IP Library Granted Patent US 9,221,369
Granted Patent B2
US 9,221,369 · App. 14/351,020 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Seat pad

Inventors: Koji Sanefuji (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Kazushige Ebe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
B60N2/44A47C27/15B60N2/70B60N2/7017
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Patent No.
US 9,221,369
App. No.
14/351,020
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat pad ( 10 ) that is mounted in a vehicle and used as a seating portion is provided with: a first layer ( 11 ) that is formed by a first foam body (A), and a second layer ( 12 ) that is formed by a second foam body (B) and that is laminated to the first layer, wherein the first foam body has at least one of an Asker F hardness and a hysteresis loss that is greater than in the second foam body, and the second foam body has a greater modulus of repulsion elasticity than the first foam body.

Claims (48)

1. A seat pad that is mounted in a vehicle and used as a seating portion, comprising:

a first layer that is formed by a first foam body, and

a second layer that is formed by a second foam body and that is laminated to the first layer, wherein

the first foam body has at least one of an Asker F hardness and a hysteresis loss that is greater than in the second foam body,

a modulus of repulsion elasticity of the first foam body is not less than 50% and not more than 67%,

a modulus of repulsion elasticity of the second foam body is not less than 65% and less than 80%, and

the modulus of repulsion elasticity of the second foam body is greater than the modulus of repulsion elasticity of the first foam body.

2. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the first foam body has greater hysteresis loss than the second foam body.

3. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer is placed on an upper-layer side, and the second layer is placed on a lower-layer side.

4. The seat pad according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the first layer is between 30% and 50% of the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer together.

5. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer together is not more than 70 mm.

6. The seat pad according to claim 5 , wherein the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer together is 60 mm.

7. The seat pad according to claim 6 , wherein the thickness of the first layer is 50 to 10 mm and the thickness of the second layer is 10 to 50 mm.

8. The seat pad according to claim 7 , wherein the thickness of the first layer is 30 to 20 mm and the thickness of the second layer is 30 to 40 mm.

9. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein

a tan δ at 1 Hz vibration of the first foam body is not less than 0.13 and less than 0.28, and

a tan δ at 1 Hz vibration of the second foam body is not less than 0.10 and not more than 0.22.

10. The seat pad according to claim 9 , wherein

the tan δ at 1 Hz vibration of the first foam body is 0.19, and

the tan δ at 1 Hz vibration of the second foam body is not less than 0.17 and not more than 0.22.

11. The seat pad according to claim 9 , wherein

the tan δ at 1 Hz vibration of the first foam body is not less than 0.18 and not more than 0.21, and

the tan δ at 1 Hz vibration of the second foam body is not less than 0.17 and not more than 0.18.

12. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein

the first foam body is formed by foaming a first resin material that includes a first cross-linking agent,

the second foam body is formed by foaming a second resin material that includes a second cross-linking agent, and

the first cross-linking agent is different from the second cross-linking agent.

13. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein

the Asker F hardness of the first foam body is not less than 55° and less than 80°, and

the Asker F hardness of the second foam body is not less than 40° and less than 65°.

14. The seat pad according to claim 13 , wherein

the Asker F hardness of the first foam body is not less than 69° and not more than 73°, and

the Asker F hardness of the second foam body is not less than 58° and not more than 62°.

15. The seat pad according to claim 13 , wherein

the Asker F hardness of the first foam body is not less than 69° and not more than 74°, and

the Asker F hardness of the second foam body is not less than 60° and not more than 63°.

16. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein

the hysteresis loss of the first foam body is not less than 20% and not more than 43%, and

the hysteresis loss of the second foam body is not less than 10% and not more than 28%.

17. The seat pad according to claim 16 , wherein

the hysteresis loss of the first foam body is not less than 29% and not more than 41%, and

the hysteresis loss of the second foam body is not less than 17% and not more than 21%.

18. The seat pad according to claim 16 , wherein

the hysteresis loss of the first foam body is not less than 37% and not more than 43%, and the hysteresis loss of the second foam body is not less than 22% and not more than 28%.

19. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein

the first foam body is formed by foaming a first resin material that includes a first cross-linking agent,

the second foam body is formed by foaming a second resin material that includes a second cross-linking agent, and

the first cross-linking agent is the same as the second cross-linking agent.

Assignments (2)
ABSORPTION-TYPE COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
To: ARCHEM INC.
Reel/Frame 061328/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2014
From: SANEFUJI, KOJI; KUMAGAI, KENJI; EBE, KAZUSHIGE
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032659/0235 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-226759 · Oct 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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