Vehicle seat member and vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10647035-B2
Application number	US-201615780895-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2016
Priority date	Dec 2, 2015
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

Provided are a vehicle seat member in which even when a foamed resin molded body forming the vehicle seat member shrinks after being demolded, influence of the shrinkage behavior on a frame member embedded in the foamed resin molded body can be prevented, and thus a change in the position of a protrusion, which serves as a part to be anchored to a vehicle body, of the frame member can be prevented, whereby the vehicle seat member can be attached to the vehicle body side easily and reliably, and a vehicle seat including such a vehicle seat member. A vehicle seat member includes a foamed resin molded body and a frame member integrally formed therewith, the frame member including a body portion embedded in the foamed resin molded body and protrusions each protruding from the body portion and having a tip end protruding outward from the foamed resin molded body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat member comprising:
a foamed resin molded body; and
a frame member integrally molded with the foamed resin molded body, the frame member including a body portion and a protrusion, the body portion being embedded in the foamed resin molded body, and the protrusion protruding from the body portion and having a tip end that protrudes outward from the foamed resin molded body,
wherein:
foamed resin of the foamed resin molded body is punched around a region where the protrusion is located,
the foamed resin molded body is substantially rectangular in shape,
a part of the body portion of the frame member includes a longer-side portion lying along a longer-side direction of the foamed resin molded body,
the protrusion is formed on the longer-side portion of the body portion and the protrusion protrudes in the thickness direction of the foamed resin molded body,
the body portion includes only a pair of opposite longer-side portions and a pair of shorter-side portions connected to opposite sides of the respective longer-side portions, and the body portion surrounds an inner portion of the foamed resin molded body so that a continuous loop is formed on an inner side of the foamed resin molded body along a contour of the foamed resin molded body.

2. The vehicle seat member according to claim 1 , wherein the punched region is provided in a range of 1 to 25 mm around the protrusion.

3. A vehicle seat comprising:
the vehicle seat member according to claim 2 ; and
an upper seat member provided above the vehicle seat member,
wherein:
the upper seat member is made of a cushion material that elastically deforms when a load is applied thereto, and
the vehicle seat member is made of a foamed resin molded body with greater compressive strength than that of the upper seat member.

4. A vehicle seat comprising:
the vehicle seat member according to claim 1 ; and
an upper seat member provided above the vehicle seat member,
wherein:
the upper seat member is made of a cushion material that elastically deforms when a load is applied thereto, and
the vehicle seat member is made of a foamed resin molded body with greater compressive strength than that of the upper seat member.

5. The vehicle seat member according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is perpendicular to the plane direction of the foamed resin molded body.

6. The vehicle seat member according to claim 1 ,
wherein:
the body portion of the frame member includes an exposed portion formed by a punched portion of the foamed resin molded body, and
portions other than the exposed portion of the frame member are all embedded in the foamed resin molded body.

7. The vehicle seat member according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is formed in a halfway point of the longer-side portion of the body portion.

8. A vehicle seat member comprising:
a foamed resin molded body; and
a frame member integrally molded with the foamed resin molded body, the frame member including a body portion and at least two protrusions, the body portion being embedded in the foamed resin molded body, and the protrusion protruding from the body portion and having a tip end that protrudes outward from the foamed resin molded body,
wherein:
foamed resin of the foamed resin molded body is punched around a region where the protrusion is located,
the foamed resin molded body is substantially rectangular in shape,
a part of the body portion of the frame member includes a longer-side portion lying along a longer-side direction of the foamed resin molded body,
a first protrusion is formed on a first longer-side portion of the body portion and protrudes in the thickness direction of the foamed resin molded body, and a second protrusion formed on a second longer-side portion of the body portion and protrudes in the plane direction of the foamed resin molded body,
the body portion includes only a pair of opposite longer-side portions and a pair of shorter-side portions connected to opposite sides of the respective longer-side portions, and the body portion surrounds an inner portion of the foamed resin molded body so that a continuous loop is formed on an inner side of the foamed resin molded body along a contour of the foamed resin molded body.

9. The vehicle seat member according to claim 8 , wherein the punched region is provided in a range of 1 to 25 mm around the protrusion.

10. A vehicle seat comprising:
the vehicle seat member according to claim 9 ; and
an upper seat member provided above the vehicle seat member,
wherein:
the upper seat member is made of a cushion material that elastically deforms when a load is applied thereto, and
the vehicle seat member is made of a foamed resin molded body with greater compressive strength than that of the upper seat member.

11. A vehicle seat comprising:
the vehicle seat member according to claim 8 ; and
an upper seat member provided above the vehicle seat member,
wherein:
the upper seat member is made of a cushion material that elastically deforms when a load is applied thereto, and
the vehicle seat member is made of a foamed resin molded body with greater compressive strength than that of the upper seat member.

12. The vehicle seat member according to claim 8 , further comprising a third protrusion, wherein the third protrusion is formed on a first longer-side portion of the body portion and protrudes in the thickness direction of the foamed resin molded body.

13. The vehicle seat member according to claim 8 ,
wherein:
the body portion of the frame member includes an exposed portion formed by a punched portion of the foamed resin molded body, and
portions other than the exposed portion of the frame member are all embedded in the foamed resin molded body.

14. The vehicle seat member according to claim 8 , wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion are formed in halfway points of the first longer-side portion and the second longer-side portion of the body portion, respectively.

Assignees

• Sekisui Plastics

Inventors

• Sakakibara Yushi

Classifications

• B29K2025/06

  PS, i.e. polystyrene · CPC title

• B60N2/015

  Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis · CPC title

• B29C44/1214 Primary

  Anchoring by foaming into a preformed part, e.g. by penetrating through holes (anchoring by moulding in general B29C37/0078; outsert moulding B29C45/14344, B29C70/74) · CPC title

• B60N2/7017

  characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing upholstery or upholstery springs not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B29C37/005

  Compensating volume or shape change during moulding, in general · CPC title