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Granted Patent B2
US 11,648,859 · App. 17/156,829 · Granted May 16, 2023

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi (Tochigi, JP); Ryuzaburo Abe (Tochigi, JP); Kenichi Niitsuma (Tochigi, JP); Soichiro Tanaka (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60N2/665B60N2/0284B60N2/64B60N2/80B60N2/914B60N2/99B60N2/995
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Patent No.
US 11,648,859
App. No.
17/156,829
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.

Claims (46)

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a seat back;

a seat cushion; and

a sensor configured to measure a seating posture of a seated passenger,

wherein:

the seat back comprises:

an air cell configured to expand by injection of fluid;

a fixing member on which the air cell is fixed; and

a resin plate that is disposed at a front position of the air cell;

the air cell comprises a fixing target portion at which the air cell is fixed on the fixing member;

the sensor is arranged at a position that is apart from the fixing target portion;

the resin plate is supported by the fixing member at a support position;

the sensor includes a shape sensor and a body pressure sensor; and

the body pressure sensor is disposed at a position that is apart from the support position.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the body pressure sensor includes a plurality of body pressure sensors; and

the support position of the resin plate is disposed between the plurality of body pressure sensors.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sensor includes a plurality of sensors; and

the air cell is arranged to overlap at least one of the plurality of sensors in a seat front to rear direction.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the seat back comprises a lateral air cell that is arranged on an outer side of the seat back in a seat width direction;

the sensor includes a shape sensor and a plurality of body pressure sensors; and

the lateral air cell is disposed between the plurality of body pressure sensors in a seat up to down direction.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a length in a longitudinal direction of the body pressure sensor is smaller than a length in a longitudinal direction of the air cell.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the seat back comprises a plurality of air cells that includes the air cell; and

a portion of the shape sensor is disposed between the plurality of air cells.

7. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back;

a seat cushion;

a sensor configured to measure a seating posture of a seated passenger,

wherein:

the seat back comprises:

an air cell configured to expand by injection of fluid; and

a fixing member on which the air cell is fixed;

the air cell comprises a fixing target portion at which the air cell is fixed on the fixing member;

the sensor is arranged at a position that is apart from the fixing target portion;

the seat back comprises a plurality of air cells that includes the air cell;

a plurality of partition portions are provided in the seat back, wherein the plurality of partition portions i) extend from an upper portion of the seat back to a lower end portion of the seat back, and ii) partition a front surface of the seat back into three portions;

each of the plurality of air cells is arranged across each of the plurality of partition portions; and

a length of an inner side of each of the plurality of air cells is smaller than a length of an outer side of each of the plurality of air cells.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein:

the seat back comprises a fixing member on which the plurality of air cells are fixed;

each of the plurality of air cells comprises a respective fixing target portion at which the air cell is fixed on the fixing member; and

the plurality of partition portions are arranged at positions that are apart from the fixing target portions.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-103593 · May 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16432265 · Jun 5, 2019
Continuation 15312423
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