Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279716-B2
Application number	US-201615059782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2016
Priority date	Mar 4, 2015
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a seat frame; a sheet-like support member disposed to stretched across the seat frame to support a sitting person's body; and a connection member having a linear shape and connects the sheet-like support member to the seat frame, wherein the sheet-like support member is provided with a tubular portion at at least one side of the sheet-like support member, the tubular portion being inserted with the connection member, and wherein the connection member is provided with at least one of a concave portion and a convex portion directed to a direction opposite to that of a tensile stress which is applied in the sheet-like support member by sitting of the sitting person.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat frame including a cylindrical member arranged in a seat width direction;
a support member having a sheet shape that is disposed on and stretched across the seat frame and that is configured to support a sitting person; and
a connection member that connects the support member to the seat frame, the connection member shaped to include rounded portions that form shorter-side portions and which are configured to connect the connection member to the cylindrical member of the seat frame, and shaped to include at least one of a front longer-side portion and a rear longer-side portion that extend in the seat width direction between the shorter-side portions, wherein the shorter-side portions are shorter than the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion, wherein
the support member is provided with a tubular portion at at least one side of the support member, the tubular portion comprising an extending portion of the support member that is folded over one of the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member and fixed to a surface of the support member such that only the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member is inserted through the tubular portion, and
the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member that is inserted through the tubular portion is provided with one of a concave portion and a convex portion directed to a direction opposite to that of a tensile stress which is configured to be applied in the support member by the sitting person,
wherein a concave portion of the one of the concave portion and the convex portion is formed in a part of the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member that is inserted through the tubular portion such that the concave portion is recessed toward an inside of the vehicle seat in a forward/rearward direction relative to another part of the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member that is inserted through the tubular portion, or wherein a convex portion of the one of the concave portion and the convex portion is formed in a region of the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member that is inserted through the tubular portion such that the convex portion protrudes toward an outside of the vehicle seat in a forward/rearward direction relative to another part of the at least one of the front longer-side portion and rear longer-side portion of the connection member that is inserted through the tubular portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the connection member includes a coupling member that couples both opposing ends of the connection member which are oppositely inserted into the tubular portion of the support member from both ends of the tubular portion, the coupling member being provided with the one of the concave portion and the convex portion.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the connection member is provided with the concave portion of the one of the concave portion and the convex portion, and
the concave portion is positioned at a part including an intersection with a perpendicular line extending from a position of the support member corresponding to an ischial tuberosity of the sitting person to the connection member.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the support member has a rectangular shape including the one side and both sides that are perpendicular to the connection member,
the connection member is provided with the convex portion of the one of the concave portion and the convex portion, and
the convex portion is positioned at a part of the connection member corresponding to both sides of the support member.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat frame includes a front side seat frame and a rear side seat frame which extend in the seat width direction, and
a distal end of the tubular portion is arranged between the front side seat frame and the rear side seat frame.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Imamura Atsushi

Classifications

• B60N2/7094

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• B60N2/686 Primary

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• B60N2/72 Primary

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• B64D11/06

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• B63B2029/043

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