Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130093226 | SEAT BACK FRAME - A seat back frame includes a main frame that forms a frame of a seat back of a main seat, and an auxiliary frame that forms a frame of a seat back of an auxiliary seat adjacent to the main seat in a width direction, and that is integrally formed with the main frame. The main frame has a first open portion that opens toward a side with the auxiliary seat in the width direction. An end portion of the auxiliary frame is a fitting structure that fits together with the first open portion, and a portion of the fitting structure is welded. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093233 | SEAT GAP HIDING STRUCTURE - There is provided a seat gap hiding structure in a vehicle seat where a cutout portion is formed on a seat cushion to arrange a seat belt therein, and a strip-shaped member is provided on a seat cover to correspond to the cutout portion at a part of the cutout portion, which is other than an arrangement position of the seat belt to cover a gap around the seat belt. One end portion of the strip-shaped member is fixed to the seat cover and the other end portion thereof is movably fixed to the seat cover using an elastic member. When the strip-shaped member is moved from an original position where the strip-shaped member covers the gap of the cutout portion, the elastic member generates an elastic force to return the strip-shaped member to the original position. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093235 | OPERATING LEVER STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE SEAT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPERATING LEVER STRUCTURE - In an operating lever structure for a vehicle seat in which an opening through which a seat belt extends is provided adjacent to a seat cushion lifting and lowering mechanism and a fixed end portion of the seat belt is connected to a seat cushion frame, a lifter lever includes a plate-like extending portion that is coupled to the lifting and lowering mechanism and a protrusion portion. The plate-like extending portion extends toward a front of the seat. The protrusion portion extends from the front end of the plate-like extending portion toward the outside in the seat width direction. The protrusion portion protrudes from an outer shield through a first exposing port of the outer shield, installed to a side portion of the seat cushion. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095277 | FIBER BASE MATERIAL AND INTERIOR MATERIAL USING THE SAME - The present plate-like fiber base material has fibers and a thermoplastic resin. The fibers are bound by the thermoplastic resin, and the fiber base material includes a plurality of areas that differ in basis weight. The fiber base material may have a cut, and the basis weight of a cut-surrounding area positioned around the cut may be higher than that of an area positioned around the cut-surrounding area. The present interior material has the fiber base material and a surface layer that is disposed on one side of the fiber base material. | 04-18-2013 |
20130099550 | VEHICLE SEAT COMPONENT - A vehicle seat component includes a cushion member, and an upholstery member that covers the cushion member. The cushion member and the upholstery member are integrated together during molding of the cushion member. The upholstery member has a first portion that is air-permeable and that is arranged at a seating side, and a second portion that is laminated on the first portion and that prevents intrusion of a molding material of the cushion member. A thin section that is recessed toward the upholstery member is formed in a back surface of the cushion member. | 04-25-2013 |
20130113239 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a seat main body, a heating portion provided in the seat main body, a degree-of-contact measuring portion that measures a degree of contact between the seat main body and an occupant seated on the seat main body, and a control portion that controls an amount of heat output from the heating portion such that the amount of heat increases according to an increase in the degree of contact between the seat main body and the occupant, and decreases according to a decrease in the degree of contact between the seat main body and the occupant. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113265 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat structure member, and a fan device installed on the seat structure member. The seat structure member includes a cushion material which configures an outer shape of the seat and supports an occupant, an air flow passage which communicates a seating side of the seat structure member with a surface of the cushion material at a side different from the seating side of the seat structure member, and a cover member which is configured to cover the air flow passage to allow a fan device to feed air to an occupant via the air flow passage. At least one of the cushion material and the cover member is formed with a recess portion which is positioned around the air flow passage, and the cover member is fixed to the surface of the cushion material with an adhesive in the recess portion. | 05-09-2013 |
20130119721 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat including a rod installed between left and right side frames of a seat cushion, wherein the rod is provided with a weakened part which is configured to promote the buckling distortion of the rod in a predetermined direction, wherein the weakened part includes first and second weakened portions which respectively weakens a portion of a surface of the rod facing a first direction and a portion of a surface of the rod facing a second direction opposite to the first direction at an end portion of a side of the rod to which an impact load is inputted, so that the rod is configured to be bent in the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the first weakened portion is formed closer to the side to which the impact load is inputted than the second weakened portion. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119730 | VEHICLE SEAT - A first pressing surface and a second pressing surface are formed on at least one of an engaging portion and an engagable portion. When a force in a first direction is applied to the first pressing surface, or when a force from a second direction that is a direction different than the first direction is applied to the second pressing surface, the engaging portion or the engagable portion on which the first pressing surface and the second pressing surface are formed are displaced to a predetermined form, such that the engaging portion and the engagable portion disengage. | 05-16-2013 |
20130119737 | SEAT BACK FRAME - A seat back frame includes an upper frame member that forms an upper side, a reinforcing member that is provided parallel to and below the upper frame member, and a headrest mounting member, that overlaps with both the upper frame member and the reinforcing member. The headrest mounting member is arranged such that, in one location, from among a location where the headrest mounting member overlaps with the upper frame member and a location where the headrest mounting member overlaps with the reinforcing member, the headrest mounting member is fixed to one of the upper frame member and the reinforcing member, and in the other location, the headrest mounting member abuts against the other of the upper frame member and the reinforcing member when the headrest tilts rearward about the one location, such that the tilting of the headrest is inhibited. | 05-16-2013 |
