Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9914379-B2
Application number	US-201514694522-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2015
Priority date	Apr 25, 2014
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A carpet which forms a terminal of a cushion cover is folded back in a direction opposite to a direction in which the carpet extends from the cushion cover to form a folded portion, a wire is enclosed inside the folded portion to stitch the carpet, a locking hole is opened in a position of the folded portion closer to a cushion cover side than the wire, and a locking plate on a cushion frame side is locked to the locking hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a seat cushion;
a cushion cover that covers the seat cushion, the cushion cover having a main portion and a terminal portion; and
a cushion frame, having a locking plate that locks the terminal portion of the cushion cover, wherein
the terminal portion of the cushion cover has a folded portion that is folded back in a direction opposite to a direction in which the terminal portion extends from the cushion cover,
a reinforcing member, which is a wire, is enclosed inside the folded portion of the terminal portion,
the terminal portion has a locking hole in a position of the folded portion closer to a cushion cover side than the reinforcing member,
the locking plate is locked to the locking hole,
the wire is provided with a ring portion bent into an annular shape,
the locking hole is formed to correspond to an inner side of the ring portion of the wire, and
the ring portion is formed at an end portion of the wire, and the locking hole is formed to correspond to the ring portion at the end portion of the wire.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal portion is formed by a fabric having a higher flexural rigidity than a flexural rigidity of the main portion of the cushion cover.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the ring portion is a pair of ring portions and each ring portion of the pair of ring portions is formed at a respective end portion of the wire, and
the locking hole is a pair of locking holes and each locking hole of the pair of locking holes is provided to correspond to one of the pair of ring portions formed at each respective end portion of the wire.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal portion is stitched so as to enclose the ring portion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
a tip end, which extends downwards, of the locking plate is bent at a bent portion towards a rear of the seat cushion,
a protruding end, that is closer to a tip end side than the bent portion, of the locking plate is locked to the locking hole, and
a length of the locking plate that protrudes from the bent portion to the tip end is longer than a length of the inner side of the ring portion of the wire in a front-rear direction.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state where the locking plate is locked to the locking hole, a locking plate side of the reinforcing member on a tip end side of the terminal portion is covered by the terminal portion.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state where the locking plate is locked to the locking hole, a locking plate side of the wire on a tip end side of the terminal portion is covered by the terminal portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Ushiyama Takeshi
• Sahashi Hideo

Classifications

• B60N2/6009

  covering more than only the seat · CPC title

• B60N2/5825 Primary

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

• B60N2/5816

  attachments thereof · CPC title

• B60N2/6027

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

• B60N2/68

  Seat frames · CPC title