IP Library Granted Patent US 12,589,683
Granted Patent B2
US 12,589,683 · App. 18/513,975 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Seat pad

Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakazono (Aichi-ken, JP); Naoto Shimotoi (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/5621A47C7/18B60N2/5628
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Patent No.
US 12,589,683
App. No.
18/513,975
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat pad having a pad body made of a polyurethane foam molding, a ventilation passage extending along a pad back surface of the pad body, a duct member which is harder than the pad body forming an inner peripheral wall of the ventilation passage, and a back surface member provided along the pad back surface. The duct member and the back surface member are integrally foam-molded with the pad body. The back surface member has an overlapping portion which is not provided on a bottom surface of the ventilation passage but is provided so as to overlap the duct member in the direction perpendicular to the plane in a non-bottom area outside the bottom surface.

Claims (28)

1 . A seat pad comprising:

a pad body made of a polyurethane foam molding;

a ventilation passage extending along a pad back surface of the pad body;

a duct member which is harder than the pad body and forms an inner peripheral wall of the ventilation passage; and

a back surface member provided along the pad back surface,

wherein:

the duct member and the back surface member are integrally foam-molded with the pad body;

the back surface member has an overlapping portion that overlaps the duct member in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the back surface member in a non-bottom area outside a bottom surface of the ventilation passage; and

the duct member further comprises a bottom surface, a side surface, and a plurality of bank portions.

2 . The seat pad of claim 1 , wherein

the duct member has an extension part extending out of the ventilation passage and along the pad back surface; and

the overlapping portion overlaps the extension part in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the back surface member.

3 . The seat pad of claim 2 , wherein the extension part overlaps the back surface member so as to sandwich the overlapping portion with the pad back surface.

4 . The seat pad of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bank portions are configured to protrude from the bottom surface of the duct member.

5 . The seat pad of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ventilation holes which are configured to penetrate through the pad body.

6 . The seat pad of claim 1 , wherein the ventilation passage comprises an opening that opens downward to the seat.

7 . A seat pad comprising:

a pad body made of a polyurethane foam molding;

a ventilation passage extending along a pad back surface of the pad body;

a duct member which is harder than the pad body and forms an inner peripheral wall of the ventilation passage; and

a back surface member provided along the pad back surface,

wherein:

the duct member and the back surface member are integrally foam-molded with the pad body;

the back surface member has an overlapping portion that overlaps the duct member in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the back surface member in a non-bottom area outside a bottom surface of the ventilation passage;

the ventilation passage comprises an opening that opens downward to the seat; and

a passage cover which covers the ventilation passage.

8 . The seat pad of claim 7 , wherein the passage cover comprises a plurality of positioning projections abutting against a side surface of each of the plurality of bank portions, respectively.

9 . The seat pad of claim 7 , wherein the passage cover comprises a connection port which is opened for penetrating the passage cover.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: NAKAZONO, HIROYUKI; SHIMOTOI, NAOTO
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-187202 · Nov 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240174144A1 · May 30, 2024
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