Seat for vehicle

• US 9,440,568 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Hong, Sung Hak
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abraham, Tania
• Application Number:
  US14/078,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20150015053A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 297/216.14, 297/452.56
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6009 covering more than only the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7011 of substantially two-dimensional shape, e.g. hammock-like, plastic shells, fabrics

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a seat back pad of a vehicle; a rear cover coupled with the seat back pad on the rear side and made of flexible material; and a bracket formed along the periphery of the rear cover, the bracket being coupled with the seat back pad so that its front is supported by the seat back pad.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back pad;

a rear cover coupled with the seat back pad on a rear side of the seat back pad, the rear cover made of flexible material; and

a bracket formed along a periphery of the rear cover, the bracket being coupled with the seat back pad so that a front of the bracket is supported by the seat back pad,

an outer cover covering the rear cover and the bracket at an outermost side of the rear cover and the bracket,

wherein the outer cover includes ends bent inwardly of outermost edges of the bracket and covering the outermost edges of the bracket to cover the bracket, and

wherein the rear cover is made of thermoplastic composites including glass fiber.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat back pad has a rearward facing recessed groove so that the seat back pad has an opening of predetermined size and shape in a middle thereof, and the recessed groove defines a flange portion extending along a periphery of the opening.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein the seat back pad has hooks inside of the flange portion, and the bracket has projections spaced apart at a regular distance along the periphery of the bracket, wherein the projections are hung on the hooks so that the bracket is coupled with the seat back pad on its rear side.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the projections of the bracket project from the rear of the bracket toward the front, are bent downwardly to be extended, and again bent toward the rear to be extended, to reach the rear of the bracket.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4, wherein each of the projections further includes a forward holding portion which is bent on a front of the projection upwardly or downwardly to be extended, wherein the forward holding portion has a fixing member separately formed and fixed thereto by which the bracket is coupled with the seat back pad on its back.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5, wherein the fixing member is a clip.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 3, wherein the projections of the bracket project from the rear of the bracket toward the front, and are bent downwardly to be hung on the hook.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the rear cover, the bracket and the outer cover are integrally formed by press molding.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the rear cover includes non-woven fabric of polypropylene (PP) or polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), and is made of the thermoplastic composites including glass fiber of 400 to 1700 GSM (grams per square meter).