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Granted Patent B2
US 10,793,025 · App. 16/245,617 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Masaru Tsukamoto (Reynoldsburg, OH); Muneyuki Nogami (Reynoldsburg, OH); Takuro Yamada (Tochigi, JP); Ronald C. Cozzo (Delaware, OH); David A. Juarez (Marysville, OH); Masakazu Okada (Dublin, OH)
Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD.; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60N2/0284B60N2/5825B60N2/68
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Patent No.
US 10,793,025
App. No.
16/245,617
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat comprising a stationary frame, a movable frame and a cushion pad is disclosed. The movable frame is provided at a front end portion of the stationary frame and configured to be slidable frontward and rearward between a first position and a second position that is frontward of the first position. The cushion pad is provided to extend frontward from an upper side of the stationary frame and configured to wrap around a front end portion of the movable frame. The movable frame has an upper surface including a curved surface bulging upwardly.

Claims (37)

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a stationary frame;

a movable frame provided at a front end portion of the stationary frame and configured to be slidable frontward and rearward between a first position and a second position that is frontward of the first position; and

a cushion pad provided to extend frontward from an upper side of the stationary frame and configured to wrap around a front end portion of the movable frame;

the movable frame comprising:

an upper surface including a curved surface bulging upwardly,

a body frame, and

a cover member,

the body frame having an upper surface extending along an upper surface of the stationary frame,

the cover member being fixed to the upper surface of the body frame and protruding upward beyond an extended plane of the upper surface of the stationary frame, and

the curved surface being provided on the cover member,

the cover member comprising a boss protruding downward, and

the body frame having a hole in which the boss is engageable, the hole being provided at the upper surface of the body frame.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the curved surface has an elongate shape having a longer dimension in a lateral direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is made of plastic.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the boss includes a claw engageable with an edge of the hole, the claw being provided at a distal end portion of the boss.

5. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a stationary frame;

a movable frame provided at a front end portion of the stationary frame and configured to be slidable frontward and rearward between a first position and a second position that is frontward of the first position; and

a cushion pad provided to extend frontward from an upper side of the stationary frame and configured to wrap around a front end portion of the movable frame;

the movable frame comprising:

an upper surface including a curved surface bulging upwardly,

a body frame,

a cover member,

the body frame having an upper surface extending along an upper surface of the stationary frame,

the cover member being fixed to the upper surface of the body frame and protruding upward beyond an extended plane of the upper surface of the stationary frame, and

the curved surface being provided on the cover member,

a pair of side covers disposed at left and right sides of the cover member,

the pair of side covers comprising a flange portion formed along a surface of the body frame,

the flange portion comprising a hook portion protruding on a body frame side, and

the body frame comprising a hook engageable portion on which the hook portion is engageable.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the flange portion further includes one or more other hook portions, the hook portion and the other hook portions being arranged in a direction perpendicular to a lateral direction.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the curved surface has an elongate shape having a longer dimension in a lateral direction.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the cover member is made of plastic.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the cover member includes a boss protruding downward, and

wherein the body frame has a hole in which the boss is engageable, the hole being provided at the upper surface of the body frame.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 9 , wherein the boss includes a claw engageable with an edge of the hole, the claw being provided at a distal end portion of the boss.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2019
From: TSUKAMOTO, MASARU; NOGAMI, MUNEYUKI; YAMADA, TAKURO
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048727/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2019
From: COZZO, RONALD C.; JUAREZ, DAVID A.; OKADA, MASAKAZU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048727/0650 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62616198 · Jan 11, 2018
Related Publication 20190210485A1 · Jul 11, 2019
Cited By (1)
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