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Seat-cushion shell unit and shell seat for vehicle

  • US 9,061,621 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2013
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A seat-cushion shell unit for a shell seat for a vehicle, the shell seat comprising a seat frame, a forward/backward-position adjustment mechanism provided below the seat frame, and an exterior cover material provided as the outermost layer of the shell seat, and the seat-cushion shell unit comprising:

  • a seat cushion shell made of a substantially rigid material;

    a support panel connected to a bottom of the seat cushion shell by a joint mechanism so as to be movable up and down and be tiltable to an arbitrary angle, the support panel comprising a to surface portion; and

    an elastic body provided between the support panel and the seat cushion shell, the elastic body comprising a bottom surface portion which is in surface contact with the to surface portion of the support panel along substantially an entirety of the bottom surface portion of the elastic body and the top surface portion of the support panel,wherein the seat-cushion shell unit is attachable to the seat frame through the support panel.

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