IP Library Granted Patent US 9,573,501
Granted Patent B2
US 9,573,501 · App. 14/395,285 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Hiroki Shiromura (Kanagawa, JP); Sohei Saito (Kanagawa, JP); Hideo Arai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
B60N2/50B60N2/22B60N2/64B60N2/68B60N2/682B60N2205/20
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Patent No.
US 9,573,501
App. No.
14/395,285
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat-cushion frame supported on a vehicle body, a fastener fixed to the seat-cushion frame in a lateral direction, an absorption member supported by the fastener inserted in the absorption member, a seat-back frame supported via the absorption member, and a seat back fixed to the seat-back frame.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a seat-cushion frame supported on a vehicle body;

a seat-back frame;

a seat back fixed to the seat-back frame;

a bolt fixed to the seat-cushion frame in a lateral direction;

an inner tube fixed to the bolt;

an outer tube fixed to the seat-back frame; and

an absorption member supported by the inner tube and the outer tube between the inner tube and the outer tube,

wherein the seat-cushion frame and the seat-back frame are in indirect contact with each other such that any vibration in the seat-cushion frame must pass through the absorption member before reaching the seat-back frame, and

wherein the absorption member is configured to absorb vibrations in the lateral direction.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the absorption member has a spring constant in a longitudinal direction being five times greater than a spring constant of the absorption member in the lateral direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the absorption member has a ring shape and is arranged with an axial direction of the absorption member coinciding with the lateral direction.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 058751/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 044531/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2015
From: SHIROMURA, HIROKI; SAITO, SOHEI; ARAI, HIDEO
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 035033/0379 →
Continuity (1)
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