Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11021087-B2
Application number	US-202016816250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2020
Priority date	Apr 1, 2019
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

In a vehicle seat, a seat back includes a backrest on which an occupant sitting on a seat cushion leans his/her back, and banks supporting the back of the sitting occupant on both sides. Urethane pads configuring the banks are formed in a shape protruded to the front with respect to a urethane pad configuring the backrest, the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the shape protruded to the front are formed in a recessed shape with respect to a back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest, and on the portions of the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the recessed shape, protrusions having faces at the same height as the back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest and extended to the portions formed in the recessed shape are formed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat that includes a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest,
wherein the seat back includes:
a backrest on which an occupant sitting on the seat cushion leans his/her back; and
banks supporting the back of the sitting occupant on both sides, and
wherein urethane pads configuring the banks are formed in a shape protruded to the front with respect to a urethane pad configuring the backrest, the back face sides of the portions of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the shape protruded to the front are formed in a recessed shape with respect to a back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest, and on the portions of the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the recessed shape, protrusions having faces at the same height as the back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest and extended to the portions formed in the recessed shape are formed.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the banks are formed on both sides of the backrest, and the protrusions having faces at the same height as the back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest and extended to the portions formed in the recessed shape are formed corresponding to the banks formed on both sides of the backrest.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusions are formed in a plurality of pairs.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are formed of a material harder than the urethane pad configuring the backrest.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions and the urethane pads configuring the banks are formed of a material harder than the urethane pad configuring the backrest.

6. A vehicle seat that includes a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest,
wherein the seat back includes:
a backrest on which an occupant sitting on the seat cushion leans his/her back;
a pair of left and right banks supporting the back of the sitting occupant on both sides;
a frame including a pair of left and right straight portions corresponding to the pair of left and right banks and supporting a urethane pad configuring the backrest and urethane pads configuring the pair of left and right banks;
a pair of left and right metal plates fixed to the pair of left and right straight portions of the frame;
springs suspended on the pair of left and right metal plates and supporting the backrest; and
a lumbar plate pushing out the urethane pad configuring the backrest to the front, and
wherein on the urethane pad configuring the backrest, a pair of left and right protrusions abutted on the pair of left and right metal plates fixed to the frame are formed.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the pair of left and right protrusions are formed at a plurality of locations of the urethane pad configuring the backrest.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the pair of left and right protrusions are abutted on the pair of left and right metal plates fixed to the frame when the urethane pad configuring the backrest is pushed out to the front by the lumbar plate, so that the pair of left and right banks are prevented from being spread to the outside.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the pair of left and right protrusions are formed of a material harder than the urethane pad configuring the backrest.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the pair of left and right protrusions and the urethane pads configuring the banks are formed of a material harder than the urethane pad configuring the backrest.

Assignees

• Tachi S Co

Inventors

• Kobayashi Shinnosuke
• Taniguchi Akinori

Classifications

• B60N2/646

  shape of the cushion · CPC title

• B60N2/70

  Upholstery springs {; Upholstery} · CPC title

• B60N2/7094

  Upholstery springs · CPC title

• B60N2/667

  having flexible support member bowed by applied forces · CPC title

• B60N2/58

  Seat coverings · CPC title