfunction. In addition, even if it is a seat for three or four people, it is clearly indicated that it is an operation panel for its own seat. [Structure] Audio channel switching / volume adjustment switch 11, reading light ON / OFF switch 12 or a call is provided on the front upper surfaces of armrests 3 and 4 which are formed in seats for various vehicles such as aircrafts, automobiles, railway vehicles, and ships. The operation panel 10 in which the buttons 13 and the like are collectively arranged is mounted with its operation surface slightly inclined toward the inside of the seat.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an armrest for a vehicle seat equipped with an operation panel which is formed on various vehicle seats such as aircrafts, automobiles, railway vehicles and ships.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, an armrest formed in a seat for various vehicles such as an aircraft, an automobile, a railroad vehicle, a ship, etc. has a front inner surface of a side armrest 51 formed in a seat, that is, a passenger. On the side of the seat bottom 52 of the seat where the person sits, together with the reclining button 54 of the seat back 53, an earphone jack 55, a channel switching / volume adjusting switch 56 for audio, an ON / OFF switch 57 for reading light and a call button (call button). An operation panel 59 in which 58 and the like are collectively arranged is mounted. Passengers seated in the seats configured as described above listen to music or read while operating these operation panels 59, and call the stewardess and other crew members as necessary.

[0003]

However, in the conventional operation panel 59 configured inside the side armrest 51 as described above, for example, in the case where the operation panel 59 is configured as the economy side armrest 51 in which the seating interval of the seat is narrow. For a passenger with a large physique, the space between the seated body and the armrest becomes extremely small, so that the operation surface of the operation panel 59 is difficult to see, making it difficult to operate each operation button. There is a problem that when the operator touches the operation panel 59 when he / she sits down again to correct his / her posture, he / she inadvertently turns ON / OFF the operation switches and buttons, which may cause a malfunction.

In addition, in many economy class seats, a plurality of seats such as a three-seater and a four-seater are arranged in a row, and passengers seated at both ends make a mistake in the position of the operation panel of their own seat. Even if nothing happens, there is a problem that a passenger sitting in the middle seat is likely to make a mistake in handling such as operating the operation panel for another seat by mistake.

The present invention was devised in view of the above problems, and has an extremely simple structure, improves operability, can prevent malfunction, and is an operation panel for the seat. It is an object of the present invention to provide an armrest for a vehicle seat capable of clarifying the above.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an armrest for a vehicle seat according to the present invention is an aircraft,
On the upper surface of the armrest which is configured to seats for various vehicles such as automobiles, railway vehicles or ships, channel change / volume adjustment switch for audio, ON / OF for reading light
The gist is that various operation buttons such as an F switch and a call button are collectively arranged. The various operation buttons may be configured on the operation panel, the operation panel may be attached to the upper surface of the armrest, and the operation surface of the operation panel may be configured to be slightly inclined toward the inside of the seat. it can. The operation panel may be configured to be detachably attached to an opening formed on the front surface of the upper surface of the armrest, and may be configured to be freely inspected or replaced.

[0007]

According to the above construction, since the operation panel is mounted on the front upper surface of the armrest with the operation surface inclined toward the inside of the seat, the armrest can be arranged with the operation surface facing the seated person. For example, it is easy to see the operation surfaces of the audio channel selection / volume control switch, the ON / OFF switch for reading lights, and various operation buttons such as call buttons that are configured on the operation panel, and to operate these easily. it can. Further, since the operation panel can be detachably attached to the opening of the armrest, it is possible to quickly and easily perform maintenance by removing only the operation panel at the time of inspection or failure. Furthermore, when the armrest is configured in the middle part where a plurality of seats are connected in series, it is possible to clearly indicate whether or not it is the operation panel of the own seat in the inclination direction of the operation surface, and operate the operation panel for the adjacent seat by mistake. It can also be prevented.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a vehicle seat armrest according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a vehicle seat for four persons, such as an aircraft, a vehicle, or a ship, equipped with an armrest according to the present invention. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a seat back pivotally supported so as to be freely tilted backward via a reclining mechanism (not shown) having a fulcrum at a rear end of a seat bottom 2 of a vehicle seat. Side armrests 3, 3 are fixed to both side ends of the seat bottoms 2, 2 ... And armrests 4, 4, 4 are also fixedly configured for intermediate seat bottoms 2, 2 to form each seat. It is a thing.

