Vehicle seat

• US 10,471,866 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Nii, Tomoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Brindley, Timothy J
• Application Number:
  US15/966,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20180339616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/18 having foamed material included in cushioning part foamed material mattresses A47C27/14
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/185 with a stiff, rigid support
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/20 with reinforcement in the foam layer
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/58 Seat coverings
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5883 by sewing, stitching or threading
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/62 Thigh-rests B60N2/914 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2205/30 Seat or seat parts characterised by comprising plural parts or pieces

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a seat pad made of foamed resin; and a seat cover being integral with the seat pad, wherein a seating surface of the seat pad includes a seating part and a bank part, wherein a portion of the seat cover covering a seat inner side portion of the bank part includes a seat cover main part and a planar reinforcing member arranged on a back side of the seat cover main part, wherein the reinforcing member is configured by a material bendable and deformable towards a seat pad side and includes a general section and a flexible section which can be more easily bent towards the seat pad side than the general section, and wherein a portion of the reinforcing member covering a peak side of the bank part is configured by the flexible section.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion comprising;

a seat pad made of foamed resin; and

a seat cover covering the seat pad and being integral with the seat pad,

wherein a seating surface of the seat pad includes a seating part forming a middle of the seating surface in a seat width direction and a bank part located at a lateral side of the seating part in the seat width direction and protruding to a seating side,

wherein a portion of the seat cover covering a seat inner side portion of the bank part includes a seat cover main part configuring a design surface of the seat and a planar reinforcing member arranged on a back side of the seat cover main part which faces the seat pad,

wherein the reinforcing member is configured by a material bendable and deformable towards a seat pad side and includes a general section and a flexible section which can be more easily bent towards the seat pad side than the general section,

wherein a portion of the reinforcing member covering a peak side of the bank part is configured by the flexible section,

wherein the reinforcing member is fixed to the seat cover main part via a fixing member, and

wherein the reinforcing member is provided between the seat cover main part and the seat pad.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the flexible section includes a restriction part configured to restrict entry of resin forming the seat pad into the flexible section.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

further comprising:

a restriction part which is configured to restrict entry of resin forming the seat pad into the flexible section and is configured by a member different from the flexible section.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3,

wherein the general section includes an impregnated part into which the resin forming the seat pad is entered and solidified, and wherein the restriction part includes a low impregnated part into which a smaller amount of the resin is entered and solidified as compared with the impregnated part.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the flexible section is made easier to be bent towards the seat pad side than the general section by adjusting an amount of material consisting the reinforcing member to be smaller in the flexible section than that in the general section.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein a thickness of the flexible section in a thickness direction of the reinforcing member is smaller than a thickness of the general section in the thickness direction of the reinforcing member.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the fixing member comprises an adhesive member.