# US 11,027,632 B2 · Conveyance seat

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- Number: US 11,027,632 B2
- Document ID: US11027632B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/489,866
- Filed: 2017-09-28
- Published: 2020-07-30
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-03
- Assignees: Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Ts Tech Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takako Miyoshi; Junichi Takahashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027632B2

## CPC

- B60N 2/58: Seat coverings
- B60N 2/5642: {with circulation of air through a layer inside the seat}
- B60N 2/5657: {blown towards the seat surface}
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Regarding a skin in which pores are formed for passage of a current of air generated by an air blower, the present invention properly ensures strength around the pores. A vehicle seat includes a skin forming a part of a seat body facing an occupant and an air blower attached to the seat body. The skin is provided with a top layer provided on a side of the skin facing the occupant in a thickness direction and a fabric layer provided at a position on a side opposite to the top layer. A plurality of pores allowing passage of a current of air generated by the air blower are formed in both the top layer and the fabric layer. A part of the fabric layer positioned at an edge of the pore is made of a fabric constituted by urethane resin-impregnated fibers being knitted.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conveyance seat comprising:
a seat body on which an occupant can sit;
a skin forming a part of the seat body facing the occupant; and
an air blower attached to the seat body, wherein
the skin is provided with a top layer provided on a side of the skin facing the occupant in a thickness direction and a fabric layer provided at a position on a side opposite to the top layer,
a plurality of pores allowing passage of a current of air generated by the air blower are formed in both the top layer and the fabric layer,
a part of the fabric layer positioned at an edge of the pore is made of a resin-impregnated fabric,
the fabric layer has a fabric layer bottom portion provided at a position farthest from the top layer in the thickness direction, and
a fiber constituting the fabric layer bottom portion of the fabric layer in the skin is in a raised state.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conveyance seat according to claim 1, wherein
the fabric layer is made of a tricot knitted fabric constituted by a plurality of types of fibers being knitted, and
each of the plurality of types of fibers constituting the fabric layer is urethane resin-impregnated.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The conveyance seat according to claim 1, wherein the top layer is made of synthetic leather made of polyvinyl chloride.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The conveyance seat according to claim 1, wherein
the part of the fabric layer positioned at an edge of the pore is made of a urethane resin-impregnated fabric.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The conveyance seat according to claim 1, wherein
the part of the fabric layer positioned at an edge of the pore is made of a fabric constituted by urethane resin-impregnated fibers being knitted.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The conveyance seat according to claim 1, wherein
the seat body is provided with a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest,
the seat cushion and the seat back are respectively configured by a cushion pad being placed on a frame and the surface of the cushion pad being covered with the skin,
the skin is a component constituting each of the seat cushion and the seat back, and
the skin forms a seating surface of the seat body that faces the occupant.