2 to 4 show an armrest according to the present invention. Each of the armrests 3, 4 ... Is provided with an ashtray 5 configured to be capable of projecting and retracting forward at the front end thereof, and at the rear of the armrests 3, 4 an arm cushion 6 made of urethane resin or the like serving as an armrest portion. Is attached. Further, a reclining operation button 7 and an earphone jack 8 for inclining or erecting the seat back 1 are attached to the side surfaces of the armrests 3, 4. Reference numeral 9 is a position placard that clearly indicates in which position in which row the seat is located in the cabin or in the vehicle. Reference numeral 10 is an operation in which the audio channel switching / volume adjusting switches 11, 11 mounted on the front upper surfaces of the armrests 3, 4, ..., The reading light ON / OFF switch 12, the call button 13 and the like are collectively arranged. It is a panel. The operation surface of the operation panel 10 is inclined inwardly of the seat, that is, toward the passenger seated on the seat, about 10 degrees downward with respect to the horizontal plane (inclination angle α). Reference numeral 14 is a mounting bracket for mounting the armrests 3 and 4 on a seat frame (not shown) so as to stand upright.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the operation panel 10 according to the present embodiment has a housing 15 mounted in an opening 16 formed in the front upper surfaces of the armrests 3, 4.
Inside the housing 15, control parts and wiring (not shown) such as the channel changing / volume adjusting switches 11 and 11 for audio, the ON / OFF switch 12 for reading light, and the call button 13 are installed. And
Its cross-sectional shape is substantially rhombic. In addition, the operation surface is inclined with respect to the openings 16 of the armrests 3 and 3 with respect to the inside of the seat as described above. In the case 15, the engaging claw 17 projecting on one side is engaged with the supporting step 18 formed to project inside the opening 16 of the armrests 3, 4 with a predetermined step, The other side of the housing 15 is fixed to the inside of the opening 16 below a supporting step portion 18 formed to project with a predetermined step, and is fixed by a screw extending inward in a crank shape. It is detachably fixed to the metal fitting 19 with a screw 21 via an elastic member 20 such as a coil spring. Reference numeral 22 is a connector formed on the side of the operation panel 10 for signal connection to a connector (not shown) on the machine side. Thus, the operation panel 10 includes the armrests 3,
Since it can be detachably attached to the opening 16 of 4, the operation panel 10 can be used at the time of periodic inspection or failure.
It can be removed for maintenance.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 10 according to the present invention is constructed by inclining the horizontal direction of the armrests 3, 4 toward the seat bottom 2 side by about 10 degrees α. It may be inclined toward the seat bottom 2 side and gently inclined toward the seat back 1 in two directions so that it can be easily seen by a seated person.

FIG. 5 shows the positional relationship between the operation panel of the armrest according to the present invention and the seated person. In the seats for four persons, the operation panels 10, 10 are provided on the side armrests 3, 3 of the seats A, D located at both ends thereof.
The operation surfaces 10a and 10d are arranged so as to incline toward the passengers seated in the seats. The operation surfaces 10b and 10 of the operation panels 10 and 10 formed on the armrests 4 and 4 of the intermediate seats B and C, respectively.
Since c is arranged so as to be inclined, it becomes clear which of the operation panels 10 and 10 is for the own seat, and it is possible to make a mistake such that the operation panel 10 of a neighbor is mistakenly operated. Absent. That is, the passenger seated in the B seat must be the operation panel 10b for his / her own seat in the inclination direction of the operation surface 10 because the operation surface 10b of the operation panel 10 of the armrest 4 on the right side of the own seat is inclined inward. Can understand. For the passenger seated in the B seat, the operation panel 1 configured on the armrest 4 on the left side of the seat.
0 means that the operation surface 10c is inclined toward the adjacent seat,
It can be easily determined that it is not the operation panel 10 for one's own use, and it is possible to prevent the operation panel 10 for the adjacent seat from being operated by mistake.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the operation panel. In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the operation panel 10 having an inclined operation surface is attached to the openings 16 of the armrests 3 and 4 has been described, but the openings of the armrests 3 and 4 are described. The housing 2 is opened in a state in which the portion 23 itself is tilted gently (angle β) with respect to the vertical surface, and the housing 2 formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with respect to the tilted opening 23
4 can be mounted, and the operation panel 10 can be configured to incline inward of the seat with respect to the horizontal plane.

[0014]

Since the armrest for a vehicle seat according to the present invention is configured as described above, since the operation surface of the operation panel is configured to incline toward the inside of the seat at the front and upper surfaces of the armrest, For passengers seated in the seat, channel change / volume adjustment switch for audio and O for reading light are configured on the operation panel.
N / OFF switch, call button, etc. are easy to see,
The operation becomes easy. Moreover, since the operation surface of the operation panel of each seat is inclined toward each passenger, it is possible to determine whether or not the operation panel is for the own seat by the direction of the inclination direction, and the operation panel for the adjacent seat is It is possible to prevent a mistake such as an operation.

Further, since the operation panel can be constructed so as to be attachable to and detachable from the opening of the armrest, only this operation panel can be removed in the event of a failure or inspection, and maintenance is easy and quick. The present invention has features such that it can be implemented, and the effects obtained by implementing the present invention are extremely large.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a seat that constitutes an armrest for a vehicle seat according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an armrest.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side sectional view showing an operation panel portion.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a positional relationship between each seat and each operation panel.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the operation panel.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of essential parts showing an operation panel mounted on a conventional armrest.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3, 4 Armrest 10 Operation panel 11 Channel changeover / volume adjustment switch 12 Reading light ON / OFF changeover switch 13 Call button 15,24 Housing 16,23 Opening

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A channel switching / volume adjusting switch for audio, an ON / OFF switch for reading light, a call button and the like are provided on the upper surface of an armrest which is formed in a seat for various vehicles such as an aircraft, an automobile, a railroad car or a ship. An armrest for a vehicle seat that features a variety of operation buttons arranged together. 2. The armrest for a vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the various operation switches and buttons are formed on an operation panel, and the operation panel is mounted on an upper surface of the armrest. 3. The vehicle seat armrest according to claim 2, wherein the operation surface of the operation panel is slightly inclined toward the inside of the seat. 4. The armrest for a vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the operation panel is configured to be detachably attached to an opening formed in a front surface of an upper surface of the armrest.