Vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsKoji Onuma, Soichiro Kamei
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Abstract
Provided is a vehicle seat that allows engagement holes for engaging an end part of the skin member to be provided without burdening the seat frame design. The seat cushion of the vehicle seat includes a frame structure, a support member supported by the frame structure within the frame structure to resiliently support an occupant, a pad provided on a proximal side of the frame structure and the support member, and a skin member covering the pad. The support member is provided with plurality of engagement portions engaging end parts of the skin member.
Claims11
A vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a frame structure provided in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back, the frame structure including a left and a right side member, and a pair of cross members connecting corresponding ends of the side members to each other;
- a support member for supporting an occupant, the support member including a plate-like main body supported by the frame structure within the frame structure and extending substantially in parallel with the frame structure, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from parts of lateral side edges of the main body and inclined toward a proximal direction;
- a pad provided on a proximal side of the frame structure and the support member;
- and
- a skin member covering the pad,
- wherein the support member is formed by a resin having at least one line-shaped member insert molded therein,
- the support member comprises a central hole is laterally centered on the main body, and a pair of side holes located on either lateral side of the central hole, the central hole aligned with the pair of inclined portions in a lateral direction, each side hole disposed across the main body and corresponding one of the pair of inclined portions, and
- the support member comprises side recesses on edges of the pair of side holes on a surface of the proximal side, each side recess being recessed toward a distal side and at least partially provided in corresponding one of the pair of inclined portions.
A method for manufacturing a vehicle seat comprising steps of:
- manufacturing a seat cushion;
- manufacturing a seat back;
- and
- attaching the seat back to the seat cushion to form a vehicle seat,
- wherein at least one of the steps of manufacturing the seat cushion and manufacturing the seat back comprises steps of:
- preparing a frame structure including a left and a right side member, and a pair of cross members connecting corresponding ends of the side members to each other;
- disposing a support member for supporting an occupant on the frame structure, the support member including a plate-like main body supported by the frame structure within the frame structure and extending substantially in parallel with the frame structure, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from parts of lateral side edges of the main body and inclined toward a proximal direction;
- disposing a pad on a proximal side of the frame structure and the support member;
- and
- covering a proximal side of the pad with a skin member,
- wherein the support member is formed by a resin having at least one line-shaped member insert molded therein,
- the support member comprises a central hole located laterally centrally on the main body, and a pair of side holes located on either lateral side of the central hole, the central hole aligned with the pair of inclined portions in a lateral direction, each side hole disposed across the main body and corresponding one of the pair of inclined portions, and
- the support member comprises side recesses on edges of the pair of side holes on the proximal side, each side recess being recessed toward a distal side and at least partially provided in corresponding one of the pair of inclined portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.