IP Library Granted Patent US 11,667,220
Granted Patent B2
US 11,667,220 · App. 17/634,700 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Seat

Inventors: Atsushi Onji (Hiroshima, JP); Masanao Matsuura (Hiroshima, JP); Mizuki Kato (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
B60N2/2893B60N2/6009
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Patent No.
US 11,667,220
App. No.
17/634,700
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat capable of suppressing wrinkles around an opening of a curved-surface-portion of a skin. The seat comprises: a skin in which a curved opening is formed in the curved-surface-portion; an elastically deformable plate-shaped reinforcing-member that reinforces a peripheral portion of the opening, the reinforcing-member being disposed in a curved state along an inner surface of the curved-surface-portion; and a pressing-member that covers the peripheral portion of the opening in a state where the pressing-member presses the peripheral portion of the opening from an outer surface of the curved-surface-portion. The reinforcing-member has a main-body-portion overlapping with the pressing-ember, and extending-portions respectively extending from side edges of the main-body-portion to a range not overlapping with the pressing-member. A slit is formed in each of the extending-portions. The slits extend in a direction that a portion disposed outside in the width direction of the extending-portion is elastically deformable independently from the main-body-portion.

Claims (38)

1. A seat comprising:

a skin which has a curved surface portion at least at a part thereof and in which an opening curved in a predetermined curved direction along the curved surface portion is formed at the curved surface portion;

an elastically deformable plate-shaped reinforcing member which reinforces a peripheral area of the opening at the curved surface portion, the reinforcing member being disposed in a curved state along an inner surface of the curved surface portion; and

a pressing member which covers the peripheral area of the opening in a pressing state from an outer surface of the curved surface portion,

wherein the reinforcing member includes a main body portion which overlaps with the pressing member and sandwiches the skin in cooperation with the pressing member, and an extending portion which is connected to at least one side edge of the main body portion in a width direction orthogonal to the curved direction and extends in a range not overlapping with the pressing member,

a slit is formed in the extending portion, and

the slit extends in the curved direction such that a part of the extending portion on an outer side in the width direction is elastically deformable independently from the main body portion.

2. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is formed of a thermoplastic resin plate.

3. The seat according to claim 2 , wherein

the opening is formed at a position close to a side edge of the seat, and

the slit is formed such that both ends of the slit in a longitudinal direction of the slit are closed within a range of the reinforcing member sandwiched between a side edge of the seat and the opening.

4. The seat according to claim 2 , wherein the slit is formed at a position adjacent to a peripheral edge of the pressing member overlapping with the main body portion in the reinforcing member.

5. The seat according to claim 2 , wherein

the extending portion of the reinforcing member extends from side edges on both sides in the width direction of the main body portion, and

the slit is formed in each of the extending portions.

6. The seat according to claim 2 , wherein the main body portion is seamed to the skin.

7. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening is formed at a position close to a side edge of the seat, and

the slit is formed such that both ends of the slit in a longitudinal direction of the slit are closed within a range of the reinforcing member sandwiched between a side edge of the seat and the opening.

8. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein the slit is formed at a position adjacent to a peripheral edge of the pressing member overlapping with the main body portion in the reinforcing member.

9. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein

the extending portion of the reinforcing member extends from side edges on both sides in the width direction of the main body portion, and

the slit is formed in each of the extending portions.

10. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein the main body portion is seamed to the skin.

11. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein the opening has a size which allows insertion of a connector of a child seat thus allowing attachment of the child seat to the seat.

12. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the slit is formed at a position adjacent to a peripheral edge of the pressing member overlapping with the main body portion in the reinforcing member.

13. The seat according to claim 12 , wherein

the extending portion of the reinforcing member extends from side edges on both sides in the width direction of the main body portion, and

the slit is formed in each of the extending portions.

14. The seat according to claim 12 , wherein the main body portion is seamed to the skin.

15. The seat according to claim 12 , wherein the opening has a size which allows insertion of a connector of a child seat thus allowing attachment of the child seat to the seat.

16. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein

the extending portion of the reinforcing member extends from side edges on both sides in the width direction of the main body portion, and

the slit is formed in each of the extending portions.

17. The seat according to claim 16 , wherein the main body portion is seamed to the skin.

18. The seat according to claim 16 , wherein the opening has a size which allows insertion of a connector of a child seat thus allowing attachment of the child seat to the seat.

19. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion is seamed to the skin.

20. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the opening has a size which allows insertion of a connector of a child seat thus allowing attachment of the child seat to the seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: ONJI, ATSUSHI; MATSUURA, MASANAO; KATO, MIZUKI
To: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058989/0842 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-160704 · Sep 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220289083A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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