公开(公告)号：US11351895B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US17090227

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Donghyoun Kim ,  Katsutoshi Imanari

IPC: B60N2/56 ,  B60H1/00

Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion configured to support buttocks and thighs of a seated occupant; a temperature changing section that is provided at the seat cushion and is switchable between a first state in which the temperature changing section operates so as to warm the seated occupant from a front end portion of the seat cushion, and a second state in which the temperature changing section does not operate so as to warm the seated occupant from the front end portion of the seat cushion and a control section configured to control the temperature changing section so as to alternate repeatedly between the first state and the second state in a state in which an occupant is sitting on the seat cushion.

公开(公告)号：US11318863B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US17090174

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Donghyoun Kim ,  Katsutoshi Imanari

IPC: B60N2/66 ,  B60N2/00 ,  B60N2/02

Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat body configured to seat an occupant; a pressing mechanism that is provided at the seat body and is switchable between a pressing state, in which the pressing mechanism presses against the pelvis of a seated occupant, and a non-pressing state, in which the pressing mechanism does not press against the pelvis of a seated occupant; and a control section configured to control the pressing mechanism, in a state in which an occupant is sitting on the seat body, so as to alternate repeatedly between the pressing state and the non-pressing state.

公开(公告)号：US11642994B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17454369

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kenichi Katsube ,  Katsutoshi Imanari ,  Yuma Terada

IPC: B60N2/68 ,  B60N2/70 ,  B60N2/72 ,  B60N2/66 ,  A47C7/46

CPC classification number: B60N2/666 ,  A47C7/462 ,  B60N2/7058 ,  B60N2/7094

Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion frame that structures a frame of a seat cushion and that is configured to support buttocks of a seated vehicle occupant; a seat cushion pad mounted to the seat cushion frame; and a pelvis supporting portion having a push-up portion that is provided at a seat lower side of the seat cushion pad along a seat left-right direction and that, by being displaced toward a seat upper side, pushes a seat rear side portion of the seat cushion pad toward the seat upper side.

公开(公告)号：US11091064B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-17

申请号：US16594131

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Donghyoun Kim ,  Hirotaka Nogami ,  Katsutoshi Imanari

IPC: B60N2/42 ,  B60N2/18

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a left and right pair of cushion frames that structure a framework of a seat cushion, the seat cushion including a pad main body portion that supports a buttock area and thigh area of a seat occupant; a left and right pair of seat back frames; and at least one of: a seat cushion push-up mechanism that is provided inside the seat cushion uniformly across a whole of the pad main body portion in the seat width direction, or a seat back push-out mechanism that is provided inside the seat back uniformly across a whole of the back pad main body portion in the seat width direction.