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Granted Patent B2
US 9,132,800 · App. 13/877,147 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Vehicle seat

Inventor: Masato Watanabe (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60R22/26B60N2/68B60N2/682B60N2/688
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Patent No.
US 9,132,800
App. No.
13/877,147
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle seat with an improved rigidity of a seat-base side frame, in which a load from a shoulder anchor portion can be dispersed. The vehicle seat includes: a seatback frame which includes side frames, a shoulder anchor portion which is disposed in the upper portion of the side frame, and a pair of seat-base side frames which is disposed below the side frames; in which one seat-base side frame which is connected to the lower portion of the side frame includes a lower seat-base side frame and an upper seat-base side frame connected to the upper portion thereof, the upper seat-base side frame includes an upper frame reinforcement portion formed along a shape of an edge in a connection portion, and the lower seat-base side frame includes lower frame reinforcement portions formed along a shape of an upper edge in the connection portion.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seatback frame including a pair of side frames and an upper frame connecting the pair of side frames to each other at an upper portions thereof;

a shoulder anchor portion provided in an upper portion of one of side frames so that a shoulder belt portion of a seat belt is inserted therethrough; and

a pair of seat-base side frames disposed below the pair of side frames,

wherein:

one of the seat-base side frames connected to a lower portion of the one of side frames includes a lower seat-base side frame which extends in a front to back direction and an upper seat-base side frame which is connected to an upper portion of a lower seat-base side frame,

an upper frame reinforcement portion is formed along an edge shape of the upper seat-base side frame in a connection portion of the upper seat-base side frame and the lower seat-base side frame,

a lower frame reinforcement portion is formed along an upper edge shape of the lower seat-base side frame in the connection portion with the lower seat-base side frame,

the upper frame reinforcement portion includes an upper frame bulged portion being bulged along the edge shape,

the lower frame reinforcement portion includes a lower frame bulged portion being bulged along the upper edge shape, and

a width in a seat front-to-rear direction of the upper frame bulged portion is larger than a width of the lower frame bulged portion in the connection portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the lower seat-base side frame includes a lower inner surface material provided at a side where an occupant seats himself/herself, and a lower outer surface material bonded to the lower inner surface material in a state facing each other, and

the lower frame reinforcement portion is formed at a position where the lower outer surface material and the lower inner surface material face each other.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper frame reinforcement portion and the lower frame reinforcement portion are formed in a continuous shape.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lower frame reinforcement portion further includes a curved convex portion disposed to be separated from the upper edge by a predetermined distance.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 ,

wherein the convex portion is curved in a shape generally parallel to a curved shape of the upper edge shape.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the upper frame reinforcement portion and the lower fame reinforcement portion are formed in a continuous shape and overlap with each other in a seat right-to-left direction in the connection portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2013
From: WATANABE, MASATO
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030133/0494 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-222061 · Sep 30, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130187430A1 · Jul 25, 2013