Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9649964-B2
Application number	US-201514883993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a seat pad; a seat cover that covers a surface of the seat pad; a seat frame that supports the seat pad from an inner side the seat pad; and an assembly component that is assembled into the seat frame through a penetration hole formed in the seat cover. The assembly component is provided with: a bezel that is fixed to the seat frame through the penetration hole from an outer side of the penetration hole, the bezel including an outer frame arranged to cover a periphery of the penetration hole from the outer side; and a backing member that includes an inner frame arranged to cover the periphery of the penetration hole from an inner side of the penetration hole, the backing member being insert-molded in the seat pad.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat pad;
a seat cover that covers a surface of the seat pad;
a seat frame that supports the seat pad from an inner side the seat pad; and
an assembly component that is assembled into the seat frame through a penetration hole provided in the seat cover, wherein
the assembly component is provided with:
a bezel that is fixed to the seat frame through the penetration hole from an outer side of the penetration hole, the bezel including an outer frame arranged to cover a periphery of the penetration hole from the outer side of the penetration hole; and
a backing member that includes an inner frame arranged to cover the periphery of the penetration hole from an inner side of the penetration hole, the backing member being insert-molded in the seat pad such that a periphery of a penetration hole of the inner frame is impregnated with a cured foamed resin material of the seat pad that is provided through the penetration hole of the inner frame.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat pad is foamed and molded in an inner portion of the seat cover as a unified body, and
the backing member has an outer periphery that fits with the bezel to restrict movement of the seat cover with respect to the bezel in an in-plane direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the backing member defines an opening that is inclined toward the outer side of the penetration hole at which the bezel is fitted,
the bezel has an inclined outer peripheral surface matched with an inclined inner peripheral surface of the backing member, and
the bezel is fitted with the backing member such that the inclined outer peripheral surface of the bezel is matched with the inclined inner peripheral surface of the backing member from the outer side of the penetration hole.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the backing member is insert-molded in the seat pad so as to define a unified body with the seat pad.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 further comprising a bracket that is fixed to the seat frame, wherein
the bezel is attached to the bracket and is fixed to the seat frame via the bracket.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein
the bracket is provided with a mounting plate that is stepped inward toward an inside of the vehicle seat and extends toward an inner space of the bracket, and
the bezel is provided with a mounting portion that is attached to the mounting plate of the bracket such that the mounting portion is in surface contact with the mounting plate.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein
the bracket is provided with a frame plate, and
the bezel is provided with an insertion portion having an insertion plate that is inserted to a back side of the frame plate and a canopy portion that is inserted to a front side of the frame plate.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Imajo Taku

Classifications

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/5816

  attachments thereof · CPC title

• B60N2/64

  Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} · CPC title