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Granted Patent B2
US 11,001,178 · App. 16/498,698 · Granted May 11, 2021

Conveyance seat

Inventor: Koji Onuma (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60N2/64B60N2/68A47C7/40B23K26/21B23K2101/006B60N2/2222B60N2/897
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Patent No.
US 11,001,178
App. No.
16/498,698
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Rigidity is improved at a part where side frame pieces overlap each other in a side frame. In a vehicle seat provided with a seat back frame, a side frame of the seat back frame has a first side frame piece and a second side frame piece partially overlapping each other in a direction of extension of the side frame. The side frame has an overlapping part where both the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece overlap each other. At the overlapping part, the side frame pieces overlap each other in a state where a plurality of closed regions and closed by being surrounded by both side frame pieces are formed in a cross section of the overlapping part intersecting with the direction of extension of the side frame.

Claims (21)

1. A conveyance seat comprising a frame, wherein

a side frame positioned in a side end portion of the frame extends in a predetermined direction and has a first side frame piece and a second side frame piece partially overlapping each other in a direction of extension of the side frame,

the side frame has an overlapping part where both the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece overlap each other and, at the overlapping part, both the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece overlap each other in a state where a plurality of closed regions closed by being surrounded by both the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece are formed in a cross section of the overlapping part intersecting with the direction of extension, and

a corner portion of the first side frame piece in the cross section and a bent portion formed by the second side frame piece being bent so as to be diagonal to the corner portion constitute one of the plurality of closed regions.

2. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of closed regions are aligned in a direction intersecting with each of the direction of extension and a width direction of the conveyance seat in the cross section.

3. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of closed regions have a first closed region and a second closed region different in area from each other in the cross section.

4. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the second side frame piece overlaps the first side frame piece in a state where the second side frame piece is disposed closer to a middle of the frame than the first side frame piece in a width direction of the conveyance seat, and

a raised region is provided between the closed regions in the cross section, wherein the raised region is formed by the first side frame piece being raised toward the middle of the frame in the width direction.

5. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the first side frame piece has a first end portion and a second end portion in a direction intersecting with each of the direction of extension and a width direction of the conveyance seat,

the first end portion extends toward a middle of the frame in the width direction and is positioned on a side closer to an occupant than the second end portion in a state where the occupant is seated on the conveyance seat, and

the bent portion is positioned outside a part positioned closest to the middle of the frame in the first end portion in the width direction.

6. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame has a pair of the side frames separated from each other in a width direction of the conveyance seat and a connecting frame interconnecting the side frames in the width direction,

the connecting frame partially overlaps one side frame piece as one of the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece of the side frame in the width direction, and

at a frame overlapping part where the connecting frame and the one side frame piece overlap each other, the connecting frame and the one side frame piece overlap each other in a state where a cross section of the frame overlapping part intersecting with the direction of extension forms a closed cross section closed by being surrounded by the connecting frame and the one side frame piece.

7. The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece have first and second end portions in a direction intersecting with each of the direction of extension and a width direction of the conveyance seat,

the first end portion is positioned on a side closer to an occupant than the second end portion in a state where the occupant is seated on the conveyance seat, and

the first end portion of one of the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece is provided with a flange portion formed by being bent toward a side where the second end portion is positioned.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: ONUMA, KOJI
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050516/0403 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-061675 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-061676 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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