Vehicle seat

US8998331B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8998331-B2
Application numberUS-201213731328-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 31, 2012
Priority dateDec 31, 2012
Publication dateApr 7, 2015
Grant dateApr 7, 2015

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Abstract

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Provided is a seat structure minimizes a size of a vehicle seat in which a rotation body rotates by being pressed by a seat back in interlocking a driving unit with the seat back. In a seat including a link mechanism which interlocks a driving unit with a seat back tilted toward a seat cushion, the back and cushion are connected to each other by a bracket at the side of the back and cushion in the vehicle width direction, and a transmission member which rotates to interlock the driving unit with the seat back is provided. The transmission member is adjacent to the bracket in the vehicle width direction and rotates by being pressed by the seat back tilted toward the seat cushion, and a portion pressed by the seat back in the transmission member is positioned outside compared to an outer edge of the connection bracket.

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What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back which rotates relative to the seat cushion; and a link mechanism which interlocks another movable member with the seat back when it rotates in a tilting direction toward the seat cushion; the seat back and the seat cushion being connected to each other by a connection member disposed at a side of the seat back and the seat cushion in a width direction of the vehicle seat; the link mechanism inclu…

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  • B60N2/3013Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B60N2/20Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8998331B2 cover?
Provided is a seat structure minimizes a size of a vehicle seat in which a rotation body rotates by being pressed by a seat back in interlocking a driving unit with the seat back. In a seat including a link mechanism which interlocks a driving unit with a seat back tilted toward a seat cushion, the back and cushion are connected to each other by a bracket at the side of the back and cushion in …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ts Tech Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60N2/3013. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 07 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).