Vehicle Seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidetoshi OZAWA, Naohiro SASAKI
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Abstract
A wire harness connected to a sensor is positioned on a back surface of a pad of a vehicle seat supported by a panel. The vehicle seat includes a panel; a pad supported by the panel; a skin material covering a front surface of the pad; and a sensor provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant, wherein the pad is provided with a through hole passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the wire harness connected to the sensor extending in the through hole and the recess.
Claims20
(canceled)
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a panel;
- a pad supported by the panel;
- a skin material covering a front surface of the pad, and
- a sensor provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant,
- wherein the pad is provided with a through hole passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the sensor being connected to a wire harness extending in the through hole and the recess;
- wherein the recess extends from an opening of the through hole to a rear edge of the back surface of the pad, and
- wherein a portion of the wire harness extends rearward.
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a panel;
- a pad supported by the panel;
- a skin material covering a front surface of the pad;
- and
- a sensor provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant,
- wherein the pad is provided with a through hole passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the sensor being connected to a wire harness extending in the through hole and the recess;
- wherein the recess extends from an opening of the through hole to a rear edge of the back surface of the pad;
- wherein the through hole extends obliquely relative to a vertical direction;
- wherein the front surface of the pad comprises a rear inclined portion that is inclined upward in a rearward direction, and
- wherein a portion of the sensor is located on the rear inclined portion.
A method for manufacturing a vehicle seat,
- wherein the vehicle seat includes a pad supported by a panel forming a floor of a vehicle, a skin material, and a sensor for acquiring information on a seat occupant,
- wherein the pad is provided with a through hole passed from a front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the sensor being connected to a wire harness extending in the through hole and the recess;
- wherein the recess extends from an opening of the through hole to a rear edge of the back surface of the pad, and
- wherein the method comprises:
- arranging the wire harness connected to the sensor so that it extends through the through hole and the recess, fixing the wire harness within the through hole and the recess, and installing the sensor on an upper surface of the pad;
- assembling the skin material to cover the pad and the sensor from above;
- and
- supporting the pad on the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.