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Granted Patent B2
US 10,682,939 · App. 16/210,875 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Toru Araki (Aichi-ken, JP); Koh Tanaka (Aichi-ken, JP); Yoshifumi Watanabe (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/70B60N2/5825B60N2/646
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Patent No.
US 10,682,939
App. No.
16/210,875
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a pad including: a surface pad on a side of a seating surface; and a back pad integrated to the surface pad; and a cover member that covers the pad, a frame-shaped reinforcing member is insert-molded to an outer peripheral edge of the back pad, a part of the reinforcing member, which is a locked portion that locks an end portion of the cover member, is exposed from the back pad, a part in the outer peripheral edge of the back pad other than a part corresponding to the locked portion is formed with recesses, an engagement member attached to the end portion of the cover member being inserted into the recesses, and the part of the back pad corresponding to the locked portion is thinner than a part of the back pad where the recesses are formed.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a pad which is a cushion member, the pad including:

a surface pad on a side of a seating surface; and

a back pad integrated to the surface pad on a side of the surface pad opposite to the seating surface and having a higher rigidity than a rigidity of the surface pad; and

a cover member that covers the pad,

wherein a frame-shaped reinforcing member is insert-molded to an outer peripheral edge of the back pad,

wherein at least a part of the reinforcing member, which is a locked portion that locks an end portion of the cover member, is exposed from the back pad toward a direction opposite to the side of the seating surface,

wherein a part in the outer peripheral edge of the back pad other than a part corresponding to the locked portion is formed with a plurality of recesses recessed toward the seating surface, an engagement member attached to the end portion of the cover member being inserted into the plurality of recesses and supported, and

wherein the part of the back pad corresponding to the locked portion is thinner than a part of the back pad where the plurality of recesses are formed.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the part of the back pad corresponding to the locked portion is a part of the back pad from which the locked portion is exposed, and

wherein the part in the outer peripheral edge of the back pad other than the part corresponding to the locked portion is a part of the back pad in which the reinforcing member is disposed.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcing member is formed of a linear member made of metal.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the end portion of the cover member is attached to the locked portion via a hook-shaped locking member attached to the end portion of the cover member.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the surface pad is made of urethane foamed resin, and the back pad is made of bead foam resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2018
From: ARAKI, TORU; TANAKA, KOH; WATANABE, YOSHIFUMI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047684/0333 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-235803 · Dec 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190176668A1 · Jun 13, 2019
Cited By (2)
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