IP Library Granted Patent US 9,637,035
Granted Patent B2
US 9,637,035 · App. 14/716,088 · Granted May 2, 2017

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Sakino Abe (Toyota, JP); Motohiro Matsuda (Toyota, JP); Hisatomo Asano (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/646B60N2/58B60N2/643B60N2/68A47C7/18A47C7/24B60N2/5891B60N2/70B61D33/0035B64D11/0647
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Patent No.
US 9,637,035
App. No.
14/716,088
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a seat pad that forms a supporting surface that supports a seated occupant; and a skin that is made of a knitted fabric or a woven fabric and covers the seat pad. The skin has a first region and a second region arranged adjacent to each other on the supporting surface, and the first region is lower in density and thinner than the second region.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat pad that forms a supporting surface that supports a seated occupant; and

a skin that is made of a knitted fabric or a woven fabric and covers the seat pad, wherein

the skin has a first region and a second region arranged adjacent to each other on the supporting surface, and

the first region is lower in density and thinner than the second region.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the supporting surface includes:

a main portion that receives a load from the seated occupant in a normal seating position when a vehicle is in a stopped state, the main portion being provided at an intermediate portion in a width direction of the vehicle seat; and

side support portions that protrude from both sides of the main portion in the width direction, and

two first regions are provided in the skin between the main portion and the side support portions in the skin.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein

the supporting surface is a backrest surface of a seat back, and

the first regions are arranged at positions at which blade bones of the seated occupant are supported.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein

the first regions extend from a height at which the blade bones of the seated occupant are supported to a height at which a lumbar of the seated occupant is supported so as to become gradually narrower toward a lower side of the vehicle seat.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the supporting surface is a seating surface of a seat cushion,

the first region is arranged at a position at which a pelvis of the seated occupant is supported, and

the second region is arranged ahead of the first region in a front direction of the vehicle seat.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein

the skin has a third region that is arranged adjacent to and ahead of the second region in the front direction of the vehicle seat and extends to a front end of the seating surface, and

the third region is lower in density and thinner than the second region.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the skin is one of a seamless knitted fabric or a woven fabric, and

the skin is integrated with a front surface of the seat pad when molding the seat pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2015
From: ABE, SAKINO; MATSUDA, MOTOHIRO; ASANO, HISATOMO
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 035670/0650 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-104121 · May 20, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150336491A1 · Nov 26, 2015