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Granted Patent B2
US 12,344,142 · App. 17/928,010 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Cushion support member structure and vehicle seat

Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsurumi (Tochigi, JP); Yoichi Takahashi (Tochigi, JP); Kenshiro Wakao (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60N2/686B60N2/5825B60N2/682B62J1/00
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Patent No.
US 12,344,142
App. No.
17/928,010
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure of a cushion support member including reinforcements and a joint at which the reinforcements intersect and are joined together. The reinforcements include a first reinforcement, a second reinforcement and a third reinforcement extending respectively in a first direction, a second direction adjacent to the first direction, and a third direction adjacent to the second direction. The joint has a surface showing a first join line indicating a joined part of the first and second reinforcements and a second join line indicating a joined part of the second and third reinforcements. The first and second join lines are formed of curved lines curving from one side to the other side in a thickness direction of the cushion support member, and an end of the first join line and an end of the second join line meet at a same position on the one side.

Claims (27)

1. A structure of a cushion support member that constitutes a seat on which an occupant is to sit, and supports a cushion material which is provided on an upper surface of the cushion support member, wherein

the cushion support member comprises:

a plurality of reinforcements for reinforcing the cushion support member; and

a joint at which the plurality of reinforcements intersect with each other and are joined together,

the plurality of reinforcements include a first reinforcement that extends in a first direction, a second reinforcement that extends in a second direction adjacent to the first direction, and a third reinforcement that extends in a third direction adjacent to the second direction,

the joint has a surface showing a first join line and a second join line, the first join line indicating a joined part of the first reinforcement and the second reinforcement, the second join line indicating a joined part of the second reinforcement and the third reinforcement,

the first join line and the second join line are formed of curved lines, each curved line of the curved lines curving from one end of the curved line to another end of the curved line in a thickness direction of the cushion support member, and

an end of the first join line and an end of the second join line meet at a same position on the one side in the thickness direction,

wherein the joint has a back surface formed with a hole, the hole being formed into a perfect circle shape as well as a dome-like shape so as to not penetrate the joint.

2. The structure of the cushion support member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cushion support member further comprises a load-receiving part for receiving an occupant load,

a plurality of joints are provided in a front-rear direction of the seat, each of the joints being the joint, and

the load-receiving part is disposed on an outer side in a right-left direction of the seat, from the plurality of joints, while being disposed in a middle in the front-rear direction of the plurality of joints, in a projection view from a side surface of the cushion support member.

3. The structure of the cushion support member according to claim 2 ,

wherein the cushion support member further comprises a bead for reinforcing the cushion support member, and

the bead is disposed on an outer side in the right-left direction of the seat, from the plurality of joints, while being disposed at an interval from the load-receiving part in the front-rear direction, in a projection view from the side surface of the cushion support member.

4. The structure of the cushion support member according to claim 3 ,

wherein the cushion support member further comprises the plurality of reinforcements that extend in the right-left direction of the seat from each of the plurality of joints,

a plurality of beads are provided, each of the beads being the bead,

one bead that is one of the plurality of beads is disposed forward of and closest to the load-receiving part, the one bead is formed longer than the other beads, and

the one bead that is closest to the load-receiving part is disposed in a middle in the front-rear direction of the plurality of reinforcements that extend in the right-left direction of the seat from each of the plurality of joints, in a projection view from the side surface of the cushion support member.

5. A structure of a cushion support member that constitutes a seat on which an occupant is to sit, and supports a cushion material which is provided on an upper surface of the cushion support member, wherein

the cushion support member comprises:

a plurality of reinforcements for reinforcing the cushion support member, the plurality of reinforcements including a first reinforcement that extends in a first direction, a second reinforcement that extends in a second direction adjacent to the first direction, and a third reinforcement that extends in a third direction adjacent to the second direction;

a plurality of joints provided in a front-rear direction of the seat at which the plurality of reinforcements intersect with each other and are joined together, each of the plurality of joints has a surface showing a first join line and a second join line, the first join line indicating a joined part of the first reinforcement and the second reinforcement, the second join line indicating a joined part of the second reinforcement and the third reinforcement, the first join line and the second join line are formed of curved lines, each curved line of the curved lines curving from one end of the curved line to another end of the curved line in a thickness direction of the cushion support member, an end of the first join line and an end of the second join line meeting at a same position on the one side in the thickness direction;

a load-receiving part for receiving an occupant load, the load-receiving part being disposed on an outer side in a right-left direction of the seat, from the plurality of joints, while being disposed in a middle in the front-rear direction of the plurality of joints, in a projection view from a side surface of the cushion support member; and

a bead for reinforcing the cushion support member, the bead being disposed on an outer side in the right-left direction of the seat, from the plurality of joints, while being disposed at an interval from the load-receiving part in the front-rear direction, in a projection view from the side surface of the cushion support member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: TSURUMI, KAZUHIRO; TAKAHASHI, YOICHI; WAKAO, KENSHIRO
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061890/0163 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-195854 · Nov 26, 2020 · national
JP 2021-032294 · Mar 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62704768 · May 28, 2020
Related Publication 20230211712A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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