# US 10,308,143 B2 · Conveyance seat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,143 B2 - Document ID: US10308143B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/748,872 - Filed: 2016-07-29 - Published: 2018-08-16 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-03 - Assignees: Ts Tech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ts Tech Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe; Takayoshi Katori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308143B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/0284: {Adjustable seat-cushion length (B60N2/0224 takes precedence)} - A47C 7/14: of adjustable shape; elastically mounted {; adaptable to a user contour or ergonomic seating positions (movably-coupled seat and backrests with elastic adjustment means A47C1/03261)} - B60N 2/02: the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable (adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806) - B60N 2/72: Attachment or adjustment thereof - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS ## Abstract In a vehicle seat including an adjustment device configured to move a front end of a seat cushion to adjust the length of the seat cushion in a front-to-back direction, the adjustment device has a support portion movable back and forth relative to a seat cushion frame, and a roller portion rotatably supported by the support portion and configured such that a pad material is wound around an outer peripheral portion at a front end portion of the seat cushion. The length of the seat cushion is adjustable by a change in an amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion corresponding to a rotation of the roller portion during front-to-back movement of the support portion. The outer peripheral portion of the roller portion is made of a soft material. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A conveyance seat comprising: a seat cushion having a pad material placed on a frame; and an adjustment device configured to move a front end of the seat cushion to adjust a length of the seat cushion in a front-to-back direction; wherein the adjustment device has a support portion attached to be movable relative to the frame in the front-to-back direction, and a roller portion rotatably supported by the support portion and configured such that the pad material is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the roller portion at a front end portion of the seat cushion; wherein the length of the seat cushion is adjustable by a change in an amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion corresponding to a rotation of the roller portion during movement of the support portion in the front-to-back direction; and wherein the outer peripheral portion is made of a soft material; wherein the adjustment device has a link mechanism configured to rotate the roller portion in response to movement of the support portion; wherein the link mechanism has a first link connected to a rotary shaft of the roller portion and configured to rotate the rotary shaft, and a second link configured to, in association with the movement of the support portion, operate the first link to rotate the rotary shaft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The conveyance seat of claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral portion is made of resin foam as the soft material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The conveyance seat of claim 1, wherein the first link is disposed lower than an upper end of the roller portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The conveyance seat of claim 3, wherein the first link is disposed lower than an upper end of the rotary shaft. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The conveyance seat of claim 1, wherein the seat cushion has a skin material configured to cover the pad material, the roller portion is configured such that the pad material and the skin material are wound around the outer peripheral portion at the front end portion, and a skin fixing portion for fixing an end portion of the skin material is attached to a rotary shaft of the roller portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The conveyance seat of claim 5, wherein the skin fixing portion is a wire provided for fixing the end portion with the end portion being hooked, and the wire is disposed lower than the rotary shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The conveyance seat of claim 1, wherein the adjustment device has a biasing member configured to bias, in a rotation direction of the roller portion, the roller portion in a direction of increasing the amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The conveyance seat of claim 1, wherein the adjustment device has a cover member configured to cover at least a portion of the roller portion, and the cover member is fastened to the support portion, and is movable together with the support portion when the support portion moves. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The conveyance seat of claim 8, wherein the cover member has a front wall portion positioned at a front of the pad material wound around the outer peripheral portion and covering the pad material, and a side wall portion that laterally covers a side end surface of the roller portion. ### Claim 10 A conveyance seat comprising: a seat cushion having a pad material placed on a frame; and an adjustment device configured to move a front end of the seat cushion to adjust a length of the seat cushion in a front-to-back direction; wherein the adjustment device has a support portion attached to be movable relative to the frame in the front-to-back direction, and a roller portion rotatably supported by the support portion and configured such that the pad material is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the roller portion at a front end portion of the seat cushion; wherein the length of the seat cushion is adjustable by a change in an amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion corresponding to a rotation of the roller portion during movement of the support portion in the front-to-back direction; and wherein the outer peripheral portion is made of a soft material; wherein the adjustment device has a cover member configured to cover at least a portion of the roller portion, and the cover member is fastened to the support portion, and is movable together with the support portion when the support portion moves; wherein the cover member has a front wall portion positioned at a front of the pad material wound around the outer peripheral portion and covering the pad material, and a side wall portion that laterally covers a side end surface of the roller portion. ### Claim 11 A conveyance seat comprising: a seat cushion having a pad material placed on a frame; and an adjustment device configured to move a front end of the seat cushion to adjust a length of the seat cushion in a front-to-back direction; wherein the adjustment device has a support portion attached to be movable relative to the frame in the front-to-back direction, and a roller portion rotatably supported by the support portion and configured such that the pad material is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the roller portion at a front end portion of the seat cushion; wherein the length of the seat cushion is adjustable by a change in an amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion corresponding to a rotation of the roller portion during movement of the support portion in the front-to-back direction; and wherein the outer peripheral portion is made of a soft material; wherein the seat cushion has a skin material configured to cover the pad material, the roller portion is configured such that the pad material and the skin material are wound around the outer peripheral portion at the front end portion, and a skin fixing portion for fixing an end portion of the skin material is attached to a rotary shaft of the roller portion.