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Granted Patent B2
US 10,981,478 · App. 16/372,465 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Seat for vehicle

Inventors: Hidekazu Kubota (Akishima, JP); Masaru Kaneko (Akishima, JP); Hiroshi Fukushima (Akishima, JP)
Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
B60N2/68B60N2/64B60N2205/20
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Patent No.
US 10,981,478
App. No.
16/372,465
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat for vehicle includes a seat cushion and a seat back. A seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame. The upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, and a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame.

Claims (21)

1. A seat for vehicle, comprising:

a seat cushion; and

a seat back,

wherein a seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame,

the upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward,

a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame,

each of the right side frame and the left side frame includes an upper flange that includes an opening,

the first upper frame includes a right flange and a left flange,

the right flange of the first upper frame is inserted to the opening of the right side frame,

the left flange of the first upper frame is inserted to the opening of the left side frame,

the second upper frame includes a right flange that includes an opening and a left flange that includes an opening,

the upper flange of the right side frame is inserted to the opening of the right flange of the second upper frame, and

the upper flange of the left side frame is inserted to the opening of the left flange of the second upper frame.

2. A seat for vehicle, comprising:

a seat cushion; and

a seat back,

wherein a seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame,

the upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward,

a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame, and

joining of the first upper frame and the second upper frame and joining of the first upper frame and the second upper frame and the right side frame and the left side frame are effected by laser welding.

3. The seat for vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein joining of the lower frame and the right side frame and the left side frame is effected by laser welding.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2019
From: KUBOTA, HIDEKAZU; KANEKO, MASARU; FUKUSHIMA, HIROSHI
To: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048761/0100 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-109649 · Jun 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190375322A1 · Dec 12, 2019