IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,686
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,686 · App. 18/482,534 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Cushion skin, seat cushion, and vehicle seat

Inventors: Syunji Takazawa (Yokohama, JP); Hideki Hasumi (Yokohama, JP); Atsushi Kageyama (Yokohama, JP); Fumito Kitanaka (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Nagumo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.; SUBARU CORPORATION
B60N2/5816
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Patent No.
US 12,420,686
App. No.
18/482,534
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a cushion skin, left and right side surface skin front portions are fixed to a cushion frame of the seat cushion. The left and right side surface skin rear portions are respectively connected to the left and right side surface skin front portions, and each have a lower extending portion extending downward of the rear portion of the cushion pad. The connecting portion is disposed at the lower side of the rear portion of the cushion pad, and connects the distal end portions of each lower extending portion of the left and right side surface skin rear portions in the seat left-right direction. In each lower extending portion, a front side in the seat front-rear direction expands wider outward in the seat left-right direction than a rear side.

Claims (14)

1. A cushion skin covering a cushion pad of a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, the cushion skin comprising:

left and right side surface skin front portions that are respectively disposed at left and right side surfaces of the seat cushion and are fixed to a cushion frame of the seat cushion;

left and right side surface skin rear portions that are respectively disposed at the left and right side surfaces of the seat cushion at a seat rear side of the left and right side surface skin front portions, that are respectively connected to the left and right side surface skin front portions, and that each have a lower extending portion extending downward of a rear portion of the cushion pad; and

a connecting portion that is disposed at a lower side of the rear portion of the cushion pad and connects distal end portions of each lower extending portion of the left and right side surface skin rear portions in a seat left-right direction,

wherein, in each lower extending portion, a front side in a seat front-rear direction expands wider outward in the seat left-right direction than a rear side.

2. The cushion skin according to claim 1 , wherein the left and right side surface skin front portions are fixed to the cushion frame by one or a plurality of fixtures disposed along the seat front-rear direction.

3. A seat cushion, comprising:

a cushion frame;

a cushion pad that is supported by the cushion frame; and

the cushion skin according to claim 1 , the cushion skin covering the cushion pad.

4. A vehicle seat, comprising:

the seat cushion according to claim 3 ;

a seat back that supports a back of an occupant seated on the seat cushion; and

a headrest that supports a head of the occupant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2023
From: TAKAZAWA, SYUNJI; HASUMI, HIDEKI; KAGEYAMA, ATSUSHI; KITANAKA, FUMITO; NAGUMO, KENJI
To: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.; SUBARU CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-162774 · Oct 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240116416A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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