IP Library Granted Patent US 12668155
Granted Patent B2
US 12668155 · App. 18/492,793 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Vehicle rear seat structure and vehicle

Inventor: Tomohiro Muramatsu (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/005B60K1/04B60K2001/0433
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Patent No.
US 12668155
App. No.
18/492,793
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle rear seat structure includes: a rear seat disposed at a rear part inside a vehicle cabin; a battery unit disposed at a vehicle lower side of the vehicle rear seat; and a resin pedestal provided between the rear seat and the battery unit, the pedestal having a plate thickness in a vehicle vertical direction, and an upper surface of the pedestal being formed in a shape that conforms to the rear seat.

Claims (9)

1 . A vehicle rear seat structure, comprising:

a rear seat disposed at a rear part inside a vehicle cabin;

a battery unit disposed at a vehicle lower side of the vehicle rear seat; and

a resin pedestal provided between the rear seat and the battery unit, the pedestal having a plate thickness in a vehicle vertical direction, and an upper surface of the pedestal being formed in a shape that conforms to the rear seat,

wherein the pedestal is formed by a plurality of resin members, the plurality of resin members being joined in a vehicle width direction, and

wherein, among adjacent resin members of the plurality of resin members, one of the adjacent resin members is formed with an engagement groove hollowed out in a cylindrical shape, and another of the adjacent resin members is formed with a cylindrical engagement protrusion corresponding to the engagement groove.

2 . The vehicle rear seat structure of claim 1 , wherein the pedestal is provided with a side wall portion, side wall portion covering a side face of the battery unit from an outer side in a vehicle width direction.

3 . The vehicle rear seat structure of claim 1 , wherein a concave part is formed at a lower surface of the pedestal, the concave part corresponding to a convex part formed at an upper surface of the battery unit.

4 . A vehicle, including the vehicle rear seat structure of claim 1 .