US 11,299,078 B2 · Armrest

Armrest

AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Riko Company Limited, Tokai Chemical Industries, Ltd.

InventorsSatoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Higashikozono, Kaho Hayashi, Hideki Oshima, Takahiko Endo, Keiji Makino, Jun Jin, Takemasa Okumura

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Abstract

An armrest includes a first branch cable and a second branch cable, a frame, a skin covering the frame, and a foamed resin material. The frame includes a first routing section and a second routing section in which the first branch cable and the second branch cable are arranged, respectively. The foamed resin material is disposed on an inner side of the skin. The first branch cable and the second branch cable are disposed within the foamed resin material in the first routing section and the second routing section.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An armrest comprising:

a cable;
a frame including a routing section where the cable is disposed;
a skin covering the frame;
and
foamed resin material that is disposed on an inner side of the skin, wherein
the cable is disposed within the foamed resin material in the routing section,
the routing section includes a retaining portion that is in contact with the cable to suppress the cable from being released from the routing section before being filled with the foamed resin material, and
the routing section has a groove shape and includes a lift-up rib protruding from a bottom wall of the routing section and the lift-up rib extends in a direction crossing an extending direction in which the cable extends.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/967,598Filed 23 Jan 2019

Priority

JP JP2018-0222599 Feb 2018

Published

US 2021/0276467 A19 Sep 2021

Granted

12 Apr 2022

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Classification5 codes

B60N 2/79
Arm-rests: adaptations for additional use of the arm-rests
A47C 7/54
Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools: supports for the arms
B60N 2/797
Adaptations for additional use of the arm-rests: for use as electrical control means, e.g. switches
B60N
Seats specially adapted for vehicles