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US 12,746,861 B2Granted
Vehicle seat
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Kaneko, Daishi Takata
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Abstract
A vehicle seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, a reclining mechanism, a lumbar support mechanism, and a control unit, wherein the control unit pushes out a support surface toward an occupant by the lumbar support mechanism when the seat back tilts rearward by a predetermined angle or more.
Claims6
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion frame configured to support a seat cushion;
- a seat back comprising a support surface for supporting the back of a seated occupant;
- a seat back frame configured to support the seat back;
- a reclining mechanism including a curved bracket integrally mounted on the seat back frame, wherein the bracket is configured to move arcuately with respect to the seat cushion frame to thereby tilt the seat back rearwardly;
- a lumbar support mechanism configured to push the support surface toward the occupant;
- and
- a controller configured to adjust operation of the lumbar support mechanism;
- wherein
- the controller includes a processor that performs information processing, and
- the processor is configured to cause the lumber support mechanism to push the support surface toward the occupant when the seat back is rearwardly tilted at a predetermined angle or more.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.