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Granted Patent B2
US 12,570,192 · App. 18/521,455 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Conveyance seat

Inventors: Shuichi Akutsu (Tochigi, JP); Daichi Mochizuki (Tochigi, JP); Yushiro Tachibana (Tokyo, JP); Yasunobu Kawamoto (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Ohkawa (Tokyo, JP); Yusuke Ogata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD.; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60N2/5825B60N2/58B60N2/5816B60N2/70
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Patent No.
US 12,570,192
App. No.
18/521,455
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conveyance seat includes a seat pad; and a skin which covers the seat pad, wherein the seat pad includes a first pad member and a second pad member that is harder than the first pad member, wherein the second pad member includes a first region and a second region which is harder than the first region, and wherein an engagement portion that locks the skin is provided in the first region of the second pad member.

Claims (49)

1 . A conveyance seat, comprising:

a seat pad; and

a skin which covers the seat pad,

wherein the seat pad includes a first pad member and a second pad member that is harder than the first pad member,

wherein the second pad member includes a first region and a second region which is harder than the first region,

wherein an engagement portion that locks the skin is provided in the first region of the second pad member,

wherein the engagement portion includes a front engagement portion which is provided on the front side of the first region and a rear engagement portion which is provided on the rear side of the first region, and

wherein the second region is sandwiched between the front engagement portion and the rear engagement portion.

2 . The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the engagement portion is provided in the first region located in front of the second region or the first region located behind the second region.

3 . The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second region extends from an upper surface to a lower surface of the second pad member, and

wherein the engagement portion is provided above a lower end of the second region.

4 . The conveyance seat according to claim 3 ,

wherein the engagement portion provided above the lower end of the second region is provided in the first region located in front of the second region.

5 . The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region of the second pad member is provided with a thin portion which is formed to be partially thin and a thick portion which is formed to be thicker than the thin portion,

wherein the engagement portion includes a first engagement portion which is provided in the thin portion and a second engagement portion which is provided in the thick portion, and

wherein a length of the first engagement portion in a width direction orthogonal to a locking direction in which the first engagement portion locks the skin is larger than a length of the second engagement portion in a width direction orthogonal to a locking direction in which the second engagement portion locks the skin.

6 . The conveyance seat according to claim 5 ,

wherein the thin portion of the first region is provided in front of the second region, and

wherein the first engagement portion is disposed in front of the second region.

7 . The conveyance seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region of the second pad member is provided with a floor fixing portion that fixes the second pad member to a vehicle body floor, and

wherein the engagement portion is provided at a position avoiding the floor fixing portion.

8 . The conveyance seat according to claim 7 ,

wherein the floor fixing portion and the second region are located at an overlapping position in a right to left direction of the seat pad.

9 . The conveyance seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a seat cushion which supports buttocks of an occupant and includes the seat pad and the skin;

a seat back which supports a back of the occupant; and

a headrest which is coupled to the seat back and supports a head of the occupant.

10 . A conveyance seat, comprising:

a seat pad; and

a skin which covers the seat pad,

wherein the seat pad includes a first pad member and a second pad member that is harder than the first pad member,

wherein the second pad member includes a first region and a second region which is harder than the first region,

wherein an engagement portion that locks the skin is provided in the first region of the second pad member,

wherein the second region extends from an upper surface to a lower surface of the second pad member,

wherein the engagement portion is provided above a lower end of the second region, and

wherein the engagement portion provided above the lower end of the second region is provided in the first region located in front of the second region.

11 . A conveyance seat, comprising:

a seat pad; and

a skin which covers the seat pad,

wherein the seat pad includes a first pad member and a second pad member that is harder than the first pad member,

wherein the second pad member includes a first region and a second region which is harder than the first region,

wherein an engagement portion that locks the skin is provided in the first region of the second pad member,

wherein the first region of the second pad member is provided with a floor fixing portion that fixes the second pad member to a vehicle body floor,

wherein the engagement portion is provided at a position avoiding the floor fixing portion, and

wherein the floor fixing portion and the second region are located at an overlapping position in a right to left direction of the seat pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: AKUTSU, SHUICHI; MOCHIZUKI, DAICHI; TACHIBANA, YUSHIRO; KAWAMOTO, YASUNOBU; OHKAWA, DAISUKE; OGATA, YUSUKE
To: TS TECH CO., LTD.; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065852/0114 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-069554 · Apr 20, 2023 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63428847 · Nov 30, 2022
Related Publication 20240174146A1 · May 30, 2024
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