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US 2010/0140986 A1Published application
Vehicle seat
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTamotsu Sawada
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion frame which comprises a pair of side frames and a front cross member located on a front side of the vehicle seat, the front cross member extending between the side frames and at least one leg support member is connected to the front cross member, and is arranged vehicle forward of the front cross member, wherein the at least one leg support member comprises at least a portion having a strength lower than a strength of the front cross member.
Claims21
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion frame comprising:
- a pair of side frames;
- and
- a front cross member located on a front side of the vehicle seat,
- the front cross member extending between the side frames;
- and
- at least one leg support member connected to the front cross member, and arranged vehicle forward of the front cross member,
- wherein the at least one leg support member comprises at least a portion having a strength lower than a strength of the front cross member.
5 more elements
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion frame comprising:
- a pair of side frames;
- and
- a front cross member located on a front side of the vehicle seat, the front cross member extending between the side frames;
- and
- at least one means for supporting connected to the front cross member, and arranged vehicle forward of the front cross member, the at least one means for supporting having a lower strength than the front cross member and being configured to support legs of an occupant in the event of a rear-end vehicular crash.
3 more elements
A method to support legs of an occupant in a vehicular rear-end crash, the method comprising:
- providing a seat cushion frame having a front cross member;
- connecting at least one leg support member to the seat cushion frame forward of the front cross member;
- constructing the at least one leg support member such that at least a portion of the at least one leg support member comprises a strength lower than a strength of the front cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.