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US 12,672,725 · App. 18/937,687 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Seat back

Inventors: Naoya Hirukawa (Aichi-ken, JP); Kosuke Kito (Aichi-ken, JP); Eito Yoshikawa (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
A47C31/023B60N2/5825
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,672,725
App. No.
18/937,687
Filed
Nov 5, 2024
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
KIM, SHIN H
Art Unit
3636
USPC
297/452.59
Abstract

A seat back includes a seat pad, and a seat frame supporting the seat pad from a pad back side. The seat frame includes a wire frame supporting a pad lower portion of the seat pad from the pad back side. The seat pad includes a pad bending back portion that extends from the pad lower portion toward a seat rear upper while covering the wire frame from a seat lower side. The wire frame includes a first wire that extends in a seat width direction while supporting the pad lower portion from a seat rear side, and a second wire that extends in the seat width direction while supporting the pad bending back portion from a seat front side that is the pad back side at a position separated from the first wire to the seat rear side.

Claims (17)

1 . A seat back, comprising:

a seat pad; and

a seat frame configured to support the seat pad from a pad back side, wherein

the seat frame includes a wire frame configured to support a pad lower portion of the seat pad from the pad back side,

the seat pad includes a pad bending back portion that extends from the pad lower portion toward a seat rear upper side in a manner of covering the wire frame from a seat lower side,

the wire frame includes a first wire that extends in a seat width direction in a manner of supporting the pad lower portion from a seat rear side, and a second wire that extends in the seat width direction in a manner of supporting the pad bending back portion from a seat front side that is the pad back side at a position separated from the first wire to the seat rear side, and

the seat pad further includes, on a pad back surface of the pad bending back portion, a first contact portion configured to come into contact with the first wire from the seat rear side.

2 . The seat back according to claim 1 , wherein

the pad bending back portion is configured to be wound in a manner of coming into contact with the first wire from the seat lower side, and further includes a second contact portion configured to come into contact with the second wire from the seat lower side.

3 . The seat back according to claim 2 , wherein

the pad bending back portion includes a streak-like pad groove portion that is recessed from the pad back side between the first contact portion and the second contact portion in a manner of extending in the seat width direction.

4 . The seat back according to claim 1 , wherein

the first contact portion is a protruding portion that protrudes to a seat upper side beyond an external common tangent of the first wire and the second wire at the seat lower side.

5 . The seat back according to claim 2 , wherein

the first contact portion is a protruding portion that protrudes to a seat upper side beyond an external common tangent of the first wire and the second wire at the seat lower side.

6 . The seat back according to claim 3 , wherein

the first contact portion is a protruding portion that protrudes to a seat upper side beyond an external common tangent of the first wire and the second wire at the seat lower side.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF FIRST INVENTOR NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 69146 FRAME 332. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ENTIRE INTEREST. Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: HIRUKAWA, NAOYA; KITO, KOSUKE; YOSHIKAWA, EITO
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 070024/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2024
From: HIRUKAWA, NAOYO; KITO, KOSUKE; YOSHIKAWA, EITO
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 069146/0332 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-195741 · Nov 17, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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