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Granted Patent B2
US 10,227,026 · App. 14/895,283 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Gen Takahashi (Nagakute, JP); Daisuke Ito (Kasugai, JP); Hideki Kobayashi (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/68B60N2/80B60N2205/20
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Patent No.
US 10,227,026
App. No.
14/895,283
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a frame member ( 13 ) of the seat, a cushion material ( 14 ) covering the frame member, a soft member ( 25 ) that is softer than the cushion material and secured to the frame member, and a weight ( 24 ) located in the soft member.

Claims (50)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a frame member of the seat;

a cushion material covering the frame member;

a soft member that is softer than the cushion material and directly secured to the frame member; and

a weight located in the soft member, wherein

a peripheral portion of the soft member that surrounds the weight is directly secured to the frame member.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the soft member includes an urethane pad including overlapped segments, wherein the weight is held between the overlapped segments, and

each of the overlapped segments includes a bonded portion that is compression-bonded to the bonded portion of another of the overlapped segments, wherein the bonded portion surrounds the weight.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the urethane pad is secured to the frame member at the bonded portions.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame member includes a securing pin extending from the frame member,

the peripheral portion of the soft member includes a securing opening extending through the soft member,

the stopper includes a securing hole, and

the securing pin is inserted into the securing opening of the soft member and the securing hole of the stopper.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame member include a securing pin extending from the frame member,

the peripheral portion of the soft member includes a securing opening extending through the soft member, and

the securing pin is inserted into the securing opening to secure the peripheral portion of the soft member to the frame member.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , further comprising a stopper that sandwiches only the peripheral portion of the soft member with the frame member to secure the peripheral portion of the soft member to the frame member, wherein

the stopper and the frame member compress the soft member.

7. A vehicle seat comprising:

a frame member of the seat;

a cushion material covering the frame member;

a soft member that is softer than the cushion material and directly secured to the frame member; and

a weight located in the soft member,

wherein a peripheral portion of the soft member that surrounds the weight is directly secured to the frame member,

wherein the frame member include a securing pin extending from the frame member,

wherein the soft member includes a securing opening extending through the soft member, and

wherein the securing pin is inserted into the securing opening to secure the soft member to the frame member.

8. A vehicle seat comprising:

a frame member of the seat;

a cushion material covering the frame member;

a soft member that is softer than the cushion material and directly secured to the frame member; and

a weight located in the soft member.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 8 , wherein

the soft member includes an urethane pad including overlapped segments, wherein the weight is held between the overlapped segments; and

each of the overlapped segments includes a bonded portion that is compression-bonded to the bonded portion of another of the overlapped segments, wherein the bonded portion surrounds the weight.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein the urethane pad is secured to the frame member at the bonded portions.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 8 , further comprising a stopper that sandwiches the soft member with the frame member to secure the soft member to the frame member.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the stopper and the frame member compress the soft member.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein

the frame member includes a securing pin extending from the frame member;

the soft member includes a securing opening extending through the soft member;

the stopper includes a securing hole; and

the securing pin is inserted into the securing opening of the soft member and the securing hole of the stopper.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 8 , wherein

the frame member include a securing pin extending from the frame member;

the soft member includes a securing opening extending through the soft member; and

the securing pin is inserted into the securing opening to secure the soft member to the frame member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2016
From: TAKAHASHI, GEN; ITO, DAISUKE; KOBAYASHI, HIDEKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037544/0676 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-117888 · Jun 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160121770A1 · May 5, 2016
Cited By (1)
US 12,485,805