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US 10,328,825 B2Granted
Vehicle seat
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsutomu Hamabe, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Abstract
A vehicle seat comprises a seat cushion frame configuring a frame member of a seat cushion, and a seat unit that is supported by the seat cushion frame and on which an occupant sits, that has a higher seating face rigidity in a seat front-rear direction than a seating face rigidity in a seat width direction, and that has the seating face rigidity in the seat width direction set lower at a seat front-rear direction rear side than at a seat front-rear direction front side.
Claims3
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion frame configuring a frame member of a seat cushion;
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- a seat unit that is supported by the seat cushion frame and on which an occupant sits, wherein:
- the seat unit is configured by a resin seat cushion pad that has cushioning properties;
- a plurality of thinned portions are formed at a seating face side of the seat cushion pad, such that the rigidity of the seat cushion pad is lower at the seat front-rear direction rear side than at the seat front-rear direction front side,
- the thinned portions are configured by recessed grooves extending along the seat front-rear direction,
- the recessed grooves comprise a first plurality of recessed grooves extending from the seat front-rear direction rear side of the seat cushion pad to the seat front-rear direction front side of the seat cushion pad and a second plurality of recessed grooves extending from the seat front-rear direction rear side of the seat cushion pad to an intermediate portion of seat cushion pad,
- the second plurality of recessed grooves are formed outside the first plurality of recessed grooves, and
- a groove depth of each recessed groove is set deeper at the seat front-rear direction rear side than at the seat front-rear direction front side.
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