VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20140375105A1
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: OKUGAWA, Akiyoshi, SUZUKI, Kazuya
• Granted Patent: US 9,440,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/452.18
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5891 characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing seat coverings not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/481 Method

Abstract

There is provided a method of manufacturing a vehicle seat configured by covering a seat cover on a sitting surface side of a seat frame via a seat pad and by covering a non-sitting surface side of the seat frame with a carpet, the vehicle seat including an end fixing part having a groove into which both ends of the seat cover and the carpet are to be inserted and fixed. The method includes fixing, to the end of the seat cover, an insertion member having stiffness, which can be inserted and fixed in the groove integrally with the seat cover, arranging the carpet such that the end thereof covers an entrance of the groove, and inserting the insertion member into the groove to thus push and fix the end of the carpet in the groove while the end of the carpet abuts on the insertion member.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat configured by covering a seat cover on a sitting surface side of a seat frame, which functions as a skeleton, via a seat pad provided therebetween and by covering a non-sitting surface side of the seat frame with a carpet which is a surface material having higher stiffness against deformation than the seat cover, the vehicle seat including an end fixing part having a groove into which both ends of the seat cover and the carpet are to be inserted and fixed along a boundary line of the seat cover and the carpet, the method comprising:

fixing, to the end of the seat cover, an insertion member having stiffness, which can be inserted and fixed in the groove integrally with the seat cover;

arranging the carpet such that the end of the carpet comes out above the groove to cover an entrance of the groove; and

inserting the insertion member into the groove to thus push and fix the end of the carpet in the groove while the end of the carpet abuts on the insertion member.

2. A vehicle seat configured by covering a seat cover on a sitting surface side of a seat frame, which functions as a skeleton, via a seat pad provided therebetween and by covering a non-sitting surface side with a carpet which is a surface material having higher stiffness against deformation than the seat cover, the vehicle seat including an end fixing part having a groove into which both ends of the seat cover and the carpet are inserted and fixed along a boundary line of the seat cover and the carpet,

wherein an insertion member having stiffness, which can be inserted and fixed in the groove integrally with the seat cover, is provided at the end of the seat cover, and

wherein when the insertion member is inserted into the groove at a state where the end of the carpet comes out above the groove so as to cover an entrance of the groove, the end of the carpet is pushed and fixed in the groove while abutting on the insertion member.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2,

wherein the insertion member includes a protrusion part having a width larger than a width of the groove, and

wherein the end fixing part is configured to be deformable such that the width of the groove is widened as the insertion member is inserted.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2,

wherein the insertion member includes:

an engaging part which is inserted to the groove; and

an extension part which extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of the insertion member.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4,

wherein the end fixing part includes a first part which is covered by the seat cover at one side of the groove and a second part which is covered by the carpet at the other side of the groove,

wherein the extension part is provided on the first part, and

wherein the first part is thinner than the second part such that the seat cover does not protrude even though the extension part is provided on the first part.