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Granted Patent B2
US 10,384,573 · App. 15/845,285 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Hideyuki Izukawa (Aichi-ken, JP); Takenori Ojika (Aichi-ken, JP); Shigeru Ishino (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/5883B68G7/05B60N2/5891
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Patent No.
US 10,384,573
App. No.
15/845,285
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat pad that defines an outer shape of the vehicle seat and elastically supports a body of a seated occupant; and a seat cover that is formed by sewing a plurality of parts, the seat cover covering a seating surface of the seat pad. The seating surface includes a recessed surface portion that is recessed in a thickness direction of the seat pad. The seat cover includes a covering material and a first cover pad that is disposed on and fixed to a reverse surface of the covering material. A plurality of through holes is provided in the first cover pad in a portion of the seat cover, the plurality of through holes extending through the first cover pad in a thickness direction of the first cover pad, and the portion of the seat cover corresponding to the recessed surface portion.

Claims (28)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat pad that defines an outer shape of the vehicle seat and configured to elastically support a body of a seated occupant; and

a seat cover that is defined by a plurality of parts sewn together, the seat cover covering a seating surface of the seat pad, wherein

the seating surface includes a recessed surface portion that is recessed in a thickness direction of the seat pad, the recessed surface portion is covered with the seat cover such that sewing lines face the recessed surface portion, the plurality of parts being sewn at the sewing lines, the sewing lines are formed on a same imaginary line such that an isolation portion that is not sewn is provided between the sewing lines,

the seat cover includes a covering material and a first cover pad that is disposed on and fixed to a reverse surface of the covering material, and

a plurality of through holes are provided in the first cover pad at left end and right end portions of the first cover pad, the plurality of through holes extending through the first cover pad in a thickness direction of the first cover pad, and the plurality of through holes in the first cover pad being provided in an isolation portion part of the isolation portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

a diameter of each of the plurality of through holes is smaller than a thickness of the first cover pad.

3. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat pad that defines an outer shape of the vehicle seat and configured to elastically support a body of a seated occupant; and

a seat cover that is defined by a plurality of parts sewn together, the seat cover covering a seating surface of the seat pad, wherein

the seating surface includes a recessed surface portion that is recessed in a thickness direction of the seat pad,

the seat cover includes a covering material, a first cover pad that is disposed on and fixed to a reverse surface of the covering material, and a second cover pad that is disposed on a surface of the first cover pad, the surface of the first cover pad being on a side opposite to a side where the covering material is disposed, and

a plurality of through holes are provided in the first cover pad and the second cover pad at left end and right end portions of the first cover pad and the second cover pad, the plurality of through holes extending through the first cover pad and the second cover pad in a thickness direction of the first cover pad and the second cover pad, and the plurality of through holes in the first cover pad and the second cover pad being provided in the recessed surface portion.

4. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat pad that defines an outer shape of the vehicle seat and configured to elastically support a body of a seated occupant; and

a seat cover that is defined by a plurality of parts sewn together, the seat cover covering a seating surface of the seat pad, wherein

the seating surface includes a recessed surface portion that is recessed in a thickness direction of the seat pad,

the seat cover includes a covering material and a first cover pad that is disposed on and fixed to a reverse surface of the covering material, and

a plurality of through holes are provided in the first cover pad in a portion of the seat cover, the plurality of through holes extending through the first cover pad in a thickness direction of the first cover pad, and the portion of the seat cover corresponding to the recessed surface portion, wherein

the recessed surface portion is covered with the seat cover such that sewing lines face the recessed surface portion, the plurality of parts being sewn at the sewing lines,

the sewing lines are formed on a same imaginary line such that an isolation portion that is not sewn is provided between the sewing lines, and

the plurality of through holes is provided in the first cover pad in an isolation portion part, the isolation portion part being disposed to correspond to the isolation portion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein

a diameter of each of the plurality of through holes is smaller than a thickness of the first cover pad.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein

a second cover pad is disposed on a surface of the first cover pad, the surface of the first cover pad being on a side opposite to a side where the covering material is disposed, and

the plurality of through holes is provided in the second cover pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2017
From: IZUKAWA, HIDEYUKI; OJIKA, TAKENORI; ISHINO, SHIGERU
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044423/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-247642 · Dec 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180170225A1 · Jun 21, 2018
Cited By (1)
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