20130127225 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat structure member which has a frame member which configures a seat framework, a pad member which configures an outer shape of the seat and is configured to elastically support an occupant, and a sheet-like elastic fiber body which is disposed on a rear surface of the pad member. The pad member is disposed on the frame member while the elastic fiber body contacting the frame member. The elastic fiber body includes protrusions which protrude toward the frame member and recesses which are closer to the pad member than the protrusions, and the elastic fiber body is configured to come into point or line contact with the frame member by the protrusions. | 05-23-2013 |
20130134150 | HEATER CONTROL UNIT AND VEHICLE SEAT HEATER - A heater control unit controls electric power supplied to a heater provided in a seat. The heater control unit includes an outside air temperature measuring portion that measures an outside air temperature, a seat surface temperature measuring portion that measures a surface temperature of the seat, and a control portion. The control portion controls a time for which an initial electric power larger than an electric power in a steady state after the initial state is output to the heater, according to the measured outside air temperature and the measured seat surface temperature in an initial state immediately after the heater is activated. | 05-30-2013 |
20130134826 | LAMINATE OF METAL PLATES, CORE FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND LAMINATING METHOD FOR LAMINATE OF METAL PLATES - A core is formed by laminating a plurality of core plates. Each of the core plates includes a joint portion for joining the core plates together in the laminated state. Each of the joint portions includes a fixing piece, a passage hole, a receiving portion, and an opening. Each of the fixing pieces is raised in the direction in which the core plates are laminated. Each of the passage holes receives the fixing piece of the corresponding adjacent one of the core plates. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137354 | BLOWING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SEAT AND VEHICLE SEAT PROVIDED THEREWITH - A blowing control apparatus for a seat, that includes a blower, and an air hole that is provided in a seating surface and through which air blown from the blower passes, also includes a measuring portion that measures a rotation speed or a current value of the blower as a blower measurement value, and a control portion that determines a degree to which the air hole is obstructed according to the blower measurement value measured by the measuring portion, and controls rotation of the blower by a driving voltage of the blower based on the degree. | 05-30-2013 |
20130146526 | FLUID FILTER - A fluid filter including: an upper case provided with an outlet hole; a lower case provided with an inlet hole; and a filter element held between the upper case and lower case, wherein the outlet hole and the inlet hole are arranged opposite to each other. The filter element includes a first filter material which is folded and arranged in a communication part connecting the outlet hole and the inlet hole, and a second filter material which is folded and spaced apart from the communication part, and the retention interval L | 06-13-2013 |
20130147172 | SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY - A shock absorber assembly includes a shock absorber, a utility part, and a flexible member. The shock absorber is provided to a vehicular interior part that is mounted on a compartment inner side of a body panel, and the shock absorber includes a mounting portion that is mounted to a compartment outer side surface of the vehicular interior part. The utility part is provided to the vehicular interior part. The flexible member covers a peripheral surface of the shock absorber, and a part of the flexible member is held by the vehicular interior part and the utility part to support and mount the shock absorber to the vehicular interior part. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147230 | SHOCK ABSORBER AND VEHICULAR DOOR TRIM INCLUDING THE SAME - A shock absorber includes a first shock absorbing member formed of a foam, and a second shock absorbing member formed of a foam and having hardness greater than the first shock absorbing member. The first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member are arranged in adjacent to each other and connected to each other such that a part of one of the first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member is surrounded by another one of the first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member, thereby the first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member are connected integrally with each other. | 06-13-2013 |
20130161991 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat including: a base member; a rotary member which is connected to the base member by a pin and is configured to be rotatable with respect to the base member; and a spring attached between the base member and the rotary member and urging the rotary member with respect to the base member in a rotating direction, wherein the spring abuts an outer circumference of the pin, and wherein the pin is integrally coupled to the rotary member. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161993 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat including: a rotatable arm configured to release a holding state of a holding mechanism of a seat body; and an operating strap configured to rotate the arm by being pulled at a first end portion thereof, wherein a second end portion of the operating strap opposite to the first end portion is fixed to the seat body, a middle portion of the operating strap is folded back and is hanged to an engaging portion provided to the arm, and the arm is configured to be rotated by pulling the operating strap so as to pull in the engaging portion by the middle portion, and wherein the middle portion, which is folded back from the second end portion, is folded back from an outer side to an inner side with respect to a rotational center of the arm. | 06-27-2013 |
20130193725 | VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION FRAME - A vehicle seat cushion frame includes longitudinal frame members, lateral frame members and a panel. A framework of a seat cushion is formed by connecting front and rear sides of the longitudinal frame members, arranged at both right and left sides, with the lateral frame members. The panel is fixed to the both longitudinal frame members so as to cover a space between front end portions of the both longitudinal frame members, including the front-side lateral frame member, from above. The front-side lateral frame member has connecting portions, at which the front-side lateral frame member is connected to the longitudinal frame members. A portion of the front-side lateral frame member, which is between the connecting portions, is thinner than the connecting portions. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193731 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, a connecting arm that connects the seat back with the seat cushion, a seat arranging mechanism for changing the posture of the vehicle seat, and a fixing device. The seat arranging mechanism includes a base member at which the seat arranging mechanism is mounted to the connecting arm. The fixing device fixes the connecting arm to the seat cushion and also fixes the base member of the seat arranging mechanism to the seat cushion. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193737 | SEAT CUSHION FRAME FOR VEHICLE - Longitudinal frame bodies that are disposed on both sides are coupled to each other by lateral frame bodies at the front side and the rear side to form a seat cushion framework, and a panel is fixed to both of the longitudinal frame bodies to cover, from above, a space between front ends of the longitudinal frame bodies that includes the front-side lateral frame body. A panel side of the front-side lateral frame body includes a concave portion to increase a distance from the panel. | 08-01-2013 |