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Granted Patent B2
US 11,679,702 · App. 17/623,960 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Kazuya Miyawaki (Tochigi-ken, JP); Naoto Yamauchi (Tochigi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60N2/5642B60N2/501
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Patent No.
US 11,679,702
App. No.
17/623,960
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle seat with a structure enabling a rockable moving piece to be disposed in a seat face in a well-fitting manner. A vehicle seat in which a rocking means having a drive mechanism and a moving piece for conveying rocking movement of the drive mechanism to a seated person is disposed in a through hole obtained by hollowing out a portion of a seat face of a seat cushion, wherein: a recess which is recessed in the thickness direction so as to surround the through hole is disposed in the seat face of the seat cushion; and the moving piece is shaped so that the bottom surface side follows the recess.

Claims (17)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back configured to support a back of a seated person;

a seat cushion configured to support buttocks of the seated person;

a frame configured to support the seat cushion and the seat back;

a through hole formed by hollowing out part of a seat surface of the seat cushion or the seat back, the through hole communicating with the frame; and

a rocking unit including a drive mechanism fixed to a portion of the frame that corresponds to the through hole and a movable portion supported by the drive mechanism, the movable portion being configured to abut against the seated person and transmit rocking motion of the drive mechanism to the seated person, wherein

the seat surface is provided with a recessed portion recessed in a thickness direction, the recessed portion being disposed around the through hole, and

the movable portion extends to a periphery of the through hole, and a lower surface of the movable portion is formed in a shape along the recessed portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion has an inclined surface which causes a depth of the recessed portion in the thickness direction to gradually increase as the depth of the recessed portion is closer to the through hole.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion includes a rigid member provided on a side of the lower surface and connected to the drive mechanism, a flexible member provided above the rigid member, and a skin covering outer surfaces of the flexible member and the rigid member, and at least an end portion of a peripheral edge of the movable portion in the lower surface of the movable portion is formed of the flexible member.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the side of the lower surface of the movable portion is covered with a friction reducing portion having a friction coefficient smaller than that of a skin forming the seat surface.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back and the seat cushion include a cushion pad fixed to the frame and a skin covering the cushion pad, and the skin is fixed to an end portion of the through hole.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the drive mechanism includes a motor configured to operate the movable portion, and the frame is provided with a heat dissipation member which is located at a position facing the motor.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the heat dissipation member comprises a fan configured to supply cooling air, and a rotation center of the fan is disposed rearward of the recessed portion.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , further comprising a first cover member that covers an entire periphery of a side portion of the frame, wherein a space is provided between the heat dissipation member and the first cover member.

9. The vehicle seat according to any claim 1 , wherein the drive mechanism includes a motor configured to operate the movable portion, and the motor is provided at a position avoiding the recessed portion.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion and the recessed portion are formed in a substantially triangular shape having rounded vertices in a plan view, and one of the vertices is disposed forward.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: MIYAWAKI, KAZUYA; YAMAUCHI, NAOTO
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-123708 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220363173A1 · Nov 17, 2022