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US 10,414,307 · App. 15/980,856 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Back frame of vehicle seat

Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki (Aichi-ken, JP); Hiroshi Mizobata (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/682B60N2/68B60N2/688
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Patent No.
US 10,414,307
App. No.
15/980,856
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A back frame of a vehicle seat including: a pair of side frames; an upper frame; and a reinforcing member attached to at least one of the pair of side frames, wherein the at least one of the pair of side frames has a pair of side surface portions and a rear surface portion, wherein the reinforcing member has a pair of side wall portions and a rear wall portion, wherein the rear wall portion is thicker than the pair of side wall portions, and wherein in a state where the reinforcing member is put on the at least one of the pair of side frames, the pair of side wall portions is in contact with and connected to the pair of side surface portions, and the rear wall portion is in contact with and connected to the rear surface portion by bonding or adhesion.

Claims (17)

1. A back frame of a vehicle seat comprising:

a pair of left and right side frames extending in an upper and lower direction;

an upper frame connecting upper end sides of the pair of side frames in a bridging manner; and

a reinforcing member attached to a rear side of a lower end side of at least one of the pair of side frames by being put thereon from the outside,

wherein the at least one of the pair of side frames has a closed cross section,

wherein on a rear side of the at least one of the pair of side frames, the at least one of the pair of side frames has a pair of left and right side surface portions and a rear surface portion connecting rear end portions of the pair of left and right side surface portions, and the pair of left and right side surface portions and the rear surface portion are connected in a substantially U-shape opened forward,

wherein the reinforcing member has an opened cross section and has a pair of left and right side wall portions and a rear wall portion connecting rear end portions of the pair of left and right side wall portions, and the pair of left and right side wall portions and the rear wall portion are connected in a substantially U-shape opened forward,

wherein the rear wall portion is thicker than the pair of left and right side wall portions, and

wherein the reinforcing member is attached to the at least one of the pair of side frames such that the pair of left and right side wall portions is in contact with and connected to the pair of left and right side surface portions, and the rear wall portion is in contact with and connected to the rear surface portion by bonding or adhesion.

2. The back frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the rear wall portion of the reinforcing member in a front and rear direction gradually increases from an upper side to a lower side.

3. The back frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcing member is formed of a fiber-reinforced composite resin material, and a lightweight member lighter than the fiber-reinforced composite resin material is inserted in the rear wall portion.

4. The back frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcing member is provided integrally with a lower frame connecting lower end sides of the pair of side frames in a bridging manner.

5. The back frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein the closed cross section of the at least one of the pair of side frames has a constant cross section area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: SUZUKI, HIROYUKI; MIZOBATA, HIROSHI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-098849 · May 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180334065A1 · Nov 22, 2018
Cited By (2)
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