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Granted Patent B2
US 10,479,247 · App. 16/010,867 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Vehicle seat

Inventor: Yuki Miyawaki (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/7094B60N2/68
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,479,247
App. No.
16/010,867
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat including: an elastic support body including a seat pad; and an adjacent member adjacent to the seat pad, wherein a gap is provided between the elastic support body and the adjacent member and extends toward an inner area of the seat in which a frame material is provided, and wherein the elastic support body has a protruding portion which protrudes between the adjacent member and the frame material and is configured to block the gap.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

an elastic support body including:

a seat pad; and

a structural molded foam body integrated into a lower surface of the seat pad; and

an adjacent member subjacent to the seat pad and the structural molded foam body,

wherein a gap is provided between the elastic support body and the adjacent member and the gap extends from an outer surface toward an inner area of the seat in which a frame material is provided,

wherein the structural molded foam body has a protruding portion which protrudes downwardly between the adjacent member and the frame material and is configured to block the gap,

wherein the structural molded foam body is harder and has a lower density compared to the seat pad.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic support body has a configuration that the seat pad is made of urethane foam and the structural molded foam body comprises a bead foam molded body made of foamed beads.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protruding portion has a shape intersecting with an entering direction of the gap.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protruding portion has an inverted mountain shape protruding in a form inclined in an entering direction of the gap.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protruding portion has a shape protruding in a form that is configured to cross the gap in a vertical direction of the seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2018
From: MIYAWAKI, YUKI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046119/0688 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-121267 · Jun 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180370404A1 · Dec 27, 2018