Seatbelt assist device and vehicle seat

    公开(公告)号:US12233814B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US18669620

    申请日:2024-05-21

    Abstract: Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.

    Vehicle seat
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12187173B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US18461635

    申请日:2023-09-06

    Inventor: Shinji Sugiyama

    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a vehicle seat which can improve degree of freedom in the design of the vehicle seat. A vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back includes: right and left side frames 20 constituting right and left frames of the seat back; a pressure-receiving member 40 disposed between the right and left side frames 20 and configured to receive a load from an occupant; and a driving mechanism 50 disposed at each of right and left sides of the pressure-receiving member 40 and configured to cause a right end portion or a left end portion of the pressure-receiving member 40 to move from an initial position to an advanced position that is located frontward of the initial position or to move from the advanced position to the initial position, wherein the driving mechanism 50 includes a linkage (drive link member 100 and contact link member 200) configured to be connected to the pressure-receiving member 40 and a driving source 52 configured to actuate the linkage, and wherein the linkage is configured to operate when a load equal to or greater than a predetermined amount is input from the occupant to the pressure-receiving member 40 to cause the pressure-receiving member 40 to move to a backward position that is located rearward of the initial position.

    VEHICLE SEAT
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250001921A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18711194

    申请日:2022-11-10

    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a vehicle seat that enables an airbag module to be fastened to an outer frame of a seatback frame, while enabling the outer shape of a seatback to be formed as intended.
    [Solution] A vehicle seat 1 comprises an outer frame (seatback frame outer portion 19) forming a framework of a seatback 5, a frame bracket 34 coupled to a left or right side part of the outer frame, a module bracket 36 fastened to the frame bracket for supporting an airbag module, a shape former 80 coupled to the side part of the outer frame to form an outer shape of the seatback, wherein gap spaces are formed between the outer frame and the shape former, and the frame bracket and the module bracket are fastened to each other at fastening points frontward of the gap spaces.

    SEAT AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20250001920A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18829930

    申请日:2024-09-10

    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material. The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.

    Interior article for conveyance
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12184276B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US18013631

    申请日:2021-02-02

    Abstract: Provided is an interior article for a conveyance including a touch switch suppressing an unintended misoperation by an occupant. An interior article for a conveyance of the present invention includes a touch switch operating an electrical component provided in a conveyance and a recess portion formed in an interior side surface of the conveyance. The touch switch has a sensor detecting an occupant's finger. The recess portion has an opening portion, a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed to be curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion side in the bottom portion. The sensor is disposed on the curved surface.

    Conveyance seat
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12179641B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US18466072

    申请日:2023-09-13

    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion provided with a seat cushion frame, a front link configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to a base that is a slide rail or a vehicle body floor, and a front load detection sensor attached to an upper rail and configured to detect a load applied to the vehicle seat. The seat cushion frame includes a pair of side frames separated from each other in a seat width direction, the front link includes a first rotation shaft configured to be rotatable with respect to the seat cushion frame and a second rotation shaft configured to be rotatable with respect to the base, and the front load detection sensor is arranged at a position different from the second rotation shaft in a front to back direction of the seat.

    Vehicle seat
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12172594B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US18501378

    申请日:2023-11-03

    Inventor: Hideki Usami

    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.

    VEHICLE SEAT
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240409054A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18808744

    申请日:2024-08-19

    Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat which makes the load from the airbag more likely to be concentrated on a weakened part of a skin member, a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion constituting a seating surface and a seat back constituting a backrest includes: a seat back frame forming a structural member of the seat back; an airbag module supported on a side portion of the seat back frame on a vehicle outer side; a pad member covering the airbag module; and a skin member covering a surface of the pad member, wherein the skin member is provided with a weakened part vertically extending on an edge part of the seat back on a vehicle outer side and a first low-elasticity reinforcement part extending from a vicinity of the weakened part in a direction intersecting with the weakened part.

    CONVEYANCE SEAT
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240409013A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18695732

    申请日:2022-09-27

    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat capable of streamlining an operation of attaching a seat heater inside a seat body. A conveyance seat is disposed between a pad material and a skin material inside the seat body, and includes a seat heater attached to a back surface of the skin material. The pad material has pull-in grooves for pulling in a skin end portion of the skin material. The pull-in grooves are provided to partition the pad material into a first pad portion and a second pad portion. The seat heater has a first heater portion disposed on a surface of the first pad portion, a second heater portion disposed on a surface of the second pad portion, and heater connecting portions disposed to straddle the pull-in grooves to connect the first heater portion and the second heater portion. The heater connecting portions are attached to the skin end portion and pulled into the pull-in grooves together with the skin end portion.

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