US6676218B2
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Vehicle seat
Assignee: Delta Tooling Co Ltd
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Filing: 2002-01-22
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Granted: 2004-01-13
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Expires: 2022-01-22
Abstract
Abstract An object of the present invention is to minimize the dependency of the vibration characteristic exhibited by the sheet-shaped supporting member supported by the metal springs on the added load. In a plurality of metal springs 41 to 44 supporting a sheet-shaped supporting member 30, a third metal spring 43 provided on the position to support the vicinity of the greater trochanter of the seated person is provided in a manner that an engagement portion with a frame member is positioned lower than the engagement portion with the sheet-shaped supporting member 30 when no load is applied. Accordingly, the feeling of something foreign created by such a third metal spring 43 can be reduced, and within a predetermined range of the added load, the third metal spring does not work functionally because respective engagement portions 43 a and 43 b take their positional relationship to be substantially horizontal in a static seating state, while it works functionally when the added load exceeds the above-described range. As a result, difference in added load can be reduced.
Inventors
- 👤 Etsunori Fujita
- 👤 Seiji Kawsaki
- 👤 Seiji Sesaki
- 👤 Tatsuya Oda
- 👤 Yuji Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 02:16
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/70; B60N2/58; B60N2/5891; D; D04; D04B; D04B21/00; D04B21/14; D04B21/16; D10; D10B; D10B2403/00; D10B2403/02; D10B2403/021; D10B2403/0213
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
223 words
A vehicle seat comprising: a sheet-shaped supporting member, having a pair of side portions, said sheet-shaped supporting member connectedly supported under an outer layer member constituting a seat cushion by frame members being disposed apart from each other at a distance in the width direction at each side portion of the sheet-shaped supporting member; a plurality of metal springs per each side portion, each of said plurality of metal springs includes a first end and a second end, said first end of said plurality of metal springs coupled to said each side portion of the sheet-shaped supporting member and said second end of said plurality of metal springs coupled to said frame members; wherein the at least one of the plurality of the metal springs to support the greater trochanter of a seated person and the second end of at least one of the plurality of the metal springs is positioned lower than the first end of the at least one of the plurality of the metal springs when no load is applied and when a load is applied in a seating state the at one of the plurality of the metal springs is without substantial elongation, and wherein the at least one of the plurality of the metal springs is substantially elongated when a larger load is applied in the seating state.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
223 words
A vehicle seat comprising: a sheet-shaped supporting member, having a pair of side portions, said sheet-shaped supporting member connectedly supported under an outer layer member constituting a seat cushion by frame members being disposed apart from each other at a distance in the width direction at each side portion of the sheet-shaped supporting member; a plurality of metal springs per each side portion, each of said plurality of metal springs includes a first end and a second end, said first end of said plurality of metal springs coupled to said each side portion of the sheet-shaped supporting member and said second end of said plurality of metal springs coupled to said frame members; wherein the at least one of the plurality of the metal springs to support the greater trochanter of a seated person and the second end of at least one of the plurality of the metal springs is positioned lower than the first end of the at least one of the plurality of the metal springs when no load is applied and when a load is applied in a seating state the at one of the plurality of the metal springs is without substantial elongation, and wherein the at least one of the plurality of the metal springs is substantially elongated when a larger load is applied in the seating state.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a belt member is hung over between said sheet-shaped supporting member and any of the frame members to restrain the reaction force after deformation of said metal spring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein said outer layer member is a net member having a three-dimentional structure said net member having a front layer and a back layer are interconnected to each other by a large number of piles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
113 words
The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer member comprises an inner net, said inner net is structured and arranged along with the frame members to control the sinking-in amount of the body of seated person, and an outer net which is structured and arranged along with the frame members to cover at least a portion of the inner net, and a percentage elongation of less than the inner net; and wherein at least the inner net is formed of a net member having a three-dimensional structure said net member having a front layer and a back layer are interconnected to each other by a large number of piles.
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