# US 2023/0406512 A1 · Vehicle seat

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- Number: US 2023/0406512 A1
- Document ID: US20230406512A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/200,016
- Filed: 2023-05-22
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2022-05-31
- Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shuhei KONDO; Yuji DOBASHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230406512A1

## CPC

- B64D 11/0644: {Adjustable arm rests}
- Y02T 50/40: Weight reduction
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back, an armrest provided on a lateral side of the seat back and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat, a support member supporting the armrest, and a cover member covering the support member from a lateral side of the vehicle seat. The support member includes a side portion and a connecting portion connecting a rear end portion of the side portion and a rear end portion of the armrest, and a pivot shaft attachment portion is formed on a part of the connecting portion. The cover member includes an upper cover portion and a lower cover portion, and the upper cover portion and the lower cover portion are attached to the support member in a state where a substantially smooth surface is exposed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion;
a seat back;
an armrest provided on a lateral side of the seat back and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat;
a support member supporting the armrest; and
a cover member covering the support member from a lateral side of the vehicle seat, wherein
the support member includes a side portion extending in the front-rear direction along a lateral side of the seat cushion, and a connecting portion connecting a rear end portion of the side portion and a rear end portion of the armrest, and a pivot shaft attachment portion for attaching a pivot shaft supporting the seat back to be pivotable in the front-rear direction and extending in a left-right direction of the vehicle seat is formed on a part of the connecting portion in an upper-lower direction, and
the cover member includes an upper cover portion above the pivot shaft attachment portion and a lower cover portion below the pivot shaft attachment portion, and the upper cover portion and the lower cover portion are attached to the support member in a state where a lateral side of the pivot shaft attachment portion having a substantially smooth surface is exposed to an outside.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein
a recess is formed on a surface of the support member except for the pivot shaft attachment portion, the surface being an opposite surface to the upper cover portion and the lower cover portion in the left-right direction, the recess being configured to accommodate a cable for adjusting an inclination of the seat back.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein
the recess is configured to accommodate a cable case which covers a part of the cable accommodated in in the recess.