Vehicle seat and assembling method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11724626-B2
Application number	US-202117782503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2021
Priority date	Mar 6, 2020
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material. The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a pad having an air passage;
a skin material covering a surface side of the pad in a thickness direction thereof; and
a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material,
wherein the pad includes:
a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded;
an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member and defining a portion of the air passage; and
a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member and defining the portion of the air passage from the surface side, and
the main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface side of the surface layer member and being arranged between the linear portion and the intermediate and surface layer members, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a linear shelf surface extending along the linear bulging portion is provided on one side of the linear bulging portion opposite to another side of the linear bulging portion where the skin material is tucked in, and a first side surface arranged on a base side of the linear shelf surface of the linear bulging portion and a second side surface arranged on a tip side of the linear shelf surface of the linear bulging portion are defined, and
the intermediate layer member is arranged such that an edge thereof is substantially in contact with the first side surface, and the surface layer member is arranged such that an edge thereof is substantially in contact with the second side surface.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein a portion of the skin locking clip embedded in the main body member is arranged closer to the linear portion than an extension surface of the second side surface.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the skin locking clip includes a base plate embedded in the main body member and a locking piece extending from the base plate toward the surface side in the thickness direction and engaging with the linear portion, and an extending end of the locking piece is not embedded in the pad, and is arranged closer to the surface side in the thickness direction than a bottom surface of the surface layer member.

5. An assembling method for a vehicle seat including a pad having an air passage, a skin material covering a surface side of the pad in a thickness direction thereof, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material, the assembling method being used for assembling the pad, the skin material, and the skin locking clip and comprising;
forming the pad in which the skin locking clip is embedded;
arranging the pad at a prescribed position; and
causing the skin locking clip to lock the linear portion of the skin material,
wherein the pad includes:
a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded;
an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member and defining a portion of the air passage; and
a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member and defining the portion of the air passage from the surface side, and
the main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface side of the surface layer member and being arranged between the linear portion and the intermediate and surface layer members, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.

6. The assembling method according to claim 5 , wherein in the step of forming the pad, providing a linear shelf surface extending along the linear bulging portion on one side of the linear bulging portion opposite to another side of the linear bulging portion where the skin material is tucked in so as to define a first side surface arranged on a base side of the linear shelf surface of the linear bulging portion and a second side surface arranged on a tip side of the linear shelf surface of the linear bulging portion, and
in the step of arranging the pad, arranging the intermediate layer member such that an edge thereof is substantially in contact with the first side surface, and arranging the surface layer member such that an edge thereof is substantially in contact with the second side surface.

7. The assembling method according to claim 6 , wherein in the step of forming the pad, arranging a portion of the skin locking clip embedded in the main body member closer to the linear portion than an extension surface of the second side surface.

8. The assembling method according to claim 5 , wherein the skin locking clip includes a base plate embedded in the main body member and a locking piece extending from the base plate toward the surface side in the thickness direction and engaging with the linear portion, and
in the step of forming the pad, arranging an extending end of the locking piece closer to the surface side in the thickness direction than a bottom surface of the surface layer member without embedding the extending end thereof in the pad.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aoki Kazuya
• Kikuchi Kenta
• Okuma Kei

Classifications

• B60N2/5825 Primary

  by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like · CPC title

• A47C7/744

  with active means, e.g. by using air blowers or liquid pumps · CPC title

• B60N2/5621

  by air · CPC title

• B60N2/6027

  by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like · CPC title

• A47C27/15

  consisting of two or more layers (A47C27/16 takes precedence) · CPC title