IP Library Granted Patent US 9,896,009
Granted Patent B2
US 9,896,009 · App. 15/309,514 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Seat cushion of vehicle

Inventors: Sung Chol An (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Ho Seo (Yongin-si, KR); Chan Uk Park (Gyeongju-si, KR); Myeong Sub Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Yun Ho Kim (Osan-si, KR); Dong Hwan Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
B60N2/64B60N2/4415B60N2/62
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Patent No.
US 9,896,009
App. No.
15/309,514
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a seat cushion of a vehicle, the seat cushion including: a body coupled to a seat cushion; an extension disposed ahead of the body and being movable forward and backward; and an elastic member disposed in a space between the body and the extension and filling in the space between the body and the extension when the extension moves forward.

Claims (11)

1. A seat cushion of a vehicle, comprising:

a body coupled to a seat back;

an extension disposed ahead of the body and configured to move forward and backward;

an elastic member disposed in a space between the body and the extension, and configured to contract when the extension moves backward and to extend when the extension moves forward, such that the elastic member fills in the space between the body and the extension, and

a bracket disposed in the space and having first and second ends, the bracket coupled to a rear side of the elastic member,

wherein the first end is fixed to a body frame supporting the body or an extension frame supporting the extension, and the second end is coupled to the elastic member to support the elastic member in the space.

2. The seat cushion of claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is an air bladder filled with gas and having an elastic case.

3. The seat cushion of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of elastic members are provided in the space and spaced from each other in a lateral direction of the body.

4. The seat cushion of claim 1 , wherein a body cover configured to cover body is provided and the body cover is configured to extend to fully cover the elastic member when the extension moves forward.

5. The seat cushion of claim 4 , wherein an entire or a portion of the body cover is made of a material that is elastic such that the material extends forward with the elastic member to cover the elastic member when the extension moves forward, and contracts without wrinkles when the extension returns backward.

6. The seat cushion of claim 5 , wherein a portion, which is configured to cover the elastic member, of the body cover is made of the elastic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2016
From: AN, SUNG CHOL; SEO, JIN HO; PARK, CHAN UK; KIM, MYEONG SUB; KIM, YUN HO; KIM, DONG HWAN
To: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 040254/0629 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0054845 · May 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170151898A1 · Jun 1, 2017