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VEHICLE SEAT

  • US 20130307301A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2011
  • Published: 11/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle seat comprising:

  • a cushion frame provided inside a seat cushion of a vehicle seat on which an occupant sits;

    a seatback frame provided inside a seatback of the seat;

    a coupling member that rotatably supports the seatback frame, that couples together the cushion frame and the seatback frame, and that is provided with a fixing hole such that the coupling member is fixed to the cushion frame;

    a fixing portion that is inserted through the fixing hole, and that fixes the coupling member to the cushion frame; and

    a weakened portion that is provided to the coupling member, that extends continuously from an edge portion of the fixing hole to an outside of the fixing hole, and that lets the coupling member undergo relative rotation with respect to the cushion frame by performing plastic deformation due to being pushed by the fixing portion when load in the vehicle rear direction or the vehicle front direction is imparted to the seatback frame at a time of vehicle collision.

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