IP Library Granted Patent US 10,166,893
Granted Patent B2
US 10,166,893 · App. 15/683,984 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Seat pad

Inventor: Masahiko Takemoto (Itami, JP)
Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
B60N2/64A47C7/029A47C7/18B60N2/70A47C27/148A47C27/15
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Patent No.
US 10,166,893
App. No.
15/683,984
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat pad is made of a flexible polyurethane foam, wherein when the seat pad is divided into five equal parts in a direction of a thickness and the five equal parts are termed from a first layer, to a fifth layer, starting from a front surface side, the equal parts are ranked in the following order of decreasing hardness: the fifth layer, the fourth layer, the third layer, and the second layer. The hardness of the fourth layer is set larger than the hardness of the first layer. A midportion of the seat pad that is a portion other than the front surface and an underside surface is set at a density of 45 to 55 kg/m 3 .

Claims (7)

1. A seat pad made of a flexible polyurethane foam, wherein

when the seat pad is divided into five equal parts in a direction of a thickness between a front surface and an underside surface and the five equal parts are termed a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, and a fifth layer, starting from the front surface side, a midportion of the seat pad that is a portion other than the front surface and the underside surface is set at a density of 45 to 55 kg/m 3 ,

the equal parts are ranked in the following order of decreasing hardness at the center of each layer: the fifth layer, the fourth layer, the third layer, and the second layer, with the hardness of the fourth layer set larger than the hardness of the first layer, and a ratio of the hardness of the fifth layer to the hardness of the first layer is set at 1.2 or more, and

the hardness is 25% hardness measured in conformity to a D method defined in JIS K6400-2 as used in the 2012 edition.

2. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the hardness of the fifth layer to the hardness of the fourth layer is larger than a ratio of the hardness of the fourth layer to the hardness of the first layer.

3. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer has a larger hardness than the first layer.

4. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein a tensile modulus meaning a slope in an interval from a strain of 1.0 to a strain of 1.5 of a stress-strain curve determined by a tensile test conforming to the JIS K6400-5 (2012) is 150 kPa or less.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2019
From: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
To: TOYO QUALITY ONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050329/0447 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
To: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048715/0804 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2017
From: TAKEMOTO, MASAHIKO
To: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043370/0971 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-183879 · Sep 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180079338A1 · Mar 22, 2018