US4748972A
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Vehicle seat fitted with massaging device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-04-17
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Granted: 1988-06-07
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Expires: 2007-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A vehicle seat fitted with a massaging device capable of exhibiting essential function of a seat without deteriorating an appearance of the seat and performing massaging function at any time for a driver of a car or the like. The vehicle seat includes a suitable massaging device incorporated in a portion of a back supporting section of the seat against which a part of the human body to be massaged is abutted. The massaging device includes a motor arranged in a motor chamber and a coiled spring arranged in a spring chamber and fixed at one end thereof on an inner surface of the spring chamber. The coiled spring includes a coil section wound into a multistage shape. When the motor is rotated at a high speed to generate vibration at a high speed, it is transmitted to the coiled spring to generate resonance in the spring, resulting in the coil section of the spring generating vibration at a high speed which mutually complicatedly amplifies to have an ultra-high speed. The so-generated vibration of the ultra-high speed is transmitted to air in the spring chamber to generate an ultrasonic-like wave which is used for massaging of the human body.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsuruso Hasegawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:08
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/64; B60N2/66; B60N2/90; B60N2/976; A; A61; A61H; A61H23/00; A61H23/02; A61H23/0254; A61H23/0263; A61H2023/0272; A61H2201/00; A61H2201/01; A61H2201/0119; A61H2201/0138; A61H2201/0149
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A vehicle seat comprising: (a) a seat section having a working surface which, in use, supports a person; (b) a back support section having a working surface against which, in use, a person rests; and (c) a massaging device enclosed in one of said seat section and said back support section, said massaging device comprising: (i) a base extending in parallel to the adjacent one of said working surfaces; (ii) a hollow motor chamber formed in said base; (iii) a hollow spring chamber formed in said base; (iv) a motor arranged in said hollow motor chamber in said base; and (v) a coil spring having two ends arranged in said hollow spring chamber in said base, said coil spring being fixed at one end to an inner surface of said hollow spring chamber and being free at the other end, whereby, when said motor is rotated at a high speed to generate vibrations, the vibrations are transmitted to said coil spring, thereby generating resonant vibrator movement in said coil spring, and the resonant vibratory movement of said coil spring generates ultrasonic waves in the air in said hollow spring chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A vehicle seat comprising: (a) a seat section having a working surface which, in use, supports a person; (b) a back support section having a working surface against which, in use, a person rests; and (c) a massaging device enclosed in one of said seat section and said back support section, said massaging device comprising: (i) a base extending in parallel to the adjacent one of said working surfaces; (ii) a hollow motor chamber formed in said base; (iii) a hollow spring chamber formed in said base; (iv) a motor arranged in said hollow motor chamber in said base; and (v) a coil spring having two ends arranged in said hollow spring chamber in said base, said coil spring being fixed at one end to an inner surface of said hollow spring chamber and being free at the other end, whereby, when said motor is rotated at a high speed to generate vibrations, the vibrations are transmitted to said coil spring, thereby generating resonant vibrator movement in said coil spring, and the resonant vibratory movement of said coil spring generates ultrasonic waves in the air in said hollow spring chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 1 wherein said massaging device is enclosed in said back support section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 1 wherein said hollow motor chamber comprises a hollow cylindrical section and two spherical portions arranged laterally with respect to said hollow cylindrical section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 1 wherein the interior of said hollow spring chamber and the interior of said hollow motor chamber are not in communication.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 1 wherein the interior of said hollow spring chamber and the interior of said hollow motor chamber are in communication.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 5 wherein: (a) said hollow motor chamber is cylindrical in shape and (b) said hollow spring chamber is spherical in shape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 1 wherein: (a) said massaging device is arranged in a casing having a front opening facing the adjacent one of said working surfaces and (b) a substantially vibration-proof material is interposed between said massaging device and said casing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vehicle seat as recited in claim 1 wherein at least two massaging devices as recited in claim 1 are enclosed in one of said sections.
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