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US 8,360,530 B2Granted
Vehicle seat
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKeisuke Onoda, Kenji Hattori, Haruo Gotou, Osamu Fujimoto, Teiji Mabuchi
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a pad that is made of resin foam, and that forms a seat cushion or a seatback. The pad has a layered structure formed of a surface layer pad that forms a seating surface-side portion of the pad and a back layer pad that is provided on the back side of the surface layer pad. The back layer pad is higher in hardness and lower in density than the surface layer pad.
Claims13
A vehicle seat, comprising,
- a pad of resin foam, and that comprises a seat cushion, on which a user can be seated,
- wherein
- the pad has a layered structure, including a surface layer pad that provides a seating surface-side portion of the pad and a back layer pad that is provided on a back side of the surface layer pad,
- the back layer pad is higher in hardness and lower in density than the surface layer pad,
- the surface layer pad provides an entirety of the seating surface-side portion of the pad;
- front and rear recesses are provided in a back face of the surface layer pad at a front end portion and a rear end portion, the front and rear recesses respectively extending to a front end and to a rear end of the pad;
- the back layer pad is fitted in the front and rear recesses such that the back layer pad is exposed to the exterior at the front and rear ends of the pad;
- and
- a thickness of the back layer pad exposed to the front end varies between a left end and a right end of the pad.